I'm going to get eaten alive for this though depending on your requirements it might be a better idea to stick with Windows and really lock down your installation. I've been directly involved in two Linux migrations for Internet Cafes (and advised on several others) - one successful (net cafe) and the other unsuccessful (gaming cafe) - and in both cases it was more trouble than it was worth. The problem isn't the software it is the users; When they go to use the software they notice, for example, that they aren't using IE and when they come up to some page that doesn't display perfectly problems occur. There are many more examples that just make the mind hurt. So unless this Cycber Cafe Pro provides _everything_ you really need to be asking yourself if you really want to open this can of worms.
On 12/5/06, vulani mabunda vulani@mac.com wrote:
Hi,
I'm running an internet cafe using Cyber Cafe Pro software. This software is design soley for Windows platforms. We're constantly experiencing problems with Windows with regards to viruses and stability issues. Recently, we lost all our data and had to re-install.
May you please help us in flawlessly porting this application so that it can run on Linux both on the server and client sides. If this happens, it could mean an end to our nightmare with Windows!
We have already tried Open Kiosk (which natively runs on Linux) prior to making my request. Open Kiosk is free but is not advanced enough to meet our requirements. For example, it can't allow us to control and charge for excessive bandwidth. We've done extensive research on what is available and so far Cyber Cafe Pro seems to meet all our requirements with the exception of running only on Windows. Hodoman works on Linux but isn't as advanced as Cyber Cafe Pro is.
This is the reason why we are interested in trying to get Cyber Cafe Pro to work on Linux. Cyber Cafe Pro people aren't interested in assisting us with regards to porting their application to Windows.
Regards
Vulani Mabunda CEO Internet CAfe Jack South Africa
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One option for making Windows less annoying is Deep Freeze (http://www.faronics.com/html/deepfreeze.asp), which lets you simply reboot and have everything back in proper working order.
Edward Savage wrote:
I'm going to get eaten alive for this though depending on your requirements it might be a better idea to stick with Windows and really lock down your installation. I've been directly involved in two Linux migrations for Internet Cafes (and advised on several others) - one successful (net cafe) and the other unsuccessful (gaming cafe) - and in both cases it was more trouble than it was worth. The problem isn't the software it is the users; When they go to use the software they notice, for example, that they aren't using IE and when they come up to some page that doesn't display perfectly problems occur. There are many more examples that just make the mind hurt. So unless this Cycber Cafe Pro provides _everything_ you really need to be asking yourself if you really want to open this can of worms.
On 12/5/06, *vulani mabunda* <vulani@mac.com mailto:vulani@mac.com> wrote:
Hi, I'm running an internet cafe using Cyber Cafe Pro software. This software is design soley for Windows platforms. We're constantly experiencing problems with Windows with regards to viruses and stability issues. Recently, we lost all our data and had to re-install. May you please help us in flawlessly porting this application so that it can run on Linux both on the server and client sides. If this happens, it could mean an end to our nightmare with Windows! We have already tried Open Kiosk (which natively runs on Linux) prior to making my request. Open Kiosk is free but is not advanced enough to meet our requirements. For example, it can't allow us to control and charge for excessive bandwidth. We've done extensive research on what is available and so far Cyber Cafe Pro seems to meet all our requirements with the exception of running only on Windows. Hodoman works on Linux but isn't as advanced as Cyber Cafe Pro is. This is the reason why we are interested in trying to get Cyber Cafe Pro to work on Linux. Cyber Cafe Pro people aren't interested in assisting us with regards to porting their application to Windows. Regards Vulani Mabunda CEO Internet CAfe Jack South Africa _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@winehq.org <mailto:wine-users@winehq.org> http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
Onsdag 06 desember 2006 01:26, skrev Edward Savage:
I'm going to get eaten alive for this though depending on your requirements it might be a better idea to stick with Windows and really lock down your installation. I've been directly involved in two Linux migrations for Internet Cafes (and advised on several others) - one successful (net cafe) and the other unsuccessful (gaming cafe) - and in both cases it was more trouble than it was worth. The problem isn't the software it is the users; When they go to use the software they notice, for example, that they aren't using IE and when they come up to some page that doesn't display perfectly problems occur. There are many more examples that just make the mind hurt. So unless this Cycber Cafe Pro provides _everything_ you really need to be asking yourself if you really want to open this can of worms.
Or you could simply run the software that the users 'expect' in Linux, using Wine. After all, that's what Wine is for.
Alexander
On 12/5/06, vulani mabunda vulani@mac.com wrote:
Hi,
I'm running an internet cafe using Cyber Cafe Pro software. This software is design soley for Windows platforms. We're constantly experiencing problems with Windows with regards to viruses and stability issues. Recently, we lost all our data and had to re-install.
May you please help us in flawlessly porting this application so that it can run on Linux both on the server and client sides. If this happens, it could mean an end to our nightmare with Windows!
We have already tried Open Kiosk (which natively runs on Linux) prior to making my request. Open Kiosk is free but is not advanced enough to meet our requirements. For example, it can't allow us to control and charge for excessive bandwidth. We've done extensive research on what is available and so far Cyber Cafe Pro seems to meet all our requirements with the exception of running only on Windows. Hodoman works on Linux but isn't as advanced as Cyber Cafe Pro is.
This is the reason why we are interested in trying to get Cyber Cafe Pro to work on Linux. Cyber Cafe Pro people aren't interested in assisting us with regards to porting their application to Windows.
Regards
Vulani Mabunda CEO Internet CAfe Jack South Africa
wine-users mailing list wine-users@winehq.org http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
On 12/7/06, Alexander Nicolaysen Sørnes alex@thehandofagony.com wrote:
Or you could simply run the software that the users 'expect' in Linux, using Wine. After all, that's what Wine is for.
Sorry I should have been more specific. We were running as many Windows applications as possible in favor of their native Linux counterparts under Crossover Office, Cedega, and WINE in both instances with reasonable success. And I'm sure the fact that it was over six months ago would also come into it as a lot has happened in that time; I was only reporting on my personal experience which is that (imo) it is a lot harder than it looks.
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