Microsoft Has WSL, But This Developer Built One for Windows 95
Microsoft Has WSL, But This Developer Built One for Windows 95
WSL9x lets you run a modern Linux kernel 6.19 inside Windows 9x without needing virtualization.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
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eldavi
in reply to osanna • • •it's funny that a lot of people can't try this because they don't have windows 95 nor win95 hardware.
also: this might be an answer to industries reliant on windows 95 systems.
FoundFootFootage78
in reply to eldavi • • •thingsiplay
in reply to FoundFootFootage78 • • •It would be nice to have a Windows distribution dedicated for old games, without emulating or without relying on Virtual Machines. Installing a true Open Source Windows 95 on modern hardware to play old games would be kind of cool. I guess the drivers (and other software on top of it) would be still closed source though. There are probably lot of proprietary code and art involved, that it could be difficult to change the license of it? I don't know what contracts they had back then (nor do I know what contracts they have now to be honest :D), that could affect such decisions.
Do you think WINE would benefit from an Open Source Windows 95? I mean in practical terms, is there a "need" for?
Peasley
in reply to thingsiplay • • •If MS just released the source of W95 as GPL you could still use the existing proprietary drivers, but like now you'd still have to download them from each vendor.
Making it possible to study the code itself would allow WINE devs to audit their code for edge cases and get W95-era compatibility to pretty much 100%
thingsiplay
in reply to Peasley • • •Peasley
in reply to thingsiplay • • •pivot_root
in reply to thingsiplay • • •thingsiplay
in reply to FoundFootFootage78 • • •HuePony
in reply to thingsiplay • • •j5y7
in reply to FoundFootFootage78 • • •muusemuuse
in reply to j5y7 • • •muusemuuse
in reply to FoundFootFootage78 • • •Wispy2891
in reply to FoundFootFootage78 • • •thingsiplay
in reply to eldavi • • •TerraRoot
in reply to osanna • • •Obin
in reply to osanna • • •Cooperative Linux
www.colinux.organon_8675309
in reply to Obin • • •eshep
in reply to anon_8675309 • •Never messed with #WSL, does it give you the capability run a full-on WM the way we could with #cygwin? I used to use it to run #enlightenment on my #Windows computer at work.
@Obin
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