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    Webvm: Virtual Machine for the Web

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    202 points thunderbong | 13 comments | 20 Nov 24 02:45 UTC | HN request time: 1.016s | source | bottom
    1. James_K ◴[20 Nov 24 03:54 UTC] No.42190697[source]▶
    Sad to see Linux turning into a web app. I thought they'd be smart enough to avoid this sort of trend. Hope they continue to support the desktop version.
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    2. 8n4vidtmkvmk ◴[20 Nov 24 04:10 UTC] No.42190753[source]▶
    Unless Linus himself is behind this project, I don't think you have anything to worry about.
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    3. athrowaway3z ◴[20 Nov 24 04:20 UTC] No.42190798[source]▶
    I'm waiting for the IPhone app.
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    4. mmh0000 ◴[20 Nov 24 04:59 UTC] No.42190948[source]▶
    May your wish be granted:

    https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ish-shell/id1436902243

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    5. ◴[20 Nov 24 05:00 UTC] No.42190951[source]▶
    6. noobface ◴[20 Nov 24 05:54 UTC] No.42191149[source]▶
    Poe's law in full effect.
    7. balder1991 ◴[20 Nov 24 06:10 UTC] No.42191210{3}[source]▶
    This is great in comparison to nothing at all, but honestly it’s quite slow since it emulates a different architecture.
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    8. kristopolous ◴[20 Nov 24 06:14 UTC] No.42191232[source]▶
    And a SPA no less. Pity
    9. odo1242 ◴[20 Nov 24 07:32 UTC] No.42191557{4}[source]▶
    If you’re interested, a-Shell hits a different part of the tradeoff curve where it can run at native speeds and has most of the important built in utilities like ssh, but it’s hard to install additional native software because of iOS restrictions (though python stuff are ok)
    10. baudaux ◴[20 Nov 24 07:41 UTC] No.42191599[source]▶
    In https://exaequos.com, I have designed a new Unix-like OS with kind of microkernel architecture
    11. johnisgood ◴[20 Nov 24 08:31 UTC] No.42191842[source]▶
    Who is going to take Linus' place were something happen to him (hopefully not!), or is it going to be chaos?
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    12. sharperguy ◴[20 Nov 24 09:49 UTC] No.42192278[source]▶
    Linux was just an electron app this whole time anyway.
    13. 8n4vidtmkvmk ◴[22 Nov 24 02:27 UTC] No.42210636{3}[source]▶
    I think there's enough interest in Linux desktop that it'll be maintained for a long time yet, even if a web version somehow takes off.