> Via [ http://adblockplus.org/blog/running-linux-in-the-browser ] at [ > http://bellard.org/jslinux/ ] > > cat /proc/version shows: > > Linux version 2.6.20 (bellard@voyager) (gcc version 3.4.6 20060404 > (Red Hat 3.4.6-9)) #3 Sat May 14 19:08:30 CEST 2011 > > ===== > Running Linux in the browser · 2011-05-17 16:50 by Wladimir Palant > > I haven’t seen it mentioned on Planet yet, could it be that nobody > heard? I’ve seen lots of cool browser demos lately but this one really > blows me away: jslinux by Fabrice Bellard. This is a real x86 emulator > written in JavaScript and running Linux, not a fake Linux terminal. > The emulated hardware is somewhat limited (e.g. no FPU) but this > doesn’t make packing an emulator into less than 20 kB of JavaScript > code less impressive. The emulator loads a bunch of binary Linux > images and — voilà, Linux boots up. > > It is also really fast, booting up takes 7 seconds in Firefox 4 for > me, and all the other operations don’t take much longer than they > would on a real system.
In a lot of ways, this reminds me of the Knoppix liveCD hack. And see how far that idea has gone. With a javascript emulation of the x86 cpu running Linux, more innovation is on tap! -- Harish Pillay [email protected] gpg id: 746809E3 _______________________________________________ LUGS Mailing list - [email protected] List FAQ: http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq Info page: http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet To unsubscribe send an empty email to: [email protected]
