[OPLINTECH] Ubuntu - reply

[Ed Liddle]

I am in the process of setting up some computers with Ubuntu on them for kids to use. I installed the edubuntu preschool and primary game packages on a regular ubuntu install. I may switch it to the either XFCE or LXDE desktop environment depending on how the performance is.

Ubuntu seemed to run well on some old 32 bit dual core laptops with 1 gig of memory in them.

Has anyone used OFRIS  http://sourceforge.net/projects/dafturnofris-id/ to "freeze" a linux machine?
http://xubuntugeek.blogspot.com/2012/07/how-to-deep-freeze-xubuntu-with-ofris.html
It seems to work ok. The only issue I have found is if you have a user set to auto log-in sometimes the auto-login won't work. If this happens a reboot of the machine seems to clear it up.

I just downloaded it from sourceforge and ran the script.

-Ed Liddle

Marysville Public Library
http://marysvillelib.org
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Ubuntu worked great up to 10.04 LTS. I would recommend Xubuntu now for older machines. Just make sure you put all your settings in Firefox before making it the default shell. And it's free!

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Robbie Taylor, IT 'Systems' Librarian 2




From:        "Tyson Horton" <hortonty at oplin.org>
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Date:        03/03/2014 10:19 AM
Subject:        [OPLINTECH] Ubuntu
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I think this was covered a bit not too long ago, but I’m wanting to see how many libraries out there are using Ubuntu on public computers/catalogs. Also what has your experience been with them? I’m looking at using some retired XP computers as catalog Kiosks and run Ubuntu on them. Thoughts, comments?

Thanks,
Tyson Horton
Systems Administrator
Williams County Public Library
107 East High Street
Bryan, OH 43506
419-636-6734 (voice)
419-630-0408 (fax)
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