On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 03:45:07PM -0700, Bob Miller wrote:
> 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.

Gratuitous (Open)BSD plug:

http://www.embsd.org/ + http://www.openpackages.org/

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