I've built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of
The Virtual OS Museum is a comprehensive virtual collection of operating systems and applications that can be run under emulation. It includes a wide range of historical and modern operating systems, all pre-installed and configured for easy access. Users can explore over 570 distinct operating systems from 1948 to the present day without the hassle of installation or configuration.
- ▪The museum features more than 1700 installations and covers over 250 platforms.
- ▪It includes operating systems from the earliest mainframes to modern personal computers and mobile systems.
- ▪Both full and lite versions of the museum are available for download, with automatic updates supported.
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- ▪ A virtual museum runs 570 operating systems in your browser — Boing Boing
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The Virtual OS Museum This is a virtual museum of operating systems (and standalone applications) running under emulation, implemented as a Linux VM for QEMU, VirtualBox, or UTM. A custom emulator-independent launcher is provided, and all OSes and emulators are pre-installed and pre-configured. The launcher includes a snapshot feature to quickly revert broken installations back to a working state. Hypervisor installers and shortcuts to run the VM on Windows, macOS, and Linux are also included.
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