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by ph0rque 2568 days ago
Forgive my lack of technical depth, but is it actually running client-side, in the memory allocated to my newly-opened browser tab, or on bellard.org's server and syncing the input/output to my browser?
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lioeters 2568 days ago
The virtual machine (emulated CPU, devices) and the OS are running fully client-side:

https://bellard.org/jslinux/tech.html

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wazoox 2568 days ago
It's a real VM running in your browser, in Javascript.
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cbluth 2568 days ago
Technical depth? Did you click the link?

> Run Linux or other Operating Systems in your browser!

It runs in your browser.

If you clicked the link you would also see demo links that run in your browser.

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pas 2568 days ago
No need to be abrasive, many companies offer things "in your browser" yet they merely send you the frontend and instruct your browser to connect to their backend.

Such as gaming SaaS thingies.

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