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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. 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.