Boot the Linux operating system in your browser

17 May 2011
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Remember that bit about JavaScript being the universal runtime? If you doubted it, then here is some proof: boot and run Linux in your browser.

This cool hack emulates the whole PC layer in browser’s JavaScript engine. You can even do normal things like run Emacs on the system.

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The beginning of a JavaScript journey

10 April 2011. 1 minute read.
While PHP remains my primary programming language for various reasons, my recent projects have involved quite a bit of JavaScript development. And I have to say I like it: the event-driven paradigm is quite elegant, closures are a joy to work with, and tools like Node.js and jQuery really open up the possibilities of the language. But there is one...