Re: [Nolug] Customizable Bootable CD

Each machine needs to run on its own. It will not be possible to have all of
the buyers connect to the net to have the software run or anything like
that. Also it would be nice to have the entire system on CD so that updates
could be mailed to the various companies without us going there to install
it on the system.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jame Scott" <jhs_technical@cox.net>
To: "NOLUG ML" <nolug@joeykelly.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Nolug] Customizable Bootable CD

> How about you lay out the entire scenario.
> This way we could give you some advice that was closer to the mark.
> For instance how many "workstations" are we talking about?
> Is this for a single location or many?
> Are they close together or far apart?
> Maybe the answer is a web server and the stores should contract local
> support for their own workstations or, etc..
>
> On Sat, 2004-01-24 at 17:04, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Sat, 2004-01-24 at 11:09, Jeff Lee wrote:
> > > Well these would be highly graphical pages that I would need to
display.
> > > They are for a tire/rim store and they show the different wheels on
your
> > > car. Its all programmed in flash so that is why I need it to run. I
want to
> >
> > Then I'd use the XFce4 WM, since it & Mozilla/Firebird both depend
> > on Gtk.
> >
> > > use a minimal linux that runs off of a cd/dvd so that the machines
dont need
> > > harddrives to work. Also they would beable to use smaller processors
and
> > > this would keep costs down.
> >
> > Hmmm. Given enough RAM, and your definition of "smaller processors",
> > that should work fine.
> >
> > Have you also considered some sort of LTSP system? That way, any
> > changes can be made once, on the server, and would propagate in-
> > stantly to the clients. Also, the clients could be totally disk-
> > less, and very low-power, since the server would be doing all of
> > the Flash computations. Of course, if you go that route, you'd
> > have to run cat5, adequately size a server, etc.
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Steven Cardella" <ssc@bertucciinc.com>
> > > To: <nolug@joeykelly.net>
> > > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 10:46 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [Nolug] Customizable Bootable CD
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hey, you might not even need X (I don't know if these support flash,
or
> > > > if flash is even necessary...), there are some svgalib (run from a
> > > > console, but graphical) browsers out there.
> > > >
> > > > a search on freshmeat came up with:
> > > > arachne
> > > > links
> > > > w3m?
> > > > wb0
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, hope this helps.
> --
> Jame Scott <jhs_technical@cox.net>
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