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Debian Gets Win32 Installer

Posted by kdawson on from the no-CD-no-USB-no-problem dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Debian hacker Robert Millan has just announced the availability of a Debian-Installer Loader for win32. The program, inspired by Ubuntu's similar project, features 64-bit CPU auto-detection, download of linux/initrd netboot images, and chainloading into Debian-Installer via grub4dos. The frontend site goodbye-microsoft.com/ has been set up for advocacy purposes. Here are some screenshots."

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  1. Goodbye by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    goodbye-webserver.com

  2. IE exploit? by Qwell · · Score: 5, Funny

    What would be funny, is if somebody managed to automate this, and used an IE exploit to force it to run.

    Disclaimer: I cannot be held responsible if somebody actually does this.

    --
    As of 10/06/03, I hate COBOL developers.
  3. Re:http://goodbye-microsoft.com by Zontar+The+Mindless · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think this should be

    http://goodbye-server.com/
    Damn! That one's slashdotted, too!
    --
    Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
  4. Re: Windows .ISO burner by Curtman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Works fine for me - you do have the correct Service Pack one, right? There's different ones for SP1 and SP2.

    That's the problem with Windows. Until they get that stuff sorted, it will never be ready for the desktop.