Linux kernel running in your browser

by jonathan · 17 May 2011

This is just awesome and surprisingly fast! A Linux kernel running under an emulator written in JavaScript:

cnd says:

17 May 2011 at 14:37

Nice, but how can i run this?
cnd says:

17 May 2011 at 14:41

Never mind, i found it.
Spanky says:

17 May 2011 at 15:15

One for the beards…..
Russell says:

17 May 2011 at 23:44

This is an interesting find, nice job :)

How cool is it to run Linux in your web browser, very cool!
LGB says:

19 May 2011 at 08:12

Hehe, bit useless for the “real life”, but interesting :) What came into my mind: it can be used to test the performance of JS of different browsers, just run some benchmark within the “JS/Linux”, if the physical machine (which runs the browser) is the same, it’s a more “real life” comparsion of JS performance than JS benchmarks which are made to give good points for a selected browser for example :)
Other Jonathan says:

20 May 2011 at 12:35

Do you know if this ‘boots’ on an iPad?
jonathan says:

20 May 2011 at 13:22

I haven’t tested it on an iPad but if the javascript engine in the version of Safari it ships is recent enough then there’s no reason why it shouldn’t work.