[SweetestRug]

I remember installing BeOS 5 PE this way. I think it installed using a loopback configuration. It really was the easiest OS install I have ever done. Even compared to the tools available today, BeOS 5 was like magic. 5 second boot times on a 200 MHz Pentium Laptop. Journalling filesystem. Fast and low-latency.

It's great to see Linux installs going this direction. The ease of install definitely made switching to BeOS simple back in the day.

[superkuh]

I did it on a P2 233 from Windows 98. The ease of trying BeOS 5 got me thinking about going beyond the DOS/Windows ecosystem at home and eventually led to linux.

Plus BeOS 5 had both Hotline (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotline_Communications) and IRC clients.