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cm0002@lemy.lol to Linux@programming.dev · 20 hours ago

Someone Wants Linux to Still Boot 1,000 Years From Now

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Someone Wants Linux to Still Boot 1,000 Years From Now

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cm0002@lemy.lol to Linux@programming.dev · 20 hours ago
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Eternal is an open-source project that runs Linux on a tiny virtual machine designed for long-term software preservation.
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  • stravanasu@lemmy.ca
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    A bit sad that Turing’s machine isn’t mentioned anywhere in their pages – but maybe I just missed the mention.

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    At the rate we’re going, humans will either be extinct by then, or people will only know how to read and write in hieroglyphics emojis…

  • Rose@slrpnk.net
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    You may have heard of “rewrite it in Rust”, now get ready to rewrite it in COBOL

    • Flagstaff@programming.dev
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      But can COBOL run Doom?

  • GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Genuinely, this is brilliant. If this works, it’ll mean that the massive chunk of our culture that lives on the internet won’t be lost completely. I wish them luck.

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    Them, completely failing to realize that isn’t the hard part.

    This is

    https://github.com/fosslinux/live-bootstrap

    Because instead of a massive set of binary blobs, you have a small set of simple tools with easy to implement specifications. That result in everything you need.

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    11 hours ago

    Yes, me

  • blarth@thelemmy.club
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    19 hours ago

    I’m also someone.

  • FunkyCheese@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    19 hours ago

    Thats how the avengers beat kang in the cartoon

    Kang who comes from a couple thousand years in the future uses a modified version of iron mans operating system

    So iron man is able to exploit it

    • Grail@multiverse.soulism.net
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      This implies Tony knows of a zero day nobody else could find, and didn’t bother to tell anyone for thousands of years.

      Respect, that’s old school.

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    If Idiocracy is any indication, the Eternal OS might be capable of booting, but the people won’t be able to do it.

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      Yea, that movie is pretty dumb tho, no way any of that could actually happen ~ Naive teen me

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        If only that’d happen, not the much worse crap we are seeing these days. ~ me, today

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        I should get into selling Electrolytes ~ Smart teen me

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        If there’s still turkey in the fridge, I’m totally having sandwich ~ hungry teen me

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