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-http://byzgl.sourceforge.net/
-
-is a small linux-based distro focussing at Internet Appliances.
-Its still very much alpha software, however its clean and fast, and fits on a
-28MB iso. It manages this by making use of cut-down tools like busybox,
-and running X in a framebuffer
-
-Its focussed towards running the web software that a Internet Appliance uses.
-That means, it runs a web browser. Boot it on small machine with a nice display,
-and I could see this being a nifty web browser OS, suited for Kiosks and the
-like. I dont really see it being usable on a TV, but thats because TVs are
-so arse for this sort of thing. ''(At least until [HDTV
]... --JaredWigmore)''
-
-Booting: pop the CD in, reboot, make sure you are booting off the cdrom drive, and sit back.
-
-A bootloader screen (looked like a GRUB screen) asks for a choice of normal
-or hi-res (1024x768, although it doesn't say that there) framebuffers.
-
-As it boots, it goes through the usual sorts of output, although the noisy
-kernel output is hidden and this shows things like 'configuring network card'
-and the like. Note that it doesn't really configure your network card - it
-grabs a REALLY bogus IP address for some reason, so you have to run dhcpd
-manually later on
-
-Logging in: It leaves a prompt saying "press enter to enable this console"
-after its finished booting. Switching VTs shows this on at least a few other
-consoles. Once you log in you are presented with a shell... and no indication
-of what to do. RTFM' however, provides the useful hint to run 'startx'.
-
-Or, run dhcpd first, so you have a dhcp-assigned IP address... or else
-manually set it via ifconfig.
-
-Window Manager: there is a .sawfish menu in your home directory, however
-I'm pretty sure that mozilla is being run as my window manager. Certainly none
-of the usual decorations are there (such as title bars and close buttons).
-This makes sense for an OS targetted towards Internet Appliances.
-
-Its also an older version of mozilla, but thats of little concern really.
-
-Its fairly customized too, in terms of menubar placement, and what options you
-have available to you.
-
-What now?:
-Browse the web! Thats about all you can do really.. the system is run from a
-compressed ramfs (cramfs) so you can install plugins and change settings I
-think, but they are of course lost on reboot.
-
-
-Its a cool idea though, and probably a good first start for web kiosk type
-software. Saving options to disk or network storage would be really useful,
-and you'd want to modify the default options quite a lot I imagine.
-
---DanielLawson
-
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+Describe [
ByzantineOS] here
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