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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. woah! by johann8384 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That is awesome. What would you use it for?

  2. This is pointless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Because when you go to use the system it will turn off!

  3. Re:GNAA behind the times by uberjoe · · Score: 0, Redundant
    the GNAA is dying

    I won't believe it until netcraft confirms it.

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    The days of the digital watch are numbered.

  4. Imagine... by isny · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm halfway serious when I say "Imagine a beowulf cluster of these."