Linux Running in a PDF

#1

Post by theden » Thu, Feb 06, 2025, 6:52 AM UTC

Linux Running in a PDF
linux.doompdf.dev

Re: Linux Running in a PDF

#2

Post by forgotpwd16 » Thu, Feb 06, 2025, 8:50 AM UTC

Posted few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42891937. Repo also provides some explanation/info on how the machinery works.

Re: Linux Running in a PDF

#3

Post by pletnes » Thu, Feb 06, 2025, 8:54 AM UTC

I would really appreciate if someone could put a decent PDF reader, like Sumatra, into a PDF so I could have a portable and good PDF reader on locked down computers.

Re: Linux Running in a PDF

#4

Post by cast4 » Thu, Feb 06, 2025, 9:09 AM UTC

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Re: Linux Running in a PDF

#5

Post by snvzz » Thu, Feb 06, 2025, 9:25 AM UTC

Missing from headline: It is a RISC-V VM.

Re: Linux Running in a PDF

#6

Post by nunobrito » Thu, Feb 06, 2025, 9:26 AM UTC

Does it run doom? ;-)

Re: Linux Running in a PDF

#7

Post by albert_e » Thu, Feb 06, 2025, 9:27 AM UTC

pletnes wrote: post #3

I would really appreciate if someone could put a decent PDF reader, like Sumatra, into a PDF so I could have a portable and good PDF reader on locked down computers.

Are you going to open that PDF in Adobe Reader?

If yes, Adobe has this friendly AI assistant forced into your face and overlapping floating toolbar on all sides of your document that you cannot get rid of to get a clean view of the document itself.

So your dream of a simple lightweight clutterfree PDF reader will remain a dream, unfortunately.

Re: Linux Running in a PDF

#8

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 06, 2025, 9:31 AM UTC

albert_e wrote: post #7

pletnes wrote: post #3

I would really appreciate if someone could put a decent PDF reader, like Sumatra, into a PDF so I could have a portable and good PDF reader on locked down computers.

Are you going to open that PDF in Adobe Reader? If yes, Adobe has this friendly AI assistant forced into your face and overlapping floating toolbar on all sides of your document that you cannot get rid of to get a clean view of the document itself. So your dream of a simple lightweight clutterfree PDF reader will remain a dream, unfortunately.