Bug#414412: ITP: initramfs-tools-tcos -- TCOS, a debian thin client operating system

[Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>]

On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 05:55:52PM +0100, Mario Izquierdo (mariodebian) wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: "Mario Izquierdo (mariodebian)" <mariodebian@gmail.com>
> 
> 
> * Package name    : initramfs-tools-tcos
>   Version         : 0.67
>   Upstream Author : Mario Izquierdo (mariodebian) <mariodebian@gmail.com>
> * URL             : http://cls-tcos.forja.rediris.es
> * License         : GPL
>   Programming Lang: Shell, Python
>   Description     : TCOS, a debian thin client operating system
> 
> (Include the long description here.)
> 
> TCOS is a new thin client implementation based on debian kernel, libs and bins.
> The image generation is very simple, TCOS add some hooks to initramfs-tools to 
> build a initramfs file with all app that thin client have to use:
> 
> dhclient
> udev
> wireless
> discover
> ssh server (dropbear)
> sound (alsa modules and libs)
> pulseaudio (networked sound server better than esound)
> vnc server
> rdesktop client
> Xorg (with a small number of files)
> 
> Thin clients with more than 38 Mb of RAM will boot in "PXES mode", downloading 
> with tftp the needed files.
> 
> Thin clients with less than 38 Mb of RAM will try to mount a NFS server shared 
> dir where gentcos has uncompressed initramfs image.
> Not complete distro like LTSP do.

What is the difference relative to LTSP?  Is it that it runs directly from
the initramfs where there is enough RAM?

If so, wouldn't this be better added as a feature to LTSP rather than a new
thin client implementation?  I thought about adding it at one point, but
didn't have a need for it yet.

-- 
 - mdz