Network boot from SAFE images

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Ubuntu as a SAFE OS (boot directly from SAFE)

I’m wondering about the value to SAFE Network of using Ubuntu as the basis of SAFE OS, or Snappy Ubuntu (see article) in devices such as ePlug. I’m not sure it’s the way to go, but interested because Ubuntu might gain widespread IoT adoption of Snappy, and how this might help SAFE.

Booting from maidsafe as a drive

Just wondering if it would be possible to upload say a .iso of an OS and boot a machine that loads the OS from the safe network as some sort of external/virtual/encrypted drive. Imagine running all programs from within the network and saving the files directly to the network! Is this just wishful thinking or might a scenario like this be feasible?? Or perhaps some sort of VPS…

Could you boot the majority of a computer using Maidsafe data?

(So basically, not just documents, movies, etc., but much more important files, system files, etc. This might get a bit interwoven with many different topics, considering I feel like I’m thinking of novel ideas here all feeding off each other.) Do I even know what I’m talking about? Maybe not. I’m not entirely certain how a computer even boots. Obviously hardware is needed, not just software. Basically I’m wondering about how to reduce the amount of local data needed for running OS’s. This woul…