[svlug] Linux "Kiosk" as a public terminal

[Graham Freeman]

On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Bill Kendrick wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 12:22:33AM -0700, Graham Freeman wrote:
> > 
> > Who's this for?
> 
> It's Newsbeat, a magazine shop in downtown.


Newsbeat is cool.  Will they charge for access, or simply impose
reasonable restrictions on use?


> I'm not certain whether the system will be owned/run by them, or by
> DCN(/Omsoft) - see below.
> 
> > Has anyone involved checked with the Davis Community Network
> > (http://www.dcn.org/) to see if they can help?
> 
> DCN in fact donated the system to them.  Richard Lowenberg contacted us to
> let us know, and told us to contact the person who owns Newsbeat.


Interesting.  We share a Board member with DCN.


> What kind of system(s) have/do you set up?


If "you" = "Graham", then that gets complicated.  Short answer: Lots.  My
CV is available here:

http://jahiel.net/cv/

It's in Word format - sorry.  I'm a Linux advocate, but 90% of the folks
who view my CV are Word users.

If "you" = "CalTEG", then that's even more complicated, as we have a dozen
active volunteers and ~45 people signed up on our [somewhat inactive due
to my hectic schedule and lack of a volunteer coordinator] volunteers
e-mail list.  Our Davis volunteer base is small and specialized, but it
includes some Linux expertise.

-- 

Graham Freeman                  Executive Director, CalTEG
tel: +1 831 466 0853            http://www.calteg.org/