This is exactly what Larry Elisson (Oracle dude) did for a small company called N!C (New Internet Computers) that sold in the $200 range when workstations were hovering in the $1200 range....it's problem was a lack of swap and a slow cdrom drive. Everytime you changed an application, the entire app had to come off the slow cdrom which made it frustrating to use.
When N!C changed to faster cdrom drives, it got alot better...but lack of swap and a small amount of ram really crippled the product...which no longer exists.... /brian chee University of Hawai'i at Manoa School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology Advanced Network Computing Lab 2525 Correa Road, HIG 500 Honolulu, HI 96822 808-956-5797 voice, 877-284-1934 fax ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "LUAU" <luau@lists.hosef.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:01 PM Subject: [LUAU] LSTP thin client knoppix variant idea? Is there any advantage to using a knoppix-like live CD to make a feeble box into a thin client? I don't know enough about LSTP to know whether this makes sense - if the server isn't serving os & apps, do you still need it for anything? * no need for special NIC, but CD drive or memory stick needed instead. * Can use a windows box without any mods, sort of a poor man's dual boot. * needs less memory? WDYT? Dave _______________________________________________ LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list http://lists.hosef.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luau