Yeah, It's Pretty Cursed. (Linux for Windows(95)) [24:53] | Action Retro (youtube.com)

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I recently found this boxed copy of Linux for Windows from 2001. But what is it?!

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[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

VMs were not viable yet in 2001 for an entire underlying OS stack like this in the way you might be thinking on end-user hardware. I think VMWare was just coming out, and Xen wasn't released until a bit later.

[-] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

So, as per the video, it installs an .img file. the fact that in 2001 that wouldn't be possible explains the whole "can't get back to windows without a system reboot" thing.

Thanks for teaching me something new today :D

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