55 Operating Systems On A PowerBook

Posted by timothy on Wednesday December 17, 2003 @01:43AM 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!!"

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favourite company? by kraker · 2003-12-17 01:58 · Score: 1, Redundant

From the "What's not here" list of OSs he didn't install/run:
SCO
SCO seems to be everybody's favorite company these days.
He's kidding, right? SCO might be the dream company that every lawyer would want to work for or against, but other than that... Booh!
Not really running on a power book by D4MO · 2003-12-17 02:16 · Score: 1, Redundant

He's using Virtual PC for every single one, which emulates a x86 (intel) hardware platform.

Now if he managed to install these onto a power book, that would be mighty impressive, and probably impossible.

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