A Linux system running over JavaScript
A Linux system running over JavaScript
Posted May 17, 2011 14:50 UTC (Tue) by rsidd (subscriber, #2582)In reply to: A Linux system running over JavaScript by lkundrak
Parent article: A Linux system running over JavaScript
Indeed, the boot seems faster than on a real 486, if my memory doesn't mislead. It of course doesn't probe hardware, but the boot messages seem to go by faster too. Perhaps not surprising: those were 66 MHz machines, and javascript emulator on a 3 GHz machine is likely faster...
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