Setting up an Internet cafe with proprietary software can be expensive. I've just started a Wiki page about Free Software for Hostels that shows how a hostel can outfit all of their Internet cafe computers for free.
Add more free software to the list if you have other favorites. It is one article in what will be a series of articles about hostel computers.
16 years
Thanks for the info on free software for the internet cafe.
I do have a problem with this because it does not stop my guests from downloading what ever they want which can cause problem later on hardware and software.
Any idea how to stop this?
What about printing how can i manage this so that not every page is printed?
16 years
Any idea how to stop this?
I haven't tried it, but there is a program called Deepfreeze that images your hard drive.
The way I think it works is that you install a clean operating system and install all the software that you want it to have. Then you run Deepfreeze and make an exact image copy of the hard drive.
During the day, guests download lots of software and viruses. At night, you just reboot the computers and the computer goes back to the clean imaged state.
Another option is to use Ubuntu Linux, but I wouldn't recommend that unless you have someone who is familiar with Linux.
What about printing how can i manage this so that not every page is printed?
It depends on the program, but usually you can go to the File menu and click "print preview". Then determine which pages you want to print. Close the "print preview" window and choose File > Print. On the window that pops up there should be a place to choose a range of page numbers.
16 years
I have just installed an evaluation copy of Deep Freeze on the public computer. It comes highly rated.
I will let you know if I buy it. And thanks, Hostels, for the info.
16 years
Deep Freeze is great, easy to use and seems to work 100%. Hopefully no more virus worries. I am happy to pay the 32.40 Euro for the peace of mind.
16 years
Deep Freeze is great, easy to use and seems to work 100%. Hopefully no more virus worries. I am happy to pay the 32.40 Euro for the peace of mind.
Thanks for the update. I've added Deepfreeze to the Wiki pages that contain tips on how to setup guest Internet computers.
14 years
According to me Cafezee Internet Cafe Software is good.It manages the customers and employees of your Internet cafe ensuring secured billings reliably through state of art cybercafe software.Cafezee cyber cafe software ensures staff accountability and system security with minimal interference to the cybercafe customers thus resulting in smooth control.
13 years
I have been having a problem with web site certificates on the public computer. After much searching we found that Deep Freeze was booting the computer to the date of 17th September 2006!!!
13 years
Is there a way around that, or does it automatically freeze the date with everything else?
13 years
Not sure about deepfreeze, but I use windows steadystate on a couple of computers - it has the correct date, which I assume is set from the BIOS. Quite a good program and free - haven't had many problems, although is a pain if you need to update settings such as the network as you have to disable it, reboot, change settings, then enable it, and reboot. Whole process probably takes 15mins.
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