I would like some directions to look in for the following.

For school we are doing a project in wich we have to suplie 10 pc's with software and install a network in such a way that these's pc's can be used by 65+ people to surf the internet.

We diced to use a linux distro for this. We have not yet diceded witch distro yet.

Now I wan't to lock down and setup these pc's so that they can only start a few apps. Some of these apps have to be able to go onto the internet. We don't want anyhing like firewalls or things like asking users questions because that is asking for trouble we think.

Is it possible to setup a linux ditro out of the box like this or do I need to get other apps. If so what apps.

Thanks in advance.