Virtual Linux in browser (no install required)

scarletxfi · 2011-05-18 12:18:13

I have'nt seen this around here (if it is, please feel free to delete)
seems to be a nice virtual linux console in a brower window, using Javascript...

http://bellard.org/jslinux/

some info: http://geeknizer.com/run-linux-in-brows … -emulator/

Last edited by scarletxfi (2011-05-18 12:20:37)

MurdersLastCrow · 2011-05-20 00:34:31

I absolutely love that it's come around like this. Linux has come full circle, to the point that it has become an application itself. @_@ If it's this flexible, it just goes to show how impressive a technology it is. :3 Stuff like this makes me grin a good grin.

sand_man · 2011-05-20 06:05:33

MurdersLastCrow wrote:

I absolutely love that it's come around like this. Linux has come full circle, to the point that it has become an application itself. @_@ If it's this flexible, it just goes to show how impressive a technology it is. :3 Stuff like this makes me grin a good grin.

I don't exactly know what you mean. The impressive part isn't that you can run Linux in a browser. It's the emulation in javascript that's impressive.

namegame · 2011-05-20 17:55:24

MurdersLastCrow wrote:

I absolutely love that it's come around like this. Linux has come full circle, to the point that it has become an application itself. @_@ If it's this flexible, it just goes to show how impressive a technology it is. :3 Stuff like this makes me grin a good grin.

It has almost nothing to do with Linux though.

Read the article:

If you aren’t excited so far, read this again: “A PC emulator written in javascript, and running solely in browser“.

That is the exciting part. A browser-based emulator. He could have ran Windows or OSX in it for the same effect to be honest.

ewaller · 2011-05-20 17:58:45

namegame wrote:

He could have ran Windows or OSX in it for the same effect to be honest.

Except for the sticky legal issues of how to distribute it

namegame · 2011-05-21 20:31:51

ewaller wrote:

namegame wrote:
He could have ran Windows or OSX in it for the same effect to be honest.
Except for the sticky legal issues of how to distribute it

Well of course.

But that's irrelevant to the point I was trying to make.

Awebb · 2011-05-21 21:16:54

This is actually useful. I just booted it, had a quick rm -rf /, now I'm feeling better.

Procyon · 2011-05-21 21:35:46

Awebb wrote:

This is actually useful. I just booted it, had a quick rm -rf /, now I'm feeling better.

Haha! I was about to post about that. It will go easier with umount /proc /tmp /dev/pts. Also try exit afterwards.

sand_man · 2011-05-23 03:17:00

lol yes I had to try a rm -rf / too

ConnorBehan · 2011-05-29 14:57:34

That is awesome! I mean, it will probably be too slow for any practical application but it might bring new life to "hacking games" and "unixkcd" types of jokes.

Last edited by ConnorBehan (2011-05-29 17:44:49)

tavianator · 2011-05-29 16:21:57

Each of my host CPUs has about 5602.46 bogomips; the emulator has 16.95

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