The kernel actually talks to the hardware, gives system calls access to what they need, does process management, multi-tasking, etc. etc. But an Operating Syst

The kernel actually talks to the hardware, gives system calls access to what they need, does process management, multi-tasking, etc. etc. But an Operating System is a heck of a lot more than that. Thus the big 'GNU/Linux' thing. My understanding is that his idea is to re-write as much as possible (certainly all the boot scripts, core utils, etc.) in node/js. I think this is more likely just an fun excercise than likely to actually go anywhere - but it is the kind of thing I've wondered about doing (but not in javascript!). You could come up with many unique and interesting things to do with a js based shell... perhaps more background jobs coolness. $('rsync' '-avR' 'blah/' 'ssh://blah').error(function(){alert('failed')}).success(bell); I dunno, and then have all spawned tasks open new background tabs in a GUI... But this kind of thing would be a long way down the line. Still, why not? Scratch an itch! It's the open source way...