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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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Slowly booting full Linux on the intel 4004 for fun, art, and absolutely no profit - Linux/4004 Dmitry.GR (dmitry.gr)

submitted 1 month ago by lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I booted Debian Linux on a 4-bit intel microprocessor from 1971 - the first microprocessor in the world - the 4004. It is not fast, but it is a real Linux kernel with a Debian rootfs on a real board whose only CPU is a real intel 4004 from the 1970s. The video is sped up at variable rates to demonstrate this without boring you. The clock and calendar in the video are accurate. A constant-rate video is linked below.

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[–] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Since it's a wall art project, now get it to run Minecraft and run a redstone computer on it.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Now emulate the 4004 logic design in redstone on the 4004

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 7 points 1 month ago

And then this thing on top of that, again. Over and over.