I recently found this boxed copy of Linux for Windows from 2001. But what is it?!

  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    VMs were not viable yet in 2001 for an entire underlying OS stack like this in the way you might be thinking on end-user hardware. I think VMWare was just coming out, and Xen wasn’t released until a bit later.

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      9 hours ago

      So, as per the video, it installs an .img file. the fact that in 2001 that wouldn’t be possible explains the whole “can’t get back to windows without a system reboot” thing.

      Thanks for teaching me something new today :D