Posted by
michael
on from the chaining-bootloaders-for-fun-and-profit dept.
cpaluc writes "Bored? Surplus spare time and PC hardware? Read on. OSNews has links to a couple of articles (1,2) about a guy who installed 37 operating systems on one PC. There's something to do with your spare time and hardware."
Step 1: install 37 operating operating systems on one machine Step 2: mount everything possible in linux (not sure about partition types, inconsequential detail though), cat it all to/dev/audio. Convince moma that this is a somber reflection on the fractured nature of our decentralized, technological culture. Step 3: Profit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-- sell your certainty and buy bewilderment
I can't find my favorite!
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 5, Funny
Where is emacs?
Re:I can't find my favorite!
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The_Shadows
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· Score: 4, Funny
Don't you mean, where is vi?
Re:I can't find my favorite!
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SquadBoy
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· Score: 5, Funny
No Emacs is a decent OS all it is missing is a good text editor. vi OTHOH is a text editor.
--
Cypherpunks: Civil Liberty Through Complex Mathematics.
Those who live by the sword die by the arrow.
Re:I can't find my favorite!
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sinserve
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It is vi, it inserts random Ms and Hs into your text. I am typHingM thMis in viH.
I couldn't sit still that long. Sure, some OS installations are more time-consuming than others, but in general I don't look forward to the interminable wait between prompts.
I'd also be curious to know how many reboots it took. I also want to know how come nobody cared enough to get William Shatner to go to this guy's house and say "What's wrong with you? Have you ever slept with a woman?".
I also want to know how come nobody cared enough to get William Shatner to go to this guy's house and say "What's wrong with you? Have you ever slept with a woman?".
From the article:
Were there any OSes you couldn't find?
Yes. Windows 1.0. Refer to the statement on Jupiter's 7th moon in previous answer. Oh, and I couldn't find an OS that would tell me how to successfully deal with girls either.
Try not to install any operating systems on the way to the parking lot!
Quick! Someone call the BSA!
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Aexia
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· Score: 5, Funny
* Windows 1.01 * Windows 1.03 * Windows 2.03 * Windows 2.10 * Windows 3.1 * Windows 95 * Windows 98 First Edition * Windows 98 Second Edition * Windows 98 SE Lite (not counted as separate) * Windows Me * Windows 2000 * Windows XP
Not only do we need to verify that he has licenses for each of those installations, I'm willing to bet he illegally transfered licenses from their original systems!
In short, this man is a terrorist who only wishes to kill each and every freedom-loving American. Arrest him now!
I think the real question is, what would Jesus do to be on Slashdot?
-- The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
Re:Simple purpose
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 1, Funny
Sleep with CowboyNeal?
Re:Simple purpose
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*xpenguin*
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I think the real question is, what would Jesus do to be on Slashdot?
Kill the trolls.
Re:Simple purpose
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scott1853
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Jesus won't be on slashdot because he refuses to switch from Windows to Linux. Apparently Jesus never loses his data when his Windows box crashes because he always saves.:P
Solitaire was certainly in Windows 3.0, and I'm pretty sure my 80286 had Minesweeper with its Windows install as well. Not too sure about Minesweeper. Solitaire, though, was extremly exciting to look at when all the cards bumpbed "out of the screen" when you finished. Espcially on 12MHz.
Stares in horrified silence...
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FyRE666
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Now I like wasting my time on technology as much as the next geek, but really! The words "more", "must", "out" and "get" spring to mind here...
It's entirely possible to install almost every version of Linux on one machine. New versions of LILO eliminate the 1,024th cylinder boundary, enabling you to use up to 160GB for Linux. However, I decided to stop at around 10 versions because any more seemed redundant.
He puts 57 operating systems on one computer, and is worried about redundancy...
37 OSes but none help with the ladies..
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verch
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· Score: 3, Funny
So many jokes..
Brain overloading!
Anyway, my mission is clear. How could anyone possibly stop when they were so close to 42?!
Re:Windows 1.0 screenshots
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opusman
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It's interesting to see that "apps" like Notepad and Paint don't seem to have been developed since 1985:)
Infinite Loop
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Anonymous Coward
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Step 1: Spend weeks installing 36 Operating Systems Step 2: Install Windows 95 (pre-A) Step 3: Boot Windows 95 Step 4: Goto Step 1
Actually the earliest versions of Windows had "Othello" (or "Reversi") as a sample game. That of course required intelligence on the user's part, and MicroSoft apparently changed their target audience with later versions:-)
Re:What? No GEOS 1.0
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Anonymous Coward
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TO THIS DAY my dad still uses Geos for his accounting business! He absolutely refuses to switch to OpenOffice or Excel!
He is running Geos on modern machines. It is absolutely bizarre. He won't even listen to me when I tell him how easy it is to do things in Excel.
Why not HarrixOS too ??
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MeerCat
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An easy 38th with this - the only OS written in QBasic ! As enthusiastically reviewed by NTK
-- I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered. - George Best
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I can't even name 37 operating systems
can run my Vic 20 software!
Step 1: install 37 operating operating systems on one machine /dev/audio. Convince moma that this is a somber reflection on the fractured nature of our decentralized, technological culture.
Step 2: mount everything possible in linux (not sure about partition types, inconsequential detail though), cat it all to
Step 3: Profit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sell your certainty and buy bewilderment
Where is emacs?
I couldn't sit still that long. Sure, some OS installations are more time-consuming than others, but in general I don't look forward to the interminable wait between prompts.
I'd also be curious to know how many reboots it took. I also want to know how come nobody cared enough to get William Shatner to go to this guy's house and say "What's wrong with you? Have you ever slept with a woman?".
"What is the sound of one belly slapping?"
In a row?
-Clerks
* Windows 1.01
* Windows 1.03
* Windows 2.03
* Windows 2.10
* Windows 3.1
* Windows 95
* Windows 98 First Edition
* Windows 98 Second Edition
* Windows 98 SE Lite (not counted as separate)
* Windows Me
* Windows 2000
* Windows XP
Not only do we need to verify that he has licenses for each of those installations, I'm willing to bet he illegally transfered licenses from their original systems!
In short, this man is a terrorist who only wishes to kill each and every freedom-loving American. Arrest him now!
Actually he just wanted to be on Slashdot ...
/. ? :)
What would *you* do to be on
theefer
37? my girlfriend sucked 37 dicks? in a row?
That's a little bit of an understatement. So how many version of Windows before it starts getting redundant?
1 ??
Well, since we're on to nitpicking..
Solitaire was certainly in Windows 3.0, and I'm pretty sure my 80286 had Minesweeper with its Windows install as well. Not too sure about Minesweeper. Solitaire, though, was extremly exciting to look at when all the cards bumpbed "out of the screen" when you finished. Espcially on 12MHz.
Now I like wasting my time on technology as much as the next geek, but really! The words "more", "must", "out" and "get" spring to mind here...
Code, Hardware, stuff like that.
"24 boot items ought to be enough for everybody!" - Gill Bates, XOSL Developer, 1980
It's entirely possible to install almost every version of Linux on one machine. New versions of LILO eliminate the 1,024th cylinder boundary, enabling you to use up to 160GB for Linux. However, I decided to stop at around 10 versions because any more seemed redundant.
He puts 57 operating systems on one computer, and is worried about redundancy...
So many jokes..
Brain overloading!
Anyway, my mission is clear. How could anyone possibly stop when they were so close to 42?!
It's interesting to see that "apps" like Notepad and Paint don't seem to have been developed since 1985 :)
Step 1: Spend weeks installing 36 Operating Systems
Step 2: Install Windows 95 (pre-A)
Step 3: Boot Windows 95
Step 4: Goto Step 1
Multiple version of Windows wouldn't be redundant. Each new version brings exciting new ways to crash it.
Actually the earliest versions of Windows had "Othello" (or "Reversi") as a sample game. That of course required intelligence on the user's part, and MicroSoft apparently changed their target audience with later versions :-)
TO THIS DAY my dad still uses Geos for his accounting business! He absolutely refuses to switch to OpenOffice or Excel!
He is running Geos on modern machines. It is absolutely bizarre. He won't even listen to me when I tell him how easy it is to do things in Excel.
An easy 38th with this - the only OS written in QBasic !
As enthusiastically reviewed by NTK
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered. - George Best