MarioDebian wrote: > On 5/5/06, Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> [Mario] >> > TCOS is a new method to build an embedded debian based thin client >> > operating system. Similar to PXES but using debian kernel and >> > binaries. >> > >> > More info about project: >> > http://soleup.eup.uva.es/mediawiki/index.php/TCOS/en >> >> How is this proposal different from the LTSP muekow packages currently >> in Debian and Ubuntu? >> > > LTSP starts terminal booting first a minimal system that mount rest of > system by nfs, TCOS is like PXES, because terminal use a bigger init > image and use local apps, with this it's posible to reduce network > bandwich and use _same_ kernel and binaries than debian or ubuntu > distro (no need to patch kernel or special pakages) > > Muekow create a debootstrap chroot and serve it with nfs with a lot of > things that terminal don't need. Terminal need only some binaries and > his linked libraries TCOS have only binaries and libs (based on info > of ldd) and some conf files. > > Simple muekow could be 300-400 Mb, TCOS uses 5-15 [*] Mb of "extras" > binaries > > [*] Depends what things we want to support (sound, usb, discover, etc..)
So more like flashybrid ? -- Finn-Arne Johansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bzz.no/ Debian-edu developer and Solution provider EE2A71C6403A3D191FCDC043006F1215062E6642 062E6642 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
