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Linux Running on an NES? (www.youtube.com)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

The author managed to run LUnix on an NES without tricks, like embedding a Raspberry Pi into the cartridge.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I apologize for being pedantic, but he's not running Linux on the NES, since LUnix is not Linux. This is still a cool project, but the title is a bit misleading.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Well, yes and he even explains all that in the beginning of the video.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, but then why still put "Linux running on an NES?" as the title? It's just click bait

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Would you give the video more than a glance if the title was "Operating System Similar To Linux Running on an NES?" I know I'd just scroll past it compared to the original title.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He probably could have just said Unix instead of Linux. I get why he didn't, and it's not that big of a deal, just slightly annoying

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Well, the title is a question and the answer is: Not quite but near enough.

A title has to catch interest, and in this case I would not say that it is click bait because in the end he kind of put a "Linux" on the "NES".

I tend to be forgiving when the content behind the click bait title is good, like it is here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago

because linux is now interchangeable with "unix like"
really it's wrong to call linux linux, linux is just the kernel... gnu/linux is okay...

[–] catch22 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Pretty much any rtos now a days has "unix" like commands, I wonder if he looked into nuttx or zephyr at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

That'd be cool too!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, I just kept the original title of the video.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

That's fair. This was more of a complaint about the video than the post. I do still think it's a cool project, just annoyed by the click bait