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.
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
