Hi, I am trying to set up my friends cyber cafe to run on a Linux distro and am looking at using Kubuntu for various reasons (some of the research I have done so far says that K desktop may be better for cyber cafe software).
See my first post where I explain one reason why we are deleting all windows software and attempting a move to linux for the Cafe. I have spent hours researching the various software and tried a few (below) but am still having a few problems so far. If any of you want to help out it would be much appreciated, plus it looks as though a decent thread on this subject may be helpful to others because most the threads and posts I have come across so far tend to be "well do a search here, and good luck".
I'm hoping to maybe compile a decent article (after I have things running) on how to set up linux to use in a Cyber Cafe.
What is cyber cafe software (for those who may not know)? It is basically a network setup where you have a server-side software for the main computer that times how long people use the client PCs for and can reboot them when a customer is finished. Not too difficult if you know a lot about linux (which I don't) I would imagine.
After searching for ages the most promising linux cyber cafe software so far seem to be:
Zencafe, where the guy bases his personalised distro on ZenWalk. (still a few problems with screen resolution with that one so for for me).
More promising perhaps, and usable with Kubuntu, is Mkahawa (supposedly an update of "Cafe Con Leche"). As you can see there is software you install on the server pc and separate software you install on the client pcs that customers will use.
I am having problems with Mkahawa installing properly... altho others seem to get it to work fine.
If anyone wants to have a go at installing Mkahawa Client on their PC and manages to do so successfully, please post and tell me exactly how you managed it. I installed it all on this pc using These instructions and when I get to the part of installing the client with:
~$ sudo dpkg -i mkahawa-client_0.0.4-2_i386.deb (latest client)
It says:
m@6:~$ sudo dpkg -i mkahawa-client_0.0.4-2_i386.deb
[sudo] password for m:
dpkg: error processing mkahawa-client_0.0.4-2_i386.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
mkahawa-client_0.0.4-2_i386.deb
m@6:~$
I realize this is probably something really simple lol
but any help appreciated. (I have the software in my dowload folder, should I move it somewhere else?).
I also then tried installing it by double clicking and using Ubuntu Software Center (am still on Ubuntu atm as my disk for Kubuntu didn burn for some reason... plus dont want to lose bookmarks etc, maybe on Kubuntu next time I post
) and it says it is already installed... but when I go to look for the software to start it in Applications/etc, it isn there! 
If you have any other suggestions of free software for a Cyber Cafe on Linux I am all ears thanks! 8)
See my first post where I explain one reason why we are deleting all windows software and attempting a move to linux for the Cafe. I have spent hours researching the various software and tried a few (below) but am still having a few problems so far. If any of you want to help out it would be much appreciated, plus it looks as though a decent thread on this subject may be helpful to others because most the threads and posts I have come across so far tend to be "well do a search here, and good luck".
I'm hoping to maybe compile a decent article (after I have things running) on how to set up linux to use in a Cyber Cafe.
What is cyber cafe software (for those who may not know)? It is basically a network setup where you have a server-side software for the main computer that times how long people use the client PCs for and can reboot them when a customer is finished. Not too difficult if you know a lot about linux (which I don't) I would imagine.
After searching for ages the most promising linux cyber cafe software so far seem to be:
Zencafe, where the guy bases his personalised distro on ZenWalk. (still a few problems with screen resolution with that one so for for me).
More promising perhaps, and usable with Kubuntu, is Mkahawa (supposedly an update of "Cafe Con Leche"). As you can see there is software you install on the server pc and separate software you install on the client pcs that customers will use.
I am having problems with Mkahawa installing properly... altho others seem to get it to work fine.
If anyone wants to have a go at installing Mkahawa Client on their PC and manages to do so successfully, please post and tell me exactly how you managed it. I installed it all on this pc using These instructions and when I get to the part of installing the client with:
~$ sudo dpkg -i mkahawa-client_0.0.4-2_i386.deb (latest client)
It says:
m@6:~$ sudo dpkg -i mkahawa-client_0.0.4-2_i386.deb
[sudo] password for m:
dpkg: error processing mkahawa-client_0.0.4-2_i386.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
mkahawa-client_0.0.4-2_i386.deb
m@6:~$
I realize this is probably something really simple lol
but any help appreciated. (I have the software in my dowload folder, should I move it somewhere else?).I also then tried installing it by double clicking and using Ubuntu Software Center (am still on Ubuntu atm as my disk for Kubuntu didn burn for some reason... plus dont want to lose bookmarks etc, maybe on Kubuntu next time I post
) and it says it is already installed... but when I go to look for the software to start it in Applications/etc, it isn there! If you have any other suggestions of free software for a Cyber Cafe on Linux I am all ears thanks! 8)
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