Running Windows 98 on the Browser

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  • v86

    x86 PC emulator and x86-to-wasm JIT, running in the browser

  • Oh, there are more OSes one can use at the parent page:

    https://copy.sh/v86/

    My highlights:

    - First version of Windows (1.01)

    - SerenityOS <3

    - and even ReactOS

  • docker-baseimage-alpine

  • > An alpine docker container doesn't have the kernel, so all that hardware support

    Only if you run it on Linux through para virtualization; in which case it's using the host's kernel. Potato/potato.

    The fact that it supports virtualizing an entire other OS in a safe and privileged manner should just further reinforce why the kernel is larger. But ok, got me.

    > 8MB GUI-less image

    Sure, and you can see all of the contents of that here:

    https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-baseimage-alpine/blob/...

    Let's just pick a few things from that:

      curl - a library that can handle full bidirectional HTTP communication in Unicode, including via SSL/TLS and arbitrarily manage file streams *or* utilize linux's built-in piping/redirection functionality

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