You can now run a full Linux operating system inside a 6mb PDF
by matthewsinclair on 3/31/2026, 4:34:11 AM
https://twitter.com/oliviscusAI/status/2038563166431346865
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by: eslaught
Post is new but the original PDF is from 2025:<p>Previous discussion: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42959775">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42959775</a>
4/3/2026, 7:38:13 PM
by: mapt
What reasonably competent PDF-reader applications are not competent enough be Turing-complete?
4/3/2026, 9:20:02 PM
by: matthewsinclair
And here's the PDF: <a href="https://linux.doompdf.dev/linux.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://linux.doompdf.dev/linux.pdf</a>
3/31/2026, 4:38:11 AM
by: robinsonb5
Just like Doom-in-a-PDF, this is in equal measure incredibly impressive and utterly horrifying that it's possible.
3/31/2026, 7:04:46 AM
by: karel-3d
This is a low effort blogspam. (Twitterspam?)
4/3/2026, 8:56:08 PM
by: RajT88
butwhy.gif
4/3/2026, 7:49:23 PM
by: cyanydeez
Can we use it as an AI sandbox!
4/3/2026, 8:07:01 PM