Linux running in your web browser! No installation!

esuhl

I thought some of you might find this interesting. It's pretty amazing, really -- you can run Linux in your web browser:

http://bellard.org/jslinux/

Well... maybe it could be described as "minimalistic"... what would you expect?! But has anyone actually got it to do anything more interesting than change and list directories, and clear the screen?

S0litaire

well you can compile the "hello.c" into a program. ^_^
So that means you can compile and run your own programs ^_~

debitcardmayhem

esuhl wrote: »

I thought some of you might find this interesting. It's pretty amazing, really -- you can run Linux in your web browser:

http://bellard.org/jslinux/

Well... maybe it could be described as "minimalistic"... what would you expect?! But has anyone actually got it to do anything more interesting than change and list directories, and clear the screen?

If you want to use command line [l,u]*x's then use cygwin
HTH

prowla

Yeay - 14 MB memory and 494 kB disk space free!!!!

ajuk

http://youtu.be/8LsxmQV8AXk

esuhl

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

If you want to use command line [l,u]*x's then use cygwin
HTH

Urgh! I'd have to run Windows to use cygwin - no thanks!

kabayiri

prowla wrote: »

Yeay - 14 MB memory and 494 kB disk space free!!!!

There was a time when if you quoted those figures you would be considered a bragger!

If I recall computers were still usable even then.

agrinnall

kabayiri wrote: »

There was a time when if you quoted those figures you would be considered a bragger!

If I recall computers will still usable even then.

My first PC (which cost me over a grand in 1990) had a green on black screen, 1MB of RAM, a 5 1/4" floppy drive and a 20MB hard drive - I thought it was great!

esuhl

agrinnall wrote: »

My first PC (which cost me over a grand in 1990) had a green on black screen, 1MB of RAM, a 5 1/4" floppy drive and a 20MB hard drive - I thought it was great!

Ha ha - yes; I remember when just having a computer with a disk drive was considered pretty cool!

My first computer had 128kB RAM a 3" floppy drive (not 3.5"!) and no hard drive at all. It was a great tool to learn programming. In fact, that was all there was to do except play games, and if you just wanted to play games you'd get a console... Possibly one made out of wood! Kids today wouldn't believe it!

S0litaire

by the way the "Linux" being used is "busybox" a compiled "blob" that is a single file that holds ALL the basic functions of the standard Linux OS's /bin & /sbin folders plus a couple of others.

http://busybox.net/about.html

Busybox is used in a number of devices, a small list is here: http://busybox.net/products.html