We now have Groovix on Ubantu Linux installed on pcs we already owned.
5 branches, 115 public pcs. basically solved every issue with public
pcs, including central control and nightly updates.
http://groovix.com/
On 5/6/2010 3:37 PM, Rick Widmer wrote:
> I'll have more to say on this later, but for now I've got to add a
> couple of comments...
>
> On 5/6/2010 2:05 PM, Chad Neeper (list) wrote:
>> It takes just one trip to the computer to repair something a patron
>> did to pay for the DF license for that computer. It's all "profit"
>> after that.
>
> You need the enterprise version of Deep Freeze! No trip to the
> computer, you can shutdown and restart from any machine with the
> enterprise console installed. There is no limit on the number of
> consoles you can install at your site, once you have rights to use it.
> With only 10 computers in my lab, I would not want to live without the
> enterprise version!
>
> I was very happy with Deep Freeze before I switched to SteadyState.
>
>
>> Also worthwhile knowing: Microsoft apparently has no plans to
>> continue development of Steady State. There is no SS intended for
>> Windows 7.
>
> Yes, this has been announced, but I still have a little bit of hope
> that M$ may see reason. If you have any interest in SteadyState at
> all, please stop by TechNet and add your vote for SteadyState on
> Windows 7. I am currently dragging my feet on updating our public
> computers to Win 7 in hope that they will relent before I have to move.
>
> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/windowssteadystate/thread/8ddff48e-aa90-4bf3-9b5a-4b11b02906bb
>
>
> There are quite a few people unhappy with this decision.
>
> http://www.windowssecrets.com/2010/04/08/01-Microsoft-decision-puts-public-libraries-at-risk
>
>
>
> At least there are still a couple of years left before XP becomes
> unsupported, and you can still get XP for public computers from Tech
> Soup. (It was still listed Tuesday when I looked...)
>
>
> Rick
>
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Judy Wilkin, Systems Administrator
Porter County Public Library System
103 Jefferson St, Valparaiso IN 46383-4820
(219) 462-0524 ext. 120
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