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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. Awesome by c0dedude · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is cool, as long as you don't need to use your keyboard or mouse.

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  2. What a pain® by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

    Am I the only one® to find non-legal documents® polluted by legalese bullshit® extremely annoying®?

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  3. Re:Why not stand-alone? by MoxCamel · · Score: 5, Funny
    If you have to ask why...you really don't belong here. :)

    Mox

  4. So what happens when... by CaroKann · · Score: 5, Funny

    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...

    1. Re:So what happens when... by JFMulder · · Score: 5, Funny

      This reminds me of a funny thing with Virtual PC. Trying to install Virtual PC on a Windows virtual machine running under Virtual PC popped up "You can't run Virtual PC under Virtual PC. You just had to try, didn't you?"

  5. Re:Why not stand-alone? by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

    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...

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  6. Re:Why not stand-alone? by aichpvee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why? So when someone says, "nice screen saver, but does it run Linux?", he'll be able to say yes.

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  7. finally! by theodicey · · Score: 5, Funny
    Now i can get my Windows friends to run Linux by emailing them!

    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

  8. I'd rather run winows... by theheff · · Score: 4, Funny

    as a linux game. It's pretty fun... if you don't get a virus in 14 minutes you win!

    1. Re:I'd rather run winows... by Bradee-oh! · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's pretty fun... if you don't get a virus in 14 minutes you win!
       
      Uggh... I can't stand another game with an unreasonably high difficulty level =/

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  9. Re:Why not stand-alone? by rjstanford · · Score: 4, Funny

    They should at least recommend a specific product, else the remaining OS/2 userbase will entirely fragment.

    What, both of them?

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  10. With roles reversed... by Sathias · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does this mean I can run 3D Pipes as an OS?

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  11. Re:what do you call this distro? by Gryle · · Score: 5, Funny

    "the [thing} you can see but you can't touch?"

    Girls?

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  12. Re:Why not stand-alone? by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 5, Funny
    Only after it's done can you run it standalone...

    What, I have to wait until next week?

  13. Re:Why not stand-alone? by TubeSteak · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

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  14. Re:Why not stand-alone? by c_forq · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!

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  15. Re:Why not stand-alone? by Trejkaz · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think the phrasing in this scenario is usually "I happen to know both of them."

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