A Linux developer is organizing volunteers for a public “web station” project to assist Hurricane Katrina victims. The plan is to create numerous Linux-based public kiosks that boot directly into the Firefox browser and display a special home page with links to various services. In addition to offering disaster relief information and news, the kiosks will provide basic email capabilities via Yahoo!, Gmail,… Earthlink, MS Hotmail, and other web-mail services.

A typical public kiosk installation
(Photo courtesy Steve Hargadon)

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Also read this column at Linux-Watch.com by eWEEK.com Senior Editor Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols:

 
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