Re: group of Java maintainers was Re: guavac, kaffe, kore, a free java development environment?
On Sun, 23 Nov 1997, Bruce Perens wrote:
> I think it would be nice for us to eventually build a lightweight network
> computing client. This would be a _really_stripped_down_ system capable of
> network booting and executing a web browser and Java (not much more than a
> kernel, X server, browser, and java runtime), and a regular Debian system to
> be its server. It should network boot from one floppy (or ROM) and download
> X and the rest once it has booted. Use of font servers and other stuff
> intended to reduce or eliminate local storage would be nice.
I love the idea... _(;
Mike, can we get a list for this? (java@lists.debian.org?)
> Obviously, getting all of the services to run under a complete Debian
> system is a starting point for this project, and is also essential for
> everyone who really doesn't like the network computing idea because it
> is the re-invention of the mainframe :-) . Stripping the client down
> might best be a separate project from Debian within SPI.
Could be, but it may not be necessary, since all the necesary software is
already available in Debian. Also this 'mode' could be made available on
regular Debian machine (as a special runlevel for example?)
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