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Re: Boot a linux kernel right inside your browser.

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, May 17, 2011, 6:52 AM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #28

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Re: Boot a linux kernel right inside your browser.

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Post by srean » Tue, May 17, 2011, 6:53 AM UTC

Feel bad to miss out on this as I am on FF 3.6. But this remind reminded me of a service from a long time ago. Dont remember their name, this was some 10 years ago. But they used to provide a KDE desktop via the browser as a java applet. It was not terribly snappy, but quite surprisingly usable. Any one remembers this ?

Re: Boot a linux kernel right inside your browser.

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Post by braindead_in » Tue, May 17, 2011, 6:55 AM UTC

Looks so similar to Linux booted on an embedded device. Nostalgia.

Re: Boot a linux kernel right inside your browser.

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Post by neopanz » Tue, May 17, 2011, 6:58 AM UTC

haberman wrote: post #23

jbk wrote: post #16

After FFmpeg (used in all your TVs and gadgets, very likely), QEmu (used also by Xen and VBox and other), tcc and his IOCC entries, the DVB-T emission with an ATI card, Fabrice comes, once again with something crazy... He is really impressive...

Don't forget that he discovered the fastest known algorithm for computing an arbitrary digit of pi. If you ever are tempted to get egotistical, just think of this guy. If you are prone to low self esteem, avoid reading about him.

No more excuses, I'm going to finish those damn projects I have on the backburner...

Seriously, who does Bellard work for?

He seems to leave virtually no trace (other than awesome software) on the Internet. I googled the shit out of him tonite...

Re: Boot a linux kernel right inside your browser.

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Post by neopanz » Tue, May 17, 2011, 7:01 AM UTC

vessenes wrote: post #20

jbk wrote: post #16

After FFmpeg (used in all your TVs and gadgets, very likely), QEmu (used also by Xen and VBox and other), tcc and his IOCC entries, the DVB-T emission with an ATI card, Fabrice comes, once again with something crazy... He is really impressive...

Any Macarthur Grant folks floating around here? Take note! That's an impressive resume.

Great idea. That guy deserves it. Though I suspect he would be too modest to accept the money since he GNUed all his creations.

Re: Boot a linux kernel right inside your browser.

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Post by Qerub » Tue, May 17, 2011, 7:04 AM UTC

  ERROR: your browser is too old to run JS/Linux.
  You should use a recent browser such as Firefox 4.x or Google Chrome.

No, it isn't. Stop using user-agent matching and start using JavaScript feature detection instead.

Re: Boot a linux kernel right inside your browser.

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Post by whatwhatwhat » Tue, May 17, 2011, 7:04 AM UTC

Can i run Node.js on this?

/evil grin

Re: Boot a linux kernel right inside your browser.

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Post by shazow » Tue, May 17, 2011, 7:07 AM UTC

I just forkbombed my browser. Nothing is sacred anymore.

  ~ # f(){ f|f & };f
  sh: can't fork
  sh: can't fork
  sh: can't fork
  sh: can't fork
  ...

Re: Boot a linux kernel right inside your browser.

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Post by utoku » Tue, May 17, 2011, 7:08 AM UTC

neopanz wrote: post #2

Not sure how long ago he posted this. This guy never ceases to amaze me. He's the Grigori Perelman of Hackerdom.

uname -a shows

Linux (none) 2.6.20 #3 Sat May 14 19:08:30 CEST 2011 i586 GNU/Linux

Re: Boot a linux kernel right inside your browser.

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Post by re » Tue, May 17, 2011, 7:09 AM UTC

Qerub wrote: post #46

ERROR: your browser is too old to run JS/Linux. You should use a recent browser such as Firefox 4.x or Google Chrome. No, it isn't. Stop using user-agent matching and start using JavaScript feature detection instead.

It does. It tests for ArrayBuffer support, outputting that message if the necessary constructors aren't found. What browser are you using that you expect to be supported? (Safari doesn't have support for ArrayBuffer, but a recent WebKit nightly does, and this runs in that).