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Talisker
06-21-2011, 08:39 AM
Literally (http://bellard.org/jslinux/).

(486 emulator written in javascript that boots up to a linux shell prompt -- yes, I said javascript)
lesslucid
06-21-2011, 10:41 AM
Nifty. So, uh, can one actually use it for anything?
Marcus
06-21-2011, 06:58 PM
How does the Internet not implode upon it self when someone uses this?
Chris Nahr
06-21-2011, 11:38 PM
Ha, very cute. Now write a web browser that supports JavaScript within that Linux environment that runs in JavaScript within a web browser...
chequers
06-22-2011, 12:08 AM
The internet will implode once someone compiles Apache in there and hosts a website.
Talisker
06-22-2011, 02:42 AM
Ha, very cute. Now write a web browser that supports JavaScript within that Linux environment that runs in JavaScript within a web browser...

All he needs is basic vga support, and you could build X and run Firefox :)