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[ByzantineOS | http://byzgl.sourceforge.net/] is a small LinuxDistribution focussing on Internet Appliances. While in beta stage, it is clean, fast, and fits on a 48MB [ISO] by virtue of choices like using BusyBox and running [X11] in a FrameBuffer. It concentrates on the web software selection an Internet Appliance typically offers, ie a WebBrowser.
!! Booting
-Pop the [CD] in, reboot, make sure you are booting off the [CDROM] drive, and sit back. The boot process has been
streamlined quite a bit,
and it all
progresses automatically. Kernel output and service output have been tidied up
. It autodetected and configured my graphics card and network card, and proceeded to load up X
.
+Pop the [CD] in, reboot, make sure you are booting off the [CDROM] drive, and sit back. The boot process is
streamlined and progresses automatically. It autodetected and configured my graphics card and network card, and proceeded to load up the [XServer]
.
!! Using it
-ByzantineOS automatically loads
X, but it doesn't use your traditional Window Manager
. It loads Mozilla instead, albeit a
very customised Mozilla. The current build
(as of September 2004) uses Mozilla 1
.6.
-
-ByzantineOS
developers have chosen to use Mozilla
as an application platform, and
it is used to run applications, browse the web, and even configure your network card.
-
-The applications included are a
SNES emulator, GAIM
, XMMS, some card games, a calculator, and a few others.
+X is loaded without a WindowManager
. A
very customised [
Mozilla] 1
.6
(in the build
as of September 2004) is launched by default
. The developers have chosen to use it
as an application platform, so
it is used to run applications, browse the web, and even configure your network card. Applications include an
SNES emulator, [Gaim]
, [
XMMS]
, some card games, a calculator, and a few others.
!! Conclusion
-It's a cool idea. On a small machine with a nice display it could be a nifty WebBrowser OS. It has come a long way since I first reviewed it
, and feels very polished. The inclusion
of other applications makes it quite a neat little distribution. The layout of the mozilla
interface is, IMO, less than optimal, but that's partly because it's totally different to the '
normal'
layout.
+It's a cool idea. On a small machine with a nice display it could be a nifty WebBrowser OS. It has come a long way since alpha
, and feels very polished. The addition
of other applications since then
makes it quite a neat little distribution. The layout of the [Mozilla]
interface is, IMO, less than optimal, but that's partly because it's totally different to the "
normal"
layout.
-All that limits its usefulness for the living room is the awful display quality of TVs - at least until [HDTV]...
+All that limits its usefulness for the living room is the awful display quality of TVs -
- at least until [HDTV]...
--DanielLawson
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