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A high-school student has achieved another coding feat, getting alightweight Linux distributionto run inside a PDF document.
The interface consists of a text-based Linux viewport with a soft keyboard made of interactive PDF buttons.
Users with a physical keyboard can enter commands in a designated input field.
Despite its ingenuity, LinuxPDF is far from practical for regular use.
According to Ading2210, boots takes between 30 and 60 seconds.
As a result, LinuxPDF remains more of a technical experiment than a functionaloperating system.
Those interested in testing LinuxPDF can open it in a Chromium-based web app like Google Chrome orMicrosoftEdge.
Developers can also explore or modify the source code which is freely available on GitHub.
