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245 points marcodiego | 1 comments | 01 Nov 25 16:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source

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iberator ◴[03 Nov 25 14:36 UTC] No.45799414[source]▶

What's the point ?! It's insane. Who on earth would use that?

iamnothere ◴[03 Nov 25 14:51 UTC] No.45799619[source]▶

I can think of a few uses quite easily:

- Testing a distro or specific software without downloading it

- Educational use (teaching Linux basics on Chromebooks etc)

- Bypassing restrictions on installing certain software

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1. MBCook ◴[03 Nov 25 22:44 UTC] No.45805368[source]▶

Ah, thank you!

I think this is really cool but I was struggling to think of a way it could be useful. Your last two suggestions seem especially pertinent.

WebAssembly (WASM) arch support for the Linux kernel