Hi. Paul Wise <p...@debian.org> writes:
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 11:25 PM, Olivier Berger wrote: > >> Is anyone working on a "port" of Debian for running in the browser, > > Probably WebAssembly is a better bet for a Debian port to browsers. > Interesting, but not ready for prime time yet, AFAIU. >> over the JS VM, like what jor1k [0] does ? > > There was a Debian port to OpenRISC, but it is dead due to the code > not being able to be merged into GCC upstream due to copyright issues. > Interesting, kinda :-/ Note that the OpenRISC isn't my main interest here, even if I mentioned jor1k. Simulating any other architecture may fit, as my purpose, so far would be to try and run a Debian system inside the browser... and the underlying CPU / simulator wouldn't matter much. Jor1k is simulating an OpenRISC, but I don't mind trying with x86 ala http://bellard.org/jslinux/. > PS: some more port ideas: > > https://wiki.debian.org/Ideas/Ports Hmmm that lacks details if no one knows all the fancy names in advance... but I might as well check and complement the page ;) Thanks a lot. Best regards, P.S.: enjoyed Hacker noir ep. 1 ;) -- Olivier BERGER http://www-public.telecom-sudparis.eu/~berger_o/ - OpenPGP-Id: 2048R/5819D7E8 Ingenieur Recherche - Dept INF Institut Mines-Telecom, Telecom SudParis, Evry (France)
