Linux.com: Linux-Based LiveKiosk Offers Low-Cost Browsing

“What connects bikers thousands of miles away from home,
customers waiting for a tire change, and technology conference
attendees? All of them can check their email and surf the ‘Net for
free, with the help of Linux-based LiveKiosk.com.

“LiveKiosk produces a thin client Linux distribution and
administrative interface, called EZWebPC, with a locked-down
browser. Clients boot off the CD-ROM, eliminating the need for a
local operating system or hard drive. It loads the browser with a
custom configuration that will highlight a single site or allow the
user access to the entire Internet, as long as a broadband
connection is available. Because the system runs from the network
and a CD-ROM, no local operating system or hard drive is
required…”

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