KioskComputer

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A KioskComputer is a computer whose use is shared by a number of people. This is done either by removing any authentication for console use or by allowing a number of console users. Dictionary:kiosk

Libraries which have replaced the paper card catalog with an online catalog tend to have a bank of open computers with open browsers pointing to the web page for that catalog. [JWZ] has a number of open, robust Linux machines running in his [club] that allow a wider diversity of applications than just a web browser.

There is a hardware device called [Xyloc]. It comes with a lock and a key, which communicate wirelessly to show that there is a user within range of a computer. You can set up a KioskComputer either by setting quick logoffs for users who leave range, or by setting up a site-specific single login and allowing the lock to change user-specific information depending on what user is using it at the time.

WindowsXP?, to compare, comes out of the box able to suspend one session and start up another, then close that session and restart the first. This, so far, is the only reason I'd want to run WindowsXP?. There should be a way to get this to work using X on a Linux or FreeBSD machine. It would be memory-intensive, I'm sure.

[Dave's wool-gathering on this subject]

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