Run Windows 95 in Ubuntu As An Electron App

[Abarbarian]

Run Windows 95 in Ubuntu As An Electron App

A developer managed to run Windows 95 OS as an electron app and it is possible to run it in Ubuntu, Linux and Mac.

The electron app is a full featured Windows 95 with all (almost!) features –

• DOS Prompt
• Old Internet Explorer (horror!!)
• Minesweeper Game
• Notepad
• Explorer

An you can even play DOOM on it.

Things didn’t end there. A gamer group called DisplacedGamers managed to run Doom inside this app!! Have a look below.

Ah nostalgia, it brings a tear to my eye.

 

[floppybootstomp]

Interesting but I'm left wondering if some things should be best forgotten

Let's face it Win 95 was as unstable as hell, Win 98 was a bit better but still performed like a roller coaster missing a wheel, Win XP was better but still needed re-installing every 18 months or so then MS finally arrived at something halfway decent.

I haven't mentioned ME cos it was tosh and Win 2000/NT was for office bods.

I actually still have a Win 95 install disk and a few disks full of utilities for it. Whether I could find drivers for it is quite another matter though.