[eecc]

Can't we just rewrite the Linux kernel in JavaScript and boot it off a browser

... /s (hopefully)

[trelliscoded]

Why, yes. Yes you can.

http://jslinux.org/

[pdkl95]

https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death...

[nomadlogic]

netbsd beat you to this by 5 years or so: https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/kernel_drivers_compiled_to...