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Linux running inside a PDF file via a JavaScript-compiled RISC-V emulator (xda-developers.com)
9 points by sxp 9 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


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Someone got Linux running inside a PDF file, because its users are something else

-This Linux distro runs in a JavaScript-compiled RISC-V emulator within a PDF.

-This PDF file format supports Javascript allowing computation within documents.

-The user input includes a virtual keyboard and a box translating text to on-screen actions.





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