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XOSL, an alternative to Lilo and Grub

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the booting-in-style dept.

WhyPanic writes "XOSL, the Extended Operating System Loader, is a free (as in beer and as in GPL), full featured, graphical boot loader that can work in conjunction with Lilo or separately to boot all varieties of Windows, Linux, and many other OS's." Nifty looking.

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  1. Some crossed wires here by fobbman · · Score: 4, Funny

    This isn't a new development, so did Slashdot and Freshmeat somehow swap queues? Should I be checking Freshmeat for Katz submissions?

  2. Suspicious Title by Cylix · · Score: 2, Funny

    Although I'm certain it should read 'and' and not 'amd', it brings up certain other questions.

    I'm wondering Rob's true intentions. I believe he might be trying to send subliminal messages to buy AMD chips.

    Rather quite SLACKWARE mischievious LINUX if you ask me.

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    "You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours." -- Yogi Berra
  3. Ah... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    how i've missed Taco's spelling errors. Thanks, you've made my day!

  4. Looks a bit TOO nice for me. by archen · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll stick with the Free BSD boot loader. It looks sufficiently evil enough so that people don't touch my computer.

  5. Re:Different? by DickBreath · · Score: 3, Funny
    How is [XOSL on own partition] different from installing a mini-linux distro on its own partition, and then doing some smart booting from there?

    Because at the present time, XOSL is still limited by the fact that it doesn't yet have:
    • Device drivers for good 3D support on suitable hardware
    • Good themes with animation and translucency
    • Good screensavers
    • A good web browser
    • An office suite and productivity software
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