Now it's starting to get out of the proof-of-concept phase, and into the alpha release stage, almost…
Features:
- SSL
- Actually loads images (nice, right?)
- Should have better VESA/VGA support.
- (some testing has worked with booting via USB thumb drives, but I don't think this ISO will. Maybe that means I can’t count it as a feature? I dunno.)
- WIRELESS – using the familiar and intuitive Ctrl-Alt-F2, wpa_gui -something_something, ctrl-alt-F1 method – how easy!
- Almost installable – if you already have a formatted and correctly
labelled ext3 partition, you can copy it to your HD. - Will run in 128MB, maybe even as little as 64MB.
Uses:
- Security dorkwads – bad men can't 0wn what isn't 1nst@ll3d
- Kiosks dweeblings – no GUI other than a browser
- Old, decrepit POS computer-hoarders – this will actually run on your crappy computer
- Remorseful netbook owners – this will actually let you do something useful, like checking out Facebook, on your otherwise useless would-be laptop. This is my current use case.
- Bloat warriors – next time you see a completely horked Windows XP installation or something even worse limping along painfully, know that with 120mb of storage, and 128mb of ram, you could be doing soooo much better…
Unfeatures:
- Doesn’t have a pleasant installer. Won’t format your drive (though, this could be a plus…)
- No bookmarks – c’mon, isn’t that what Google’s for?!
- No disk cache
- Doesn’t utilize the memory it saves (yet)
- Doesn’t save wireless settings (by default)
- Disk image is more bloated than it should be
- no sounds?
- No Flash (this is a problem…but solvable?)
- static IP’s aren’t yet supported (DHCP only)
- Nasty way of invoking the wireless configurator – and it’s not that friendly
So if 99% of what you do for fun or for work ends up with you browing the web, why have your computer do anything else?