Subj : Re: KDE - can I lock the panel? To : comp.os.linux From : maddman_75 Date : Mon Jun 21 2004 07:03 am Sybren Stuvel wrote in message news:... > maddman enlightened us with: > > These are information kiosks - getting things like holiday schedules, > > plant policies, and so on to the employees. > > Ah, ok, got it. > > > And even if they wanted to I've removed the K menu, so they'd have no > > way to do so. > > Don't assume someone has no way of doing something just because you > removed the obvious ways of doing so. Have you tried hitting > ctrl+alt+backspace? > > Anyways, if you can't properly lock down KDE, why are you using it? Why > not use Fluxbox with only a "exit fluxbox" in the menu? That way, they > won't have anything at all they can do, and as soon as they exit > fluxbox, you can restart it. And there isn't anything they can mess up. > Fluxbox only has a few config files, and you can make them read-only. > > Sybren I'm using KDE BEcause that's what I'm familiar with, to be honest. As for the keys the kiosks have nonstandard keyboards. No alt, no ctrl, no 'windows' key, and no function keys. Only thing left open is right-clicks on the panel. .