> So what about my idea of utilizing the lightweight distros
> for the chroot? If somebody can give me some guidelines
> about how it would work, and what
> the distro maintainers would need to do, I'll start
> joining their mailing lists. I've got no job for the
> next 2 weeks -- I'll get right to work on this
> if the LTSP developers think it's a feasible idea.
>
> Damn Small Linux claims it'll run on a 486dx with 16mb
> RAM -- with X.
> Recommended specs are a Pentium 200 MHz with 64mb RAM.
> There's also DSL-N,
> which is apparently Damn Small Linux with a more modern
> kernel. It's
> minimum requirements are the same as the recommended specs
> above. In any
> case, this seems like the kind of thing we could use to run
> low-power thin
> clients.
>
> -Rob
>
If you work on this, I'd be interested in hearing what you come up with.
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