Mister Wanko5d ago
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Boot Naked Linux: Starting up a Linux kernel to host one single process rather than a full on operating system ... and doing it in less than a second! https://nick.zoic.org/art/boot-naked-linux/
Boot Naked Linux · ... and another thing ...

Jun 15 at 6:50pmWeb
Show threadmbpaz6d ago
@nixCraft "... with a command line which makes tar look user-friendly".
Hey, tar IS user-friendly!
We've been close friends for like 35 years or so.
Show threadPerrin426d ago

@nixCraft

Boot Naked Linux:

It's been... one week...

Show threadNazo6d ago
@nixCraft Isn't this pretty literally what the initial ramdrive does?
Show threadPaul Bryan5d ago
@nixCraft Nicely written! Very clear and enjoyable 😃
Show threadJohn Q5d ago
@nixCraft Single-user mode is pretty close to this. Go give it a try sometime!
Show threadMichiel5d ago
@nixCraft somehow this tickles me the right way as it touches on all points that I like - compact OS, C language, speed. Zooms me back to the start of my career when we were building a compact runtime for an ERP company in C.