Debian Gets Win32 Installer

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."

the ultimate answer

[Anonymous Coward]

yes, it DOES run linux

Slashdotted already?

[Doddman]

Has that site been slashdotted? And if so, is there a mirror?

Goodbye

[Anonymous Coward]

goodbye-webserver.com

IE exploit?

[Qwell]

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.

Re:IE exploit?

[Oopsz]

you mean tuxissa [lwn.net]?

Re:Well that didn't work

[Anonymous Coward]

Install Linux and run it under Wine.

Re:the ultimate answer

[Anonymous Coward]

yes, it DOES run linux

It may run Linux, but it doesn't run under Linux in Wine! Just complains about missing c:\boot.ini and that my version of Windows might be too old. So where's the Linux port?

Well you have to install WINE...

[EmbeddedJanitor]

... oh, wait....

Re:Well that didn't work

[the donner party]

That's nothing! When I tried it, everything went fine, but when I first booted linux, it burned down my house, killed my dog and ran away with my wife! They really have to fix problems like that if they want non-technical users trying out this linux thingy.

Re:http://goodbye-microsoft.com

[Zontar The Mindless]

I think this should be

http://goodbye-server.com/ [goodbye-server.com]

Damn! That one's slashdotted, too!

Re:IE exploit?

[the_womble]

Most people would probably think "Windows looks a bit different after that update".

I told a neighbour recently that I did not use Windows. The reply was "What do use instead? Excel?"

Most people do not know what a PC is, or that it is a switchable component.

Re: Windows .ISO burner

[Curtman]

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.

Re:Just in time!

[kestasjk]

Err people aren't going to get Vista on their new computer only to immediately head to goodbye-microsoft.com to install Debian.

Oh wait.. On second thought that was a bit short sighted of them.

Re:Been there, done that...

[NekoXP]

That's SO user friendly! A 30 page document! Much better than a one-click installer!!!