>The idea is to build a minimalist Linux based system which would boot up >straight into a full-screen Pharo environment.
Why use a Linux underneath when you can do it in Smalltalk ;) Look at SqueakNOS - an operating system that was/still is able to boot from disk right into Squeak: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/1762 Accessing devices/writing drivers in Smalltalk, etc. >Would like to know if it's some how possible to control external >programs from within Pharo, essentially shell scripts for network setup, >etc. Check out the "OSProcess" package in Pharo. Bye T.
