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DIET-PC - Diskless Embedded Technology Personal Computer

DIET-PC (DIskless Embedded Technology Personal Computer) is a Do-It-Yourself open source thin client software kitset, allowing IT professionals to construct generic- or special-purpose thin clients, or other network appliances, using commodity x86 PC hardware.

DIET-PC is based on an embedded Linux O/S running entirely in RAM, loaded over the network via TFTP. The O/S is fully self-contained and, with the possible exception of the application service protocol, communicates with its environment solely by means of industry standard IP protocols. Consequently the Linux nature of the O/S is largely hidden from and irrelevant to the user. Incorporated technologies include Etherboot, Linux kernel with ext2 initrd, devfs, Busybox, X.Org, RDesktop, TightVNC and Citrix ICA Client.

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