[svlug] Linux "Kiosk" as a public terminal

[Joe Buck]

bill writes:

> Can Lindows be 'locked down' easily, so that noone can alter the
> desktop, panels, preferences, etc.?  And so that they can't get to a
> terminal?

Don't know about Lindows, but if we generalize a bit to general
GNU/Linux/Gnome/etc ...

Jamie Zawinski (of xemacs, netscape and mozilla fame, before he gave it
up to run a nightclub) has done some work on Linux kiosks.  See

http://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/src/kiosk/

His setup is perhaps a bit more permissive than what you want, but
perhaps you can use it as a starting point for what you want to do.
And you could always head up to SF to see how well it works ...