I can't possibly implement all of these ideas by the end of May, so I'm freely putting them out there to seed ideas and because I would want all of them! 
I thought these up over lunch today.
N-in-1 Linux Installer Distro Picker: Package all these Linuxes on a DVD.iso: Open SuSE, Fedora, Darn Small, Puppy, Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo, etal. and pick one. It comes up fully configured with VMware Tools and network access.
Blog-in-a-Box: An Appliance setup to serve up a one of these blogger tools: WordPress, TypePad, LiveJournal, etal. VM is ready to host at an xSP or at home. Easily portable/expandable/clonable when you hit it big.
Domain/Site-in-a-Box: A Wizard sets up whole or parts of a small business domain (LAMP, Forums, SMTP/IMAP/POP3 Services, DNS/DDNS, etc. all (re-)configurable, ready-to-host in an xSP or your own connection.
RemotePC-in-a-box: Anything/everything you need to securely access work-from-home, home-from-work, or from a Wi-Fi hotspot. Sets up working sets of Appliances that you can connect to from work and gives you reverse remote access at home. Basically a Network Admin's nightmare.
Digital Media Centre-in-a-box: This Appliance would search your whole home/small business network for DVR lineups, music, photos, videos, software packages, you name it and index them like a search engine.
TrustedPC-in-a-box: This is an Appliance that uses an ISO to keep read-only security software that scans your systems (like MBSA) and keeps a cryptographic checksum log of critical trusted computing files in small attached VMDK or USB fob. If you re-scan any system later so you can see whats changed. This is a TripWire-like function but in an Appliance.
VirtualGrid-in-a-box: Some cool distributed/grid application that scales as it snowballs larger and larger as users download and run it. This would be like a SETI@home or the Great Internet Mersenne Prime search project. Obviously I need to work on the content
plus a screensaver that offers the eye candy to make this viral.
Portable Virtual Desktop/Office: The smallest working set of applications you need to have a virtual desktop. Whether that's a bunch of games or some open Office and/or WINE, or every developer tool conceived.
Sorry for the -boxes. What are your ideas?
I thought these up over lunch today.
N-in-1 Linux Installer Distro Picker: Package all these Linuxes on a DVD.iso: Open SuSE, Fedora, Darn Small, Puppy, Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo, etal. and pick one. It comes up fully configured with VMware Tools and network access.
Blog-in-a-Box: An Appliance setup to serve up a one of these blogger tools: WordPress, TypePad, LiveJournal, etal. VM is ready to host at an xSP or at home. Easily portable/expandable/clonable when you hit it big.
Domain/Site-in-a-Box: A Wizard sets up whole or parts of a small business domain (LAMP, Forums, SMTP/IMAP/POP3 Services, DNS/DDNS, etc. all (re-)configurable, ready-to-host in an xSP or your own connection.
RemotePC-in-a-box: Anything/everything you need to securely access work-from-home, home-from-work, or from a Wi-Fi hotspot. Sets up working sets of Appliances that you can connect to from work and gives you reverse remote access at home. Basically a Network Admin's nightmare.
Digital Media Centre-in-a-box: This Appliance would search your whole home/small business network for DVR lineups, music, photos, videos, software packages, you name it and index them like a search engine.
TrustedPC-in-a-box: This is an Appliance that uses an ISO to keep read-only security software that scans your systems (like MBSA) and keeps a cryptographic checksum log of critical trusted computing files in small attached VMDK or USB fob. If you re-scan any system later so you can see whats changed. This is a TripWire-like function but in an Appliance.
VirtualGrid-in-a-box: Some cool distributed/grid application that scales as it snowballs larger and larger as users download and run it. This would be like a SETI@home or the Great Internet Mersenne Prime search project. Obviously I need to work on the content
plus a screensaver that offers the eye candy to make this viral.Portable Virtual Desktop/Office: The smallest working set of applications you need to have a virtual desktop. Whether that's a bunch of games
or some open Office and/or WINE, or every developer tool conceived.Sorry for the -boxes. What are your ideas?
