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55 Operating Systems On A PowerBook

Posted by timothy on from the but-officer-I-thought-the-limit-was dept.

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!!"

3 of 359 comments (clear)

  1. Virtual PC == Cheating by Duckman5 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It seems he's running a lot of those operating systems in Virtual PC. Is it just me or does that seem like cheating? I was expecting him to have all those operating systems installed natively.

  2. Different versions by Zarhan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I noticed that on the list there are just

    FreeBSD
    NetBSD
    OpenBSD,

    but every Windows & Dos version released, like, ever. I consider that either non-consistent and/or cheating. Either include every release of non-MS-systems as well or then just single representation from each product line. Pick one from each series: MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 9x/ME, Windows NT.

  3. Hobby Operating Systems by daveho · · Score: 5, Insightful
    He missed a couple hobby operating systems:Happily, he did mention my hobby OS.

    Emulators like VirtualPC and Bochs are a really nice way to play with operating system code without having to worry about screwing up your machine.