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Actually, you can embed emacs inside of the kernel binary itself. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Custom_Initramfs https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Custom_Initramfs
by phendrenad2 4y ago
Actually, you can embed emacs inside of the kernel binary itself.
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Custom_Initramfs https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Custom_Initramfs
Then just drop the kernel image onto your EFI partition, and you have a single-binary Linux/emacs system!
- ggm 4y agoThink lua in BSD kernels probably gets what people want
- hulitu 4y ago> Typically, an initramfs is not needed, but may be necessary for: Mounting an encrypted, logical, or otherwise special root partition Providing a minimalistic rescue shell (if something goes wrong) Customize the boot process (e.g., print a welcome message) Load modules necessary to boot (e.g., third party storage drivers) Anything the kernel can't do that's usually handled in user space So a lot of things which are not emacs.
- phendrenad2 4y agoBut can be used for emacs