Ubuntu desktop gui lock down
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I have a friend who is asking if Ubuntu can be locked down from like windows where users cannot change desktop background, access menus, etc.
I've never had a management challenge for Linux desktops, so I wasn't quite sure what to recommend or if it's even worthwhile. I've only managed servers with puppet and satellite before.
Background info : it's a school district with no money. They already have some chrome books which they love, but can't afford to replace more windows machines at this time.
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@black3dynamite said in Ubuntu desktop gui lock down:
That's awesome that he did it for raspberry pick as well.
Definitely bookmarking this.
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@irj said in Ubuntu desktop gui lock down:
Background info : it's a school district with no money. They already have some chrome books which they love, but can't afford to replace more windows machines at this time.
I've done this with Suse / KDE for that very use case.
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Does that article address the desire to lock the systems down? If you needed a kiosk wouldn't you want to use something like Porteus Kiosk
That article while cool, doesn't seem like it would fit the need as I read your OP. Which it sounds like you want to give these computers to the students/staff to use, but not to break.
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@dustinb3403 said in Ubuntu desktop gui lock down:
Does that article address the desire to lock the systems down? If you needed a kiosk wouldn't you want to use something like Porteus Kiosk
That article while cool, doesn't seem like it would fit the need as I read your OP. Which it sounds like you want to give these computers to the students/staff to use, but not to break.
Porteus Kiosk works pretty well for our needs.
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Now that it’s using GNOME you can use dconf to lock everything down. We have a heavily locked down desktop because of compliance junk.
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There used to be something called Pessulus but I think that was either for GNOME 2 or Unity (I can’t remember).
