[denniskane]

I started building something I like to call "Linux on the Web" (LOTW) 6+ years ago in order to start working on this problem (it's live on the web right now). Just like with node.js applications, the smallest legal file size for an app running inside of LOTW is precisely 0 bytes. I've tried to shave that down even more, but I seem to be running into physical limits :)

[jstanley]

Can you share a link? People reading your comment have no way to know how to learn more about your project, or even whether it is relevant to the topic at hand.

The most relevant result I could find for "linux on the web" was https://linuxontheweb.appspot.com/ which doesn't seem to be relevant at all.

[codetrotter]

I think that is the one actually because the looking at the post history [1] of the person you are responding to I find that the most recent post they made in the past was one titled “Linux on the Web” [2], which leads to that very URL that you found.

He also posted a comment in the thread with some more details:

> It makes heavy use of the HTML5 Filesytem for local storage, as well as Native Client for vim, python, and plugin codecs to enable highly configurable realtime a/v streaming via WebRTC peer connections. Windowed HTML5/JS applications can be developed live within the site itself. There is a feature to stream terminal sessions to each other, in order to show how to efficiently use vim to develop applications, for example.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=denniskane

[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10977459

[denniskane]

Hi, yes, that stuff is from quite awhile ago, seeing that NaCl/PNaCl is quite dead, and WASM is now all the rage. I previously had actual vim running via NaCl, but the current (better IMO) version is just a fairly small JS clone (about 70kb). The whole system is rapidly stabilizing right now, what with the entire gui framework being fleshed out, both conceptually and technically.

I try to stay away from the above kinds of sweeping generalizations about the whole thing nowadays. It is best to let it speak for itself and evolve in its own good time.

[denniskane]

Did you try the "desk.os" link that is link number 3 on that page... https://linuxontheweb.appspot.com/desk.os ? I can really only guarantee that things work on a relatively recent version of Chrome (like within the last few stable releases). The version that is live now is a couple weeks old. I'm working on some really cool features for the modular synth app right now. I'd love to start sharing this stuff with you guys!

Also, link number 5, at https://linuxontheweb.appspot.com/shell.os is for people who just want to poke around the deep system internals via a command line. For that, you need to use the "import" command in order to pull in libraries of commands. For instance, running a command like:

$ import fs && vim

should open up my custom-made vim clone.

[jstanley]

How can you use this to implement a speedometer that runs on your phone?

[codetrotter]

Does it work on mobile? On iOS 12 Safari this is what I see: https://i.imgur.com/NJjoZhU.png