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Webvm: Virtual Machine for the Web

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202 points thunderbong | 2 comments | 20 Nov 24 02:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.415s | source
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apignotti ◴[20 Nov 24 06:18 UTC] No.42191248[source]▶
Hello again HN. Lead dev of WebVM and CTO of Leaning Technologies here. Happy to answer any question from the community.
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1. Qem ◴[20 Nov 24 11:33 UTC] No.42192902[source]▶
Can it be installed and run offline as a WebApp?
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2. apignotti ◴[20 Nov 24 12:14 UTC] No.42193199[source]▶
Not right now, WebVM/CheerpX support large disks (1GB+) to be able to run complete distributions. This an advantage of the solution, but it also means that it cannot run completely offline unless we provide a way to pre-download all this data. This does not seem a practical solution.

Fundamentally, a real VM running a real OS needs lots of data.