I am not a specialist and I am not sure to understand what you mean by 'boot linux from any desktop', but I have been experimenting remote connections lately so my results may interest you.
The idea of remote connection is that you boot your device normally (the client), and access a remote computer (the host) once the operating system is running on the client. Usually you only need a very light operating system so the client machine does not need to be powerful. I have been using a letux 400 (very small device, 2Gb Flash drive, rather slow) as a client to connect to my home computer. Since a letux is (really) not powerful, I dropped the idea of using a full remote desktop but this is likely to be possible on the GTA04 (see Vino, Remmina and others for remote desktop applications). Instead of that, I opened some X windows directly via ssh (use the -X option when you connect with ssh, there is a bit of fidling around with keys and host authoring). This technique allows you to control the GUI of a host from a light remote client. In final I could run some large applications (gimp, blender...) on my letux and to use them just as if I was using my home computer. Only the GUI of the application selected appeared on the screen. I am not sure if that is what you want to do. I can give more details if you need. Lionel On 21 April 2012 00:37, Travis Bachelder <[email protected]> wrote: > Just so everyone knows: I am not a programmer (just a dreamer), with no > grasp on reality in regards to what is feasible or not. I'll leave it to > you (the community) to decide. > > I was thinking it would be cool if my imaginary cell phone (I also dream > of one day owning one) had the capabilities to boot linux from any desktop, > via USB, provided it's support. This would grant me access to large > programs such as CAD software, Inventor/AutoCAD, music/movies/photos, from > where ever a desktop computer was available (BIOS Mooch). > > I would imagine the phones would need to be outfitted with a small solid > state hard drive (at least 60 gb), and it would be nice if it had the > ability to share media files (music) between QTmoko and Ubuntu (maybe?). > > Has anyone ever fantasized about this? > Is it feasible? or Possible? > > Thanks, > Travis Bachelder > > This email was sent by Howell Laboratories, Inc. or Shively Labs. It may > contain information that is confidential or privileged. If you suspect you > were not intended to receive it, please delete it without copying or > forwarding it, and notify the sender by reply email or by calling > 207-647-3327. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > >
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