I'm thinking of a doable project to use ancient (as in 386 and 486) hardware for a Linux desktop. You can add the usual thin-client buzzwords.
Practically speaking, Linux cannot be a thin client desktop anymore. GNOME and KDE are bloated monsters. But: a basic one-floppy Linux, with svgalib and the svncviewer (VNC viewer for SVGAlib) and a beefy appserver, and you can serve a lot of people! you can get a 486 complete system for like 3,000 pesos now at places like HMR. Just get yourself a beefy app server (you can construct one on the cheap with a mobo like mine, Abit VP6 dual-proc, only 7000+) and you can support a couple dozen workstations running StarOffice. Anyway there is LODS which is one-floppy Linux based on hal91, plus svncviewer, but it's based on a 2.0 kernel. I think I'm gonna slap together something (I'm thinking of using mindi to floppy-ize RedHat 7.1) or maybe Midori. Eventually I may want to get one of those all-in-one motherboards with LAN onboard, a CompactFlash card, and make a *real* thin client. =) Another alternative is Linux on the Dreamcast. You can get a DC now for about 7000 pesoses, and the boot media is an ordinary floppy. Linux + X already runs on the DC, there's a nice DC guide on linuxdevices.com. -- Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mosaic Communications, Inc. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
