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Sorry but this site is not giving me permission to post in the xlabs section so I'm posting it here. I have been tinkering with the idea of creating an OSx86 version of LTSP (Linux Terminal Server Project). The idea is to have a mac or hackintosh server booting diskless thin clients through a network connection. I think this may now be possible in light of the great work happening at the PureDarwin project. The way LTSP works is that the thin client contacts the server and downloads a minimal OS environment consisting of the kernel and some necessary low level files. The rest like hosting applications and such happens on the server. PureDarwin now have a proof of concept called PureDarwin Nano that is a minimal OS that on the surface would seem to be perfect for this on the client side. OSX already has the other open source services already built in like DHCP, TFTP etc. required on the server side. I personally think it would be bad-ass and very useful to be able to PXE boot thin clients or old clunkers from a juiced up central server running OSX. I'd love to get this started but my problem is that my programming skills are limited to web technologies (actionscript, php, javascript) and I could use the help of the more experienced people that have contributed other OSx86 projects. Is anybody interested in this either as a contributor or user?

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