ubuntu for Internet cafe

[Tom Sparks]

--- On Fri, 18/6/10, Dave Hall <dave.hall at skwashd.com> wrote:

> From: Dave Hall <dave.hall at skwashd.com>
> Subject: Re: ubuntu for Internet cafe
> To: "Tom Sparks" <tom_a_sparks at yahoo.com.au>
> Cc: ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> Received: Friday, 18 June, 2010, 7:55 PM
> On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 21:27 -0700,
> Tom Sparks wrote: 
> > --- On Fri, 18/6/10, Dave Hall <dave.hall at skwashd.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> > > I run an ubuntu powered internet cafe for a small
> town in
> > > country
> > > Victoria.  They are currently running Hardy
> on 3 P4s.
> > > 
> > <snip>
> > I am only there two day a week, and currently I have
> no support to
> > setup a ubuntu computer from management, currently we
> have 5 computer
> > running win XP or 2003, I am hoping to get one of them
> running ubuntu,
> > but I want to prove the idea to management.
> 
> I have left the machines and gone overseas for 2 months to
> return 2
> working perfectly and 1 having a firefox profile
> locked.  Got an old
> junk PC lying around?  Run it up with ubuntu and demo
> that.  dd the disk
> onto the other machines if they accept it.

what I am think is doing a custom liveCD (remove everything except firefox, VLC, openoffice and installing flash and all the media codec)
the reason why I chosen Zorin OS is because of the windows-like GUI (no reteaching the customers) and it is based on ubuntu

I have been noticing I have been using my ubuntu netbook more and more
for basic thing like virus scanning usb-sticks (when the windows computers decide to reboot upon inserting the stick)

I have yet to test if the computers can boot off a usb stick/CD-ROM (crossing my fingers)
noticed the F1 option for the boot menu :)

the printer could also be an issue, I know is "RICOH Aficio" connected to the network

I am the only one with knowledge of using ubuntu, so I'll have to boot the computer into ubuntu when i get there and reboot it back into windows when I leave for the day

tom