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Student turns a PDF into a functional Linux emulator | First Tetris, then Doom, now Linux -- what's next?


Barely a month after unveiling a port of Doom running inside a PDF, high school student and programmer "Ading2210" has successfully emulated Linux within the popular file...

Recap: Early last month, someone used the PDF format's JavaScript support to run Tetris inside what should normally be a static text document. Barely a month after unveiling a port of Doom running inside a PDF, high school student and programmer "Ading2210" has successfully emulated Linux within the popular file format. Users can click on virtual keys below the main screen, but most will likely prefer direct keyboard controls, which work by interpreting inputs in a text field.

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