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Wednesday, April 05, 2006

How to dual-boot your gender

Most boys who have been provided with the standard BoyOS, assume they can’t use software and peripherals designed for girl platforms. However, with a little effort it is possible to dual-boot in both BoyOS and GirlOS mode, and this guide is designed to help you achieve this.

What you will need
BoyOS 2.x (New Man edition or later)
A Boy platform with several kilomonths of unused free time.
Lots and lots of money.

Step 1: Partitioning
Firstly you will need to partition your life.

To dual-boot your gender you will need to create 2 partitions, once for BoyOS and one for GirlOS. Most users who initially decide to dual-boot prefer to make the GirlOS secret to avoid potential conflicts. In the second partition you will keep all of the software and peripherals related to GirlOS.

You may decide to purchase extra storage for your GirlOS software. Locked suitcases hidden in the attic serve well for this purpose.

Initially this GirlOS partition will be quite small, although you will find it grows over time. With some systems it can grow to be much larger than the BoyOS partition.

Step 2: Purchasing Software
Now that you have an empty GirlOS partition, you will need to fill it with some initial software. Most Boy platforms don’t have any GirlOS software pre-installed, so you will need to purchase it online or from high-street vendors.

It is worth noting that most high-street stores do not support GirlOS software running on a Boy platform. You may find it easier to pretend to be buying the software for a friend or relative who uses the Girl platform. Many people these days prefer to avoid high-street shopping and use online software providers.

For people used to BoyOS, purchasing software suitable for GirlOS can be a potential minefield. Firstly, it is important to purchase software suitable for the age of the platform on which it should be run, many dual-booters fall into the trap of purchasing software designed for much newer systems.

Secondly, Girl OS uses a completely different sizing nomenclature to BoyOS, which can cause problems. Although conversion tables are available, it’s often a case of “trial and error” to find GirlOS software that fits on your Boy platform.

Other potential sources of GirlOS software are abandonware, which is available from locations such as bags destined for charity shops. Also, if  you share a house with someone running on the Girl platform you might be tempted to investigate shareware, but be very careful when doing this.


Step 3: Installing Software
Once you have bought the necessary GirlOS software, you will need to install it. Note that initially the Boy platform will not be prepared to accept software designed for GirlOS, and will need to be formatted. Specialist suppliers such as Gillette, Wilkinson and Veet can provide you with the tools to do this.

Once the platform has been formatted correctly you are ready to install GirlOS software! The best advice here is to take it slow, and be prepared to make mistakes. You may find that some of the software you have purchased is completely unsuitable for your platform, or that when installed just not function in the way you’d expect a GirlOS system to work. Do not be afraid to throw away software that you just can’t get to run on your platform.

However, once you have managed to successfully dual-boot your gender, you’ll feel a great sense of achievement! You’ll probably want to post  pictures online of your platform running GirlOS to show off to people. They’re sure to be impressed, and if you’re really lucky they won’t even realise that underneath you’re running on a Boy platform!

Advanced Techniques
Some people find they are so satisfied with GirlOS that they decide to lose BoyOS altogether. This requires quite drastic firmware modifications that are beyond the scope of this guide.

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Siobhan Curran  *applause!* 
Fairly-Odd  What a wonderful how-to you have put together! Even the newest n00b should be up and running in no time. However, I don't see any mention of the bootloader - this seems to be giving me the most trouble lately. I try and try to get into BoyOS, but GirlOS keeps booting up. What gives?? 
Jane  Kath I think you'll find that this is because GirlOS is a faster, more efficient running system. ;-) 
Joanna  Fantastic :-) 
Michelle Faith  You really are one in a million...my girl OS does tend to take over from time to time, but then again so does my wife.
Is there any connection? 
Connie Cox  That is superb!! 
Kath Adams  just brilliant!

Does it also suggest we're a bit geeky to understand it though?

Geeky Girlies... it's got a ring to it! 
April Angell  some handy hints there Becky, but I'll think I'll stick with my Lipstick Linux OS... 
stephanie row  absolute brilliance.
what made it even more funnier for me, was that I read that with my screen reader set to use a middle aged brittish male voice, with abbc English accent
. I can't think of anyone who sounds like this old chap.
google for cepstral lawrence and you should get a demo page. 
lara t  So cool,
Only one question to the writer of the installation guide.

My GirlOS keeps crashing, re-confuguring, crashing , re-configuring as if it can't make up its mind.
I think this is possibly a hardware problem,
Somewhere in the bios. what do you think ? 
Debbie Huggins  That explains all the conflicts in my OS. I will now format, partition, and install correctly.
Thank you Becky for saving me for many more years of conflict in my OS. 
Natalie  I've heard about removable drives made of silicon that only interface with a GirlOS. What do you think about that? 
Anonymous  Ultimately the best way to overcome the inevitable glitches associated with platform incompatability is to overhaul the main hardware architechture. 
Zoe Bergstroem  Great work Becky!!!

The only Problem ist, that i need a new formatted Platform every time i change from BoyOS to GirlOS.

...and all softwareplugins like "shoes 1.2" or "dresses 2.1" are very expensive. I don't want to tell about "nylons 0.5" which is so buggy that you need a new plugin all few times you use it. 
Zoe Bergstroem  hmmm if i think about it, i think that GirlOS is not an real platform.

I think it's a bad Adware, maybe a virus, too. Installed throug a perfidious routine by any shoe-sellers.

It's can't detected through any anti-virus or adware-detect software and you can't really deinstall it at your platform.

Anywhere must be a routine wich automaticly reinstalls GirlOS a few days/month/years laster. 
Becky  LOL, Zoe you think too much! ;-) 
Pandora Caitiff  A bit late, but...Remember to be incredibly careful when inserting Plug-and-Play devices designed for GirlOS ports! 
Anonymous  Why not try running software suitable for GirlOS directly on BoyOS?

Admittedly this does come with its own issues: a) running GirlOS software directly on BoyOS is more obvious than running GirlOS software on a GirlOS partition and b) finding suitable GirlOS software that will run concurrently with BoyOS software seemlessly can be tricky - get it wrong, and although it will run, the resulting UI can look kludgey.

I guess to some the achievement is getting dual booting working, though to others the achievement is being able to install both types of software concurrently without having to dual boot. 

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