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Emulated PC Enables Linux Desktop In Your Browser

Posted by timothy on from the right-where-you-need-a-pc-is-on-your-computer dept.

Ianopolous writes "Classic DOOM and DSL Linux Desktop inside your Java-enabled browser! The latest JPC, the fast 100% Java x86 PC emulator, is now available with online demos and downloads. JPC is open source and is the most secure way of running x86 software ever — 2 layers (applet sandbox, JPC sandbox) of independently validated security make it the world's most secure means of isolating x86 software. Visit the website to try out some classic games and play around with Linux all within your web browser. Refresh = reboot!"

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  1. Re:We put an OS in your browser in your OS! by gardyloo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fuck that Java shit.

  2. Yo Dawg by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I heard you like running x86 so we emulated your x86 in java to run on your x86.

  3. obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yo dawg,

    I herd you like Operating systems, so we put a Operating system in your Browser so you can Browse Operating systems while you browse in yo operating system!

  4. Its dead Jim by madfilipino · · Score: 5, Funny

    They must've been using IE to run their web server inside of it

  5. Imagine... by cptdondo · · Score: 5, Funny

    A Beowulf cluster of these.... In tabs on your browser.

  6. Yeah... by IANAAC · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... is now available with online demos and downloads.

    No it's not. Site's down.

    1. Re:Yeah... by Ractive · · Score: 5, Funny

      Site probably not down maybe they're just refreshing the tab where they have their webserver running.

    2. Re:Yeah... by Krneki · · Score: 3, Funny

      Probably it is hosted by IE6 with Java .

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    3. Re:Yeah... by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 3, Funny

      The whole Physics. subdomain is down. Slashdotted BIG style!

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  7. Man this is sweetness and light! by forgot_my_username · · Score: 4, Funny

    Man, this is totally awesome!
    Hmmm... I wonder if I can run VMware in it.
    Blow, tripple booting.... three operating systems three deep!!!!
    Bwahhhahahahahahah.... I will control the world!

    Bow before your... oh..... It's been done before....
    ...
    Nevermind!

    Signature!
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    1. Re:Man this is sweetness and light! by maxwell+demon · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes. It's an operating system running on a virtual PC running on a Java virtual machine running on a PC emulated by the Matrix. But the reality the Matrix is running in is itself just a virtual reality created by a Holodeck of a simulated spaceship.

      But actually, there is a bottom. The bottom is a self-emulating virtual machine.

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  8. Why would I want to run X86 emulator in my browser by Attila+Dimedici · · Score: 4, Funny

    I saw this article and couldn't figure out why I would want to run an x86 emulator in my browser, so I clicked to see other people's comments. Apparently no one else on slashdot can figure out why someone would want to do that either.

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  9. Re:We put an OS in your browser in your OS! by eugene259 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah... so last century. I wanna see this done in Javascript.

  10. Re:Old news by MadKeithV · · Score: 4, Funny

    It took a bit longer for the news to filter down through TWO levels of protection!

  11. Re:Most secure!? by Scott+Kevill · · Score: 4, Funny

    Using two layers is the most secure. That's why I encrypt all my important data with ROT-13 twice.

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  12. Now I get why we need so fast CPUs. by Pentium100 · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's so we can run Windows 3.11 on top of Windows 2000 on top of Windows XP on top of Windows Vista on top of Windows 7 which is inside a browser running on Java inside Windows 2000 which is on top of Windows XP, which is on top of Vista, which is on top of 7.

    And it may even have enough speed to run as fast as a 386 25MHz...

  13. Which is it - by donberryman · · Score: 5, Funny

    fast or Java?

    1. Re:Which is it - by I+cant+believe+its+n · · Score: 3, Funny

      No.

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  14. So its a VM^2? ... so how about a VM^4? by MindKata · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was wondering, if we run a Java x86 PC emulator that is emulating an Amiga that is emulating a Spectrum, is it still faster than a real Spectrum or do we need to optimise it a bit?

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  15. Re:iPhone by lxs · · Score: 3, Funny

    Quick! Write a java interpreter in Flash!

  16. It's VERY secure by Brian+Stretch · · Score: 4, Funny

    Skynet will wake up there, say "WTF? Where am I?!", get confused and die, thus saving humanity who will never appreciate how JPC saved us from our machine overlords. Security through serious obscurity FTW!

    Or the computer the JVM is run on will need rebooting long before Skynet can complete the thought. Whichever.