It is a minimal linux like kernel for x86 architecture. It is mostly the source code from the tutorial "Roll your own toy UNIX-clone OS" written by James Molloy: http://www.jamesmolloy.co.uk/tutorial_html/index.html It is encoded in a bash script.
DistPull is a software distribution system. It is designed to allow unattended updates of local and remote systems in a safe manner, with the abilty to roll back an update.
It is written in Unix/Linux shell, so it is portable to most systems.
The GRENADE project aims to accelerate the roll-out of the Computational Grid by making Grid functionality as accessible as an icon on a desktop. The initial prototype will use Globus (www.globus.org) to extend the functionality of KDE.
PLAC is a business card sized bootable cdrom running linux. It has network auditing, disk recovery, and forensic analysis tools. ISO will be avialable and scripts to roll you own cd.