Filed under: Windows, Linux, Open Source
Run Linux as a Windows screensaver
by Jordan Running Dec 22nd 2005 at 11:30AM
IBM developerWorks is running a curious
article by Chris Ward that describes how to "Construct and package a Linux LiveCD so that it will ... operate as a standard
Windows screensaver." Why would you want to run Linux as a screensaver? Well, mostly because you can, but also
"to help remove two obstacles to the wider adoption of free and open source software ... the perceived difficulty
and disruptive effects of installing Linux [and] the uncertainty of hardware support for Linux." The project
requires QEMU, a PC emulator I've been hearing a lot about lately, and some modifications to its source, but it's
pretty straightforward.
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So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
