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The main reason why I use and love Linux: hackability. MS and Apple just can't produce something comparable 'cause it will hit their closed ecosystem.
by paulcarroty 8y ago
The main reason why I use and love Linux: hackability. MS and Apple just can't produce something comparable 'cause it will hit their closed ecosystem.
- jniedrauer 8y agoWindows is pretty hackable. Unfortunately, the documentation is pretty spotty and often outdated. And you can't go read the source code when you get stuck.
- paulcarroty 8y ago> Windows is pretty hackable. OK, give me sources of Windows bootloader 'cause I need, for example, draw a green animated dragon instead MS logo. And put this dragon inside Cortana logo.
- jniedrauer 8y agoI have actually changed the graphics of the windows boot sequence, back when I worked on an OEM image. A lot of OEMs do it.
- gus_massa 8y agoSomething like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfNw5cKY6qI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfNw5cKY6qI (Disclaimer: I didn't try it.)
- rhn_mk1 8y agoIt used to be possible to change the boot screen on Windows 9x :)
- ai_ia 8y agoYeah, I remember changing the bootloader windows image to something fancy back then.
- ganeshkrishnan 8y agoIt was a simple .bmp image that you had to replace
- NullPrefix 8y agoMost of these "hacks" require messing with windows registry or other parts which eventually get partially overwritten by a system update and you're left with a partially usable system at best.