Tiny Core Linux

General TC => General TC Talk => Topic started by: yangmusa on December 04, 2008, 04:29:46 PM

Title: gOS Cloud - similar idea for a fast boot minimal system
Post by: yangmusa on December 04, 2008, 04:29:46 PM

This may interest you - the philosophy behind gOS Cloud is somewhat similar to Tiny Core. Booting very fast into a minimal operating system that depends on a network connection to provide wider functionality.

http://www.thinkgos.com/cloud.php (http://www.thinkgos.com/cloud.php)

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//www.eeepcnews.de/2008/12/03/video-gos-cloud-erste-eindruecke/&hl=en&langpair=auto|en&tbb=1&ie=utf-8 (http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//www.eeepcnews.de/2008/12/03/video-gos-cloud-erste-eindruecke/&hl=en&langpair=auto|en&tbb=1&ie=utf-8)

It doesn't appear to be available for download yet, but I'll probably give it a try if/when it is.

For now I'm having a lot of fun exploring Tiny Core  :)

Title: Re: gOS Cloud - similar idea for a fast boot minimal system
Post by: mikshaw on December 06, 2008, 08:59:57 AM

 

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a minimal operating system that depends on a network connection to provide wider functionality.

I think this is a pretty big difference.  TC Extensions can be downloaded (even from other systems) and stored on your harddrive or removable media for loading when you're offline.  I think dependence on a network connection is something our internet still isn't secure and stable enough to appropriately support.