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   Message 133,890 of 135,536   
   Chris Ahlstrom to Chris Ahlstrom   
   Re: The Linux Kernel Is Just A Program   
   25 Dec 25 11:35:57   
   
   From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
   Chris Ahlstrom wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
      
   > Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
   >   
   >> Came across this nifty little article   
   >>   
   >>    
   >>   
   >> (found on Bluesky   
   >> )   
   >> showing that you can run the Linux kernel directly from within a   
   >> VM in qemu, without installing a distro or anything. It will   
   >> boot, and then die because it wants to mount a root filesystem   
   >> and start an init process; so then it’s easy enough to set that   
   >> up with a few more commands, try booting it again, and there you   
   >> go -- you have a running VM.   
   >   
   >        
   >   
   >     LKL.js is Linux Kernel Library ported to JavaScript using   
   >     Emscripten. Unlike JSLinux, LKL.js includes a Linux kernel   
   >     fully written in JavaScript and runs without emulators. For   
   >     more details, read my blog post   
   >   
   >     LKL.js just boots Linux kernel and still completely useless.   
   >     It shows how Emscripten is powerful and how Linux kernel is   
   >     flexible.   
   >   
   > IIRC, the Qemu developer (Fabrice Bellard) wrote a Linux kernel   
   > that ran on a web page.   
   >   
   >        
      
   Also there I found a javascript app that would run Linux in the   
   browser AND start an instance of the Fluxbox window manager.   
   Cool, though slow.   
      
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