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55 Operating Systems On A PowerBook
OttoMagick writes "I found an article called 'Many Systems on One Machine' over at Kernelthread.com that shows over 55 operating systems running on a 17inch Powerbook. The article includes screenshots and descriptions of each system, and also hacks and tips on getting the nasty ones installed. The author Amit Singh (the Hanoimania guy, covered earlier on Slashdot) explains his reasons for all this in a related FAAQ (frequently asked + anticipated questions) ... In all a very interesting read, specially the FAAQ, where he calls the setup "the iPod of operating systems". Now thats an Apple Power User! I wonder what Steve Jobs would say if he sees people doing such things to his machines!!"
to twist this guy's acheivement of installing all these OSs into into some kind of "win" for Apple/OSX - this could have been done on a PC just as well.
Personally I hate reading pompous ass documents like the "FAAQ" where the game is feigning ignorance when answering questions you've just posed. Egotistic ass.
No you idiot, sheesh, what are you a Nazi? Why do you have to look at it so negatively, so fast, so instantly, and so conclusively?
What makes it interesting to slashdot, is his web page about it. Duh. That was a great read, unlike some blathering dithery from rabid insta-haters...
; -- the corruption of government starts with its secrets. a truly free people keep no secrets. --
This guy made 55 OS's run on a mac, when it can't even run it's own OS reliably. Simply amazing.
And why did you staple the trout to the RAM?
I'd imagine someone that's needed to install 55 operating systems would be the LAST one to comment on how productive you could be on any OS.
Maybe he's happy with OSX because it's about as clumsy and bug ridden as several OS's in one!
Mac OSX, NetBSD, Classic MacOS, NeXTSTEP and Mach, all rolled into one, and five times as bad as each on its own!