More being able to use cloud storage and not need a physical computer. In theory the cloud can be accessed anywhere, even if a portion is down, not the same for a single physical PC.
jfx@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Soo, booting your computer from someone else’s computer?
I mean we’ve had thin clients and PXE for ages?
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 months ago
datelmd5sum@lemmy.world 2 months ago
is the non physical cloud in the room right now?
lewdian69@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Nope! That’s the point. It’s in someone else’s room!
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Google redundancy.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 months ago
More being able to use cloud storage and not need a physical computer.
Are you going to access The Cloud telepathically?
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The cloud is many computers with a redundancy, you putting multiple PCs in remote locations so you can access when one goes down….?
catloaf@lemm.ee 2 months ago
The joke is about what exactly you’re doing with the cloud with no physical computer in front of you.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 months ago
Yes I understand how The Cloud works…?
GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 2 months ago
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).
catloaf@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Yes, they do. The novel thing here is serving the files out of Google Drive.
There are existing PXE servers that run over the Internet, like boot.netboot.xyz, so that you don’t have to run your own (assuming you trust everyone involved in that connection). Those are far more practical.
mox@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
And bootp before that, and tftp before that. So I think roughly… 35 years?
areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 2 months ago
PXE specifically uses tftp doesn’t it?
noobface@lemmy.world 2 months ago
yep