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- enzochi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1pretty damn cool
- Otto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1manfesto: That was a slam against the idea of implementing a unix-like system using just javascript. Cool, but evil. :)
- Otto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The root password is machtNix.
- molotov, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Take a look at the news at /usr/bin/news
This is old news... the site was slashdotted in June of 2005. I thought I'd seen this before... - topdiggs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1one thing guaranteed on digg - there will always be at least one ***** to chime in and say this is old news...but they never offer any new news. :D
- maharg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0nice as far as it goes, but `startx` didn't work ;o)
- Diadem, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Command: rm -r /bin to play the trashbin game. Just kidding >_>
- InvisibleMan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0very cool
- chrono13, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0win
win.com
explorer
explorer.exe
None of those commands worked -_- - quitter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Neat! I'm impressed.
That could be a really useful teaching tool.
BTW strictly speaking I don't think it's a 'bash emulator' but a Bourne-style shell. - rebelde, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wow! Really awesome
- topdiggs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0check out the unix version of space invaders /usr/bin/invaders
- clumsyninja, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Thank god for GUI.
- ntufar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It even has Aeneid in /var/testfile
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1so whats the point?
- emptymind, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0There is even a basic vi implementation. There is a deep dark side of me that still loves the command line.
- OrangeTide, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I thought it was going to be dumb. But I threw a lot of different things at it and it held up very well. I'm impressed! It's a very detailed simulation.
- netnerd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I agree that the title here is misleading. It should really read something like: "Bash Emulator in Javascript."
Still, it's very well done and I really like that it has vi and /usr/bin/space invaders (thanks @topdiggs).
@deadlyhunter
There has to be a point? Maybe its just a programming exercise that someone wanted to do. Maybe they just thought it would be cool.
I actually think it could be an interesting way to teach someone how to use some basic bash commands and vi without them having to install Linux (or download a live CD, though those have other training implications, like a GUI). - rootkun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0yeah, i was about to post the same thing moogoo, the article title is a tad misleading. its just a shell emulator with a few fake apps, its not actually an operating system, let alone an attempt at unix... cool to play with, but i dunno if it works as a teaching tool even
- flex411, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"so whats the point?"
If I could run it on my treo 650 that would be usefull, im not sure how yet. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I can't enter any root password :(
- brookharty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Interesting, very intersting...
- jmccorm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0If it doesn't have Inter-Process Communication via shared memory, semaphores, and message queues, then it doesn't have me.
- ohyeah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0cool. had this idea few years back but didn't get down to it. impressed.
- manfesto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@Otto - was that a slam against Java or UNIX
- greenpenguin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is neat, even though I've seen it before.
There is a project called eyeOS (www.eyeos.org) to make a GUI-type web based OS. It's not UNIX-based, and I'm not sure it should be called an OS (a web-based window manager?). It's written using Javascript and PHP. - Metal_Hurlant, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0What the world really needs is a gcc backend that emits javascript code.
Once we've got that, we can start re-compiling the GNU tools for use in a browser environment.
Now that would be an impressive hack. - rompom7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0wow.. how cool!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0All I know is somebody has WAY too much time on their hands.
- OrangeTide, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The early versions of Unix did not have IPC, semaphores/mutexes, or message queues either. it doesn't have a tcp stack either. Also I did not see any /sbin/init and /etc/inittab stuff to fool around with.
but pipes work..
date | cat | cat | wc
it actually does the right thing. that's kind of impressive. - netnerd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@chrono13
I hope that was a joke. - FlyingLlama, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Good thing they didn't include Emacs or their bandwidth costs would go through the roof!
**ducks** - CptnObvious, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hurray now I can play ASCII invaders in school!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Nice, but vi didn't let me save & exit with ZZ.
- vexite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0that's cool!
- mico, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0manfesto: Java has NOTHING to do with JavaScript. Go read up on it.
- Klowner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Holy Shiza, it even has a functional vi!
- grimey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0An interesting exercise but certainly not a major technical achievement.
I'm trying to understand all the hype here... - ChrisB, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@bitwiseplatypus: you can't actually delete anything as it's only a simulation. It does a pretty good job of pretending you've deleted something, but if you log out and in again, it will be back.
- Pharmboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It isn't Free, as in Speech. Since it was copywrited in 2003, I am guessing it is a dead project. Interesting tho.
- nugget, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I thought it was very nice.
- knowitall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Pretty impressive if you ask me....
- AaronD12, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0C'mon... even "ls" doesn't work fully. Try again.
- philmunt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0If you wanna be like that, its not UNIX unless it contains AT&T's code
- bitwiseplatypus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Oops. I deleted the ls binary. Didn't think it'd let me, but it did. Whee.
- cosmotic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This isnt UNIX its a command line. It's not unix unless it has a unix like kernal for threading and memory management and sockets and such.
- Battlecry, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Awww... The digg exploit dissapeard from the front page. That's a shame :)
- Muta, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0"so whats the point?"
Quoted, for emphasis. - franksands, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0This is very interesting, even more because Google has plans to create an WebOS, whatever that is...
- Otto, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Cool, but some things are just evil on general principle.
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