Developer creates "WSL9x" — a Windows 9x Subsystem for Linux without hardware virtualization
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sohkamyung
Pulled from the oven a few minutes early. Edible, just barely.
Summary
A developer announces "Windows 9x Subsystem for Linux" (WSL9x), a hack that allows running Windows and Linux applications side-by-side using a modern Linux kernel cooperating with the Windows kernel in ring 0, without hardware virtualization. The project is claimed to work even on older hardware like a 486 processor, and is hosted on Codeberg.
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And unlike modern WSL, no hardware virtualisation is used so even your 486 can run it!
Please enjoy, I think this might be one of my greatest hacks of all time
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