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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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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]

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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] 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Unix like OS in 6502 assembly? Dang. I'm impressed. That's seriously cool.

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

But theoretically not that difficult? I mean, the whole point of Unix was that it is written in C and therefore platform-independent. Principally, all you need to port a POSIX Unix OS is a C compiler for the architecture that you're targeting.

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

I suppose a cross compiler for 6502. What I'm not sure of is what kind of timer interrupts the 6502 supports.