"It would seem that either it wasn't possible to run a full Linux distro, or it was simply too much of a hassle to get it to work" If it could get that far, ge

"It would seem that either it wasn't possible to run a full Linux distro, or it was simply too much of a hassle to get it to work" If it could get that far, getting an older DSL distro or similar is probably not that far behind, honestly. Using a BSoD as an environment bootstrap mechanism is hilariously jank, but I've seen worse in my hacking days.