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Run Linux as a Windows Screensaver
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.'"
This is cool, as long as you don't need to use your keyboard or mouse.
Since when has this country used intellectual elite as a pejorative term?
I run Windows as a Linux screen saver all the time. Or at least the major parts. ;-)
And with the new modularized X, if it crashes it won't bring down the fonts.
Why the hell would anyone want to run Linux as a screen saver? To admire X11R7 (jesus! X devs actually do something!)
WASTE - The Secure P2P
To boot Knoppix, I'm going to have to wait 5 minutes?
Why do I get a feeling Microsoft's spyware program will detect this as malware?
Am I the only one® to find non-legal documents® polluted by legalese bullshit® extremely annoying®?
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Mox
You run Windows and the screen saver kicks in...
And it runs Linux with Wine, and the screen saver kicks in...
And it runs Linux with Wine, and the screen saver kicks in...
Ad Infinitum...
The article doesn't make it clear why it should run as a screensaver... is the ISO interactive? How does one escape the screensaver? Why not just run it stand-alone?
No no no, you don't understand, while it runs as a screensaver, it's building Gentoo. Only after it's done can you run it standalone...
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Finally. A reason for the screensaver function in Windows.
When you try to get out of the screen saver, does it give you a black screen with "LI" up in the left corner?
"The article doesn't make it clear why it should run as a screensaver... is the ISO interactive? How does one escape the screensaver? Why not just run it stand-alone?"
It's made for educational purpose, once it starts it captures the mouse and keyboard so that you can't exit to Windows, and you're forced to use Linux until you nail it.
A caveat was quickly discovered however: if you stop so the Linux screensaver turns on, you're back to Windows. Go figure.
Why? So when someone says, "nice screen saver, but does it run Linux?", he'll be able to say yes.
The Farewell Tour II
Subject: Hi!
Body: How are you ?
When I saw this screen saver, I immediately thought about you
I am in a harry, I promise you will love it!
Attachment: Linux.SCR
as a linux game. It's pretty fun... if you don't get a virus in 14 minutes you win!
They should at least recommend a specific product, else the remaining OS/2 userbase will entirely fragment.
What, both of them?
You're special forces then? That's great! I just love your olympics!
Good Lord this machine has been infected with Linux... Doh, Wait!!! I Think I want That.
If you mod me down, I *will* introduce you to my sister!
Bill? Is that you?
Does this mean I can run 3D Pipes as an OS?
Blessed are the 1337, for they shall pwn the earth.
"the [thing} you can see but you can't touch?"
Girls?
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not entirely sure about the universe - Einstein
Now you can let the screensave run and go into another OS and then the screensaver on that runs and you go into another OS and then the screensaver on that runs and you go into another OS and then the screensaver on that runs and you go into another OS and then the screensaver on that runs and you go into another OS and then the screensaver on that runs and you go into another OS and then the screensaver on that runs and you go into another OS and then the screensaver on that runs and you go into another OS... ARRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!! MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!!!
If my grammar and spelling are off, I am [distracted/tired/careless] (take your pick)
how robust Windows is.
there's no place like ~
To wich Bill Gates replied, "and this time we fucking make sure IBM stays dead."
Oh god, the world is upside down. IBM the new and happening company, MS and Intel as "the man". Apple is still a bunch of new age hippies right?
MMO Quests are like orgasms:
You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.
What, I have to wait until next week?
do. or do not. there is no "why"
I'll have linux use the BSOD screen saver. Mocks windows perfectly.
"I'm a well-wisher, in that I don't wish you any specific harm."
Because it sounds like he may be a little new here:
"but does it run linux" was the question asked of the first new Windows release since Linus coded Linux.
Finally, we have an answer.
[Fuck Beta]
o0t!
Think! The _point_ is that if Linux is running instead of a screensaver, then you can finally run XScreenSaver on Linux on Windows!
I haven't read the article; this is just my preference...
Figure out the root password.
Figure out how to login.
Issue a shutdown command.
After completing the shutdown, you'll get your windows desktop back.
Edward Burr
Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a swimming pool.
What, I have to wait until next week?
I know this is slashdot, but you don't have to rub in how much faster your state-of-the-art processor is then mine. I'll have to wait until next YEAR!
Computers allow humans to make mistakes at the fastest speeds known, with the possible exception of tequila and handguns
Not to pick nits...
okay, yes to pick nits.
So next week?
Karma: Chameleon (mostly due to the fact that you come and go).
There are some more things considered when it comes to accepting an article than just "the news being important". Like the style of writing, grammar, correctness, the submitter not being a troll and not sounding like an arrogant bastard. If the article was written in similar tone as this post, no wonder it was rejected. Be more humble.
Anagram("United States of America") == "Dine out, taste a Mac, fries"
I think the phrasing in this scenario is usually "I happen to know both of them."
Karma: It's all a bunch of tree-huggin' hippy crap!
I would think the Sun would be particularly strong on an island...
Please can I have back the ten minutes I just wasted trying to work out what the hell this article is about.