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Supermium – Chromium fork for Win 2003 and newer
If that's a concern for you, there are themes for GTK3 and GTK4 that replicate classic 3D widgets and remove much of the excess padding in modern apps. https://github.com/B00merang-Project/Windows-95 https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95 (You should install both; Chicago95 is more actively developed, but B00merang gives you a GTK+4 theme that's currently missing from Chicago95.) Works reasonably well as a daily-driver, giving you a similar look to the modern SerenityOS GUI on a standard Linux system. Even the modern GTK+4 "responsive" apps work as designed, with some non-critical graphical quirks.
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Progman: X11 WM modeled after Program Manager from the Windows 3 era
https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95
Chicago was the code name for the development version of the highly anticipated Windows95
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Haiku OS: The Open Source BeOS You Can Daily Drive in 2024
Haven’t tried it, but there’s https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95
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Looking for a specific 'subgenre' of digital minimalism - "Retro digital"?
Chicago95
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Exploring Windows XP on macOS ARM64
Related: you can make Linux look like Windows 95 (98/2000/XP), icons and all: https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95
It works really well.
- Chicago95 – Windows 95 Theme for Linux
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WM/DE that *looks* old, but is still functional
XFCE + https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95
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Rust hello world app for Windows 95, cross-compiled from Linux, no MSVC
Currently running Chicago95 on Linux! https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95
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DooM runs on a desktop
The Chicago95 theme is the only reason why I use Xfce
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Linux is fun and a challenge
Wine + Chicago95 will also get you most of the way there.
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WASI 0.2.0 and Why It Matters
> As a thought experiment, we're almost there! We could technically have `win95.img + bochs86vm.wasm + autorun.inf + msword.exe` wrapped in a "browser evaluator"
I looked into this and... holy crap! We are there. Not for modern programs quite yet, sure, but this is amazing. You can use Windows 2000 from your browser.
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Is offline-first not enough? Do we need "serverfree"?
I think you are looking for Shadow.
Or just the whole kitchen sink. Why not?
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Container2wasm: Convert Containers to WASM Blobs
Also: https://github.com/copy/v86 - more productized browser x86 runtime, used by eg https://github.com/snaplet/postgres-wasm
Similar project, but open-source: https://github.com/copy/v86
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Show HN: SQL Polyglot
Wonder if you could put all those databases in a Linux image and boot it using v86 [0], eliminating the need for a server.
- Hot Dog Linux
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Kolibri OS: fits on a floppy disk, programmed using interrupts
It's possible to try it on a web browser thanks to the Virtual x86 project: https://copy.sh/v86/?profile=kolibrios
Trying it out in https://copy.sh/v86/?profile=kolibrios , it's also clearly a love letter to Windows 95 in particular. That could be an unstated goal here, create a very particular PC experience under very particular constraints. I don't know anything about the creator but it's very possible that this kind of work was actually their career in the 90s.
It's incredible how much work was done. Maybe this should be an internet curiosity like how TempleOS has become, though Terry's personality was a unique factor.
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Running Windows 98 on the Browser
Oh, there are more OSes one can use at the parent page:
My highlights:
- First version of Windows (1.01)
- SerenityOS <3
- and even ReactOS
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Should Ethereum be okay with enshrining more things in the protocol?
If Ethereum was a website, it would be running an x86 VM (such as [1]), running a custom web browser and database engine, to display mostly static websites and the occasional comments section under a blog post.
As an engineer I'm 10% fascinated and 90% horrified by the sheer complexity.
What are some alternatives?
Windows-XP - Windows XP themes
xfce-winxp-tc - Windows XP stuff for XFCE
serenity - The Serenity Operating System 🐞
aseprite - Animated sprite editor & pixel art tool (Windows, macOS, Linux)
RetroBar - Classic Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista taskbar for modern versions of Windows
Chicagofier - An automatic Chicago95 script for Xubuntu
WinClassic - A Discord theme that imitates the appearance of the Windows Classic theme.
yoroi-frontend - Yoroi Wallet - Cardano ADA Wallet - Your gateway to the financial world (extension frontend)
themix-gui - Graphical application for generating different color variations of Oomox (Numix-based) and Materia (ex-Flat-Plat) themes (GTK2, GTK3, Cinnamon, GNOME, Openbox, Xfwm), Archdroid, Gnome-Color, Numix, Papirus and Suru++ icon themes. Have a hack for HiDPI in gtk2. Its Base16 plugin also allowing a lot of app themes support like Alacritty, Emacs, GTK4, KDE, VIM and many more.
NsCDE - Modern and functional CDE desktop based on FVWM
webvm - Virtual Machine for the Web
Electron - :electron: Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS