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Run Linux & Linux binaries on DOS (Announce)

posted by Zyzzle, 23.09.2020, 11:45

Sounds VERY interesting, but I see only the source is available, no compiled binaries. I am a little confused as to just what kernel version of Linux loads, and how big the binaries are supposed to be. I suppose one could choose just how robust the .iso image is, but my goal would be get it as small as possible, so as to load very quickly.

I'm also wondering to what interesting tasks this could be put. I've often thought of using video card RAM as a RAMDRIVE, which Linux does allow, as I understand it. That might be a great idea, swap in and out of Linux for a 2 or 4 GB ramdrive, courtesy of your modern video card with fast VRAM. Are there any other ideas for Linux-specific applications which have not been ported to DOS, and / or will run better in Linux commandline? I'm thinking modern soundcard support is better in Linux, but this is probably well beyond the scope of what this program is supposed to do. How about the latest Mplayer and / or FFmpeg Linux ports?

Has anyone built this, and can share the binaries?

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