What do you recommend as the cheapest embedded Linux solution?
I was just imagining a system that boots a 256 or 512MB USB flash drive, creates a RAM disk using the onboard RAM, fires up a DHCP client daemon for a netcard port, and then hosts a very slim, but effective, web server and database server.
I was imagining a helpdesk that plugs this in on their network and instantly up to 50 technicians (10 simultaneous) can use it. The trouble tickets would be compressed before being stored, and an external USB flash drive or 200GB USB drive could be used for backing it up every night.