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Run Linux as a Windows Screensaver

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the you-really-can-put-it-anywhere dept.

zornorph writes "A software engineer at IBM has come up with a way to 'construct and package a Linux® LiveCD so that it will install using the standard Microsoft® Windows® install process and will operate as a standard Windows screensaver.'"

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  1. Penguinistas notwithstanding by catmistake · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why the heck would you run Linux as a screensaver? It's non-standardized, breaks itself, and any time you change anything you have to recompile the damn kernel. Now... if you could run NetBSD as a screensaver... or even OS X... that would be something...

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