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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. Isn't this just the same thing... by Ruff_ilb · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As saying that Linux and windows can run at the same time on the same hardware, with quick switching between the two? Depending on how easy that is to do, this either makes the story a lot more or a lot less interesting.

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  2. One good reason... by rkaa · · Score: 4, Insightful

    to use this, would be to in effect run Xscreensaver on Windows! Using XP, I really miss those. And they will never be ported.

  3. Re:As a Windows user by chronicon · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Um, never heard of Knoppix, or the million other live linux distros out there I assume?

    ...or running Knoppix in Windows via QEMU? Or quick Damn Small Linux in similar fashion?

    What makes this newsworthy today? The bizarre "run it as a screensaver" factor? What's the point?

  4. What does it do exatcly??? by elgatozorbas · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Am I the only one who doesn't understand xhat this thing does exactly? Does it
    A) install Linux during the screensaver?
    B) run Linux during the screensaver? What happens to windows? Why would you want to wait for the screensaver?
    C)show a linux slideshow. What's the use of that?