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DRBL comes under the terms of a [[GPL]] license so providing the user with the ability to customize it.
==Features==
DRBL excels in two main categories.
'''Disk Cloning'''
[[Clonezilla]] (packaged with DRBL) uses [[partimage]] to avoid copying free space, and [[gzip]] to compress Hard Disk images. The stored image can then be restored to multiple machines simultaneously using [[Multicast]] packets, thus greatly reducing the time it takes to image large numbers of computers. The DRBL Live CD allows you to do all of this without actually installing anything on any of the machines, by simply booting one machine (the server) from the CD, and [[PXE]] booting the rest of the machines.
'''Hybrid Client'''
An excellent way to make use of old hardware. Using old hardware as [[Thin Clients]] is a good solution, but has some disadvantages that a [[Hybrid Client]] can make up for.
* Streaming Audio/Video - A [[Terminal Server]] must decompress, recompress, and send video over the network to the client. A Hybrid does all decompression locally, and can make use of any graphics hardware capabilities on the local machine.
* Software that requires real-time input - Since all input at a [[thin client]] is sent over the network before it is registered by the operating system, there can be substantial delay. This is a major problem in software that requires real-time input (i.e. [[video games]]). Hybrid clients run the software locally, and as such, do not have this problem.
DRBL allows you to set up multiple [[Hybrid Clients]] with relative ease.
==External Resources==
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