Re: HOWTO: turn one linux PC into multple stations for kiosk



cartoper@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Yea, I know there is this company, ThinSoft, that does EXACTLY what I
want to do, but he OS is Windows, not *NIX. The problem is that the
kiosk stations simply need to run a web browser, I don't see any
reason to drop $100 for an OS simply to run a web browser;) Here is
the link to ThinSoft's solution called BeTwin 2000/XP:

http://www.thinsoftinc.com/product_pc_sharing_betwin.aspx

Now to find the same thing for Linux, or any flavor of *NIX.


Did you check out Lew Pitcher's post or my post? These both seem to be exactly what you want. One for free and one for a fee.

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