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Animate Your LILO

Posted by timothy on from the an-animated-grub-sounds-disgusting dept.

clarkie.mg writes: "Most linux users still see the four letters LILO when booting the PC. It's now possible to have some cool graphics at boot time with the animated LILO. You can even play a game !" Be careful of the French.

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  1. This is all very nice... by RinkSpringer · · Score: 4, Funny

    But since I try to reboot about once in a month (due to upgrades), I won't see much of it :)

  2. Breakout suggestion: by Pathwalker · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about (to make things a little more exciting) if you miss the ball without hitting n (a randomly selected number ) bricks, there is a 1 in 10 chance that your bootsector gets wiped.
    It would really help increase average uptimes, as admins would find new and innovative ways to avoid having to reboot.
    Linux would reach the tops of the Netcraft uptime chart in no time!

    1. Re:Breakout suggestion: by Raphael · · Score: 5, Funny

      As a matter of fact, my plan is to release the "breakout" boot screen in two versions:

      • The normal version would allow you to select any operating system and to boot at any time
      • The "game freak" version (a.k.a. "waste of time" version) would not let you boot your computer until you have passed at least the first level. If you want to select the second OS in the list, then you would have to pass the second level, and so on...

      I could even release an even nastier version that would not let you boot anything until you have passed all levels. Then you would really have to think twice before rebooting... <evil grin>

      P.S.: my site seems to be /.ed for the moment. I suggest that you wait until tomorrow before downloading these boot screens, in order to save some bandwidth today. In the meantime, I encourage you to visit 3D Gamers and have some fun.

      --
      -Raphaël
  3. That explains... by SysadminFromHell · · Score: 5, Funny
    ... why games IN Linux don't sell. Is anyone working on quake for LILO?

    Oh wait! let us play xbill on the boot screen. If Bill wins, the system boots Windows. If I win, I get my Linux back.

  4. Removes the sting of improper configuration by khaladan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great, now if there is a problem booting the OS, LILO can say:

    "Error: could not boot OS. Do you want to play a game instead?"

    That's user friendly.

    1. Re:Removes the sting of improper configuration by slittle · · Score: 5, Funny

      Would. You. Like. To. Play. A. Game. ?

      > lets play global thermonuclear war

      Wouldn't. You. Prefer. A. Nice. Game. Of. Chess. ?

      > fuck no. lets play global thermonuclear war

      LILILILILILILILILILILILILILILILILILILILILILILILI LI LILILILI

      --
      Opportunity knocks. Karma hunts you down.
  5. The French by mir · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, I object to the comment "Be careful of the French".
    We are just regular people you know, we eat crème brulée every day just like the rest of you, drink expensive red wine while making silly faces as any normal person would, use our regular quota of "Oh la vache!" and "Sacrebleu", have run-o' the mill girl names and our poo smells like rose just like everybody else's
    So there!

    --
    Look, that's why there's rules, understand? So that you think before you break 'em. (Terry Pratchett)
  6. Re:Google's Translation by Raphael · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ha ha ha... Thanks for the laugh!

    It's a pity that the links posted in the story point to the French version of my pages because I wrote them first in English. If you had taken a minute to try the little button in the top right corner of my pages (the one with the English/French flag), you would have seen that you can easily switch between the English and French versions.

    Posting a link to the automatic translation of a page that was already translated from English to French is a nice way to waste your time... (but that's the point of these LILO boot screens anyway, so maybe you are not completely wrong).

    --
    -Raphaël
  7. Microsoft take note by mgv · · Score: 4, Funny

    Linux has finally thrown that dagger at the heart of microsoft - Bloatware and Eye Candy.

    You are aiming for the same end user as M$ here - this will surely strike fear into the evil empire.

    ;)

    Michael

    --
    There is no cryptographic solution to the problem where the intended receiver and the attacker are the same entity.
    1. Re:Microsoft take note by krmt · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes... I'm certain all the Windows users will up and switch, saying "Well, it might not have Office, but it's got one hell of a splash screen!"

      Of course, if someone implemented minesweeper and freecell in place of breakout, you'd have at least a shot at those people who don't really use Windows for much else ;-)

      --

      "I may not have morals, but I have standards."

    2. Re:Microsoft take note by Salsaman · · Score: 4, Funny
      In the next version, an animated paperclip will appear and say "It looks like you are trying to reboot your computer..."

  8. LILO Games... not new by iritant · · Score: 4, Funny

    On old Pyramid 90x hardware (anyone remember them?) you could play Space Invaders on the system console, in what was known as the Console Operating System (COS) while the kernel was running. If you played too long, the console buffer would fill and the system would crash.

    In other words, when you won, everyone else on the system lost.