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.
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