Jim Beard wrote: > We were thinking that it could be cool to provide a distro on a CD thats > all set up to act as a dchp server for any 802.11 card that happens to be > nearby. We could try to bundle a few different monitoring and logging tools > with a pretty stable distro that had modules ready for a number of popular > wireless access points.
I'll riff on your idea. I would like to see a package with the self-describing name, Debian Appliance Kit. It would be an easy way to build a debian-based subset distro for Linux appliances. Use the debian net/cd distribution and update method, but rather than pile 4 Gb of crap onto the disk, just get a couple of Mb of basic stuff plus one application that does MP3s or wireless gateways or point of sale terminals or whatever appliance you need. -- Bob Miller K<bob> kbobsoft software consulting http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
