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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!!"

8 of 359 comments (clear)

  1. TOASTER!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    toaster,toaster toaser, do you have toast in you yet i think
    so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Im not a toaster!!!!!!!!!!And one more
    thing........YOUR A TOASER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND A COOKIE WITH MILK SOAGE
    MILK!!!!!!!!!!AND A BUTT WITH POOP IN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  2. Happy citrus day! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Happy citrus day!

    Most people don't know it, but today is the international citrus fruit celebration day. Remember that you only have a few days to eat lightly before stuffing yourself during the holidays. So tonight, instead of having a Mars bar as a snack, eat a lemon or an orange.

    There are more details at lemonparty.org.

  3. Xmas interfering with signal. by mrthoughtful · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is it me, or is there a seasonal variation on the signal/noise ratio of accepted articles on slashdot?

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  4. asc by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I, for one, welcome our new Mac Zealot Overlords!

    Welcome to MacDot, Mac News for Nerds, Mac Stuff that Matters...

    With this story, it's official! There are more Apple/Mac stories on Slashdot than Open-Source stories!

    YAY!!!

    Proprietary Software is making a comeback, baby -- freedom is overrated!

  5. Re:Here's a guy with a lot of extra time on his ha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hehe u r a homo sapiens

  6. Re:Monster Emulators by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    say what you like about saddam hussein, he really knows how to name things.

    mother of all battles mosque
    mother of all battles mosque II
    saddam hussein airport/hotel/..

  7. but can he fix my ipod? by wheatking · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    x^n OSes are all fine but when the ipod won't work with both a mac and a PC, where's the fun. i need vmware fr my ipod so the windows-ipod wont slow down to a crawl when loading music from a mac and mac-ipod plain wont work with the pc. yes this is offtopic/tangential/rant/vent post. sue my karma.

  8. Re:What no SCO? by SubtleNuance · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    What do you mean "no SCO", Linux *was* on the list... sheesh rtfa.

    Thanks,
    Darl.