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You can now run a full Linux operating system inside a 6mb PDF

https://twitter.com/oliviscusAI/status/2038563166431346865
54•matthewsinclair•3d ago

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matthewsinclair•3d ago
And here's the PDF: https://linux.doompdf.dev/linux.pdf
ge96•16m ago
Is there a writeup somewhere on how it works?

Is it turing complete, runs actual linux binary through wasm or something

edit: went to tweet RISC-V emulator in PDF

robinsonb5•3d ago
Just like Doom-in-a-PDF, this is in equal measure incredibly impressive and utterly horrifying that it's possible.
anthk•2m ago
PostSscript files came from the same company in the 80's -Adobe- and with GhostScript and zmachine.ps you can play Zork I-III, Calypso, Tristam Island and the rest of propietary Infocom text adventures on it with ease.

What zmachine.ps does is to emulate the ZMachine VM in PostScript and display the output to stdout/console.

And if it werent for the PS stack limitations for sure you could emulate Linux under Risc-V.

Heck, you can emulate old RISC Linux' syscalls (enough to run static binaries) in Perl without ever calling to C bindings, not even once.

eslaught•1h ago
Post is new but the original PDF is from 2025:

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42959775

nialv7•42m ago
seems like an account reposting stuff to get attention to advertise his AI stuff.
RajT88•1h ago
butwhy.gif
layer8•1h ago
People keep being amazed that Turing-complete mechanisms can run any program. ;)
tombert•1h ago
Why climb Mount Everest? Because it's there.
cyanydeez•1h ago
Can we use it as an AI sandbox!
karel-3d•24m ago
This is a low effort blogspam. (Twitterspam?)

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