[LUAU] LSTP thin client knoppix variant idea?

[Jim Thompson]

1GB of RAM is sub-$100 these days, (I just bought 2GB for the mac  
mini for $189)  and should hole the entire contents of the CD-ROM (or  
better CD-RW).   A CD-RW is what, under $40?

Boot, fetch the entire filesystem into memory, write the precious  
parts back as needed (config changes, etc).

Jim


On Mar 22, 2006, at 12:12 PM, Brian Chee wrote:

> This is exactly what Larry Elisson (Oracle dude) did for a small  
> company
> called N!C (New Internet Computers) that sold in the $200 range when
> workstations were hovering in the $1200 range....it's problem was a  
> lack of
> swap and a slow cdrom drive. Everytime you changed an application, the
> entire app had to come off the slow cdrom which made it frustrating  
> to use.
>
> When N!C changed to faster cdrom drives, it got alot better...but  
> lack of
> swap and a small amount of ram really crippled the product...which  
> no longer
> exists....
>
> /brian chee
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Burns" <tburns at hawaii.edu>
> To: <daves-navel at googlegroups.com>; "LUAU" <luau at lists.hosef.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:01 PM
> Subject: [LUAU] LSTP thin client knoppix variant idea?
>
>
> Is there any advantage to using a knoppix-like live CD to make a  
> feeble box
> into a thin client? I don't know enough about LSTP to know whether  
> this
> makes sense - if the server isn't serving os & apps, do you still  
> need it
> for anything?
>
> * no need for special NIC, but CD drive or memory stick needed  
> instead.
> * Can use a windows box without any mods, sort of a poor man's dual  
> boot.
> * needs less memory?
>
> WDYT?
>
> Dave
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