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jll29
Could the be a good "mom and pop" OS to reduce (remote) IT maintenance workload for geeks from parent "clients"?
gitowiec
And writing "Proudly written without AI." in README.md now is new black?
someperson
I'm heartened that recent Linux kernels in 2026 can still target i386 systems!

Between i486, i586 and i686 there's been a steady drumbeat of Linux distros and kernel itself deprecating support

johnea
Windows fans, like being a Mustang or Corvette fan, represent arrested development in last centuries technology...
micw
For a second I thought github has updated to a clean and usable user interface. Then I realized that it's codeberg / forgejo ^^
shevy-java
The idea is quite cool. How practical is it though? Last time I used a Win9x system or Win2k was ... many, many years ago.
dreamlayers
I cannot imagine why someone would like Windows 9x enough to use it, let alone develop something so complicated for it.
cmrdporcupine
If this had existed in the mid/late 90s so many things would have turned out differently.
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epistasis
Whoa, 128MB of RAM on the Pentium, somebody is living LARGE. Almost hard to imagine 128MB of RAM in a Windows 95/98 box.
Ancapistani
Shouldn’t this be “Linux Subsystem for Windows 9x”?
ranger_danger
Now run wine inside it to get support for newer programs :)
a1o
Is there a binary where I can just download this to run directly in a VM? Or even a pre-configured VM!