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So they reinvented terminals, but worse
Put a swap file on that bad boy boy and they've invented downloading ram!
This is a revolution.
Netboot.xyz ?
One of my duties in my first job was to build diskless computers. I’d record an EPROM in the station and boot from a Novell server.
I can see two issues here:
It’s not really a storageless computer. It’s using EFI as storage to build the ramdisk.
What happens if you need to change things because of a change of cloud account, change of cloud API etc etc
No computer is ever really storageless. Even the BIOS has to be stored somewhere. If you didn't have any storage, you wouldn't be able to load any code, and it would not be a computer, it would be a brick.
y tho
“Primarily a silly pursuit”
Yeah, but it then goes on saying
"However, the dev also boasts that “the possibilities are endless” and would welcome any companies or individuals who wish to get in contact and discuss commercializing this project or something related to it."
And that's what I'm saying "y tho" to.
I mean, shit. If I did something stupid for fun and some idiot business major wants to pay me for an implementation, regardless of how useful It actually is, I’m not turning it down.
So we’re back to ~~PXI~~ PXE? Everything old is new again.
Neat technical problem to solve though just for fun
Interesting experiment, but I'd rather have a personal machine that isnt completely useless when/if the internet goes out. Also would be nice not to depend on a centralized service that could easily revoke access.
Seems like it's better suited for company work computers.
Boot from IPFS!
when/if the internet goes out.
Or worse, when it basically sends a different image...
Looks like a new CVE dropped lol
Good luck booting when Google nukes your account
Soo, booting your computer from someone else's computer?
I mean we've had thin clients and PXE for ages?
Do thin clients and PXE require a server specifically configured to serve a boot image? (Genuinely asking.)
I'm not sure whether this project is doing something new by just accessing network resources that are nothing more than shared files, without any specific software running on the server (beyond just a server serving files).
More being able to use cloud storage and not need a full physical secondary computer. In theory the cloud can be accessed anywhere, even if a portion is down, not the same for a single physical PC.
And bootp before that, and tftp before that. So I think roughly... 35 years?
