Honestly, I'm not sure whether to laugh hysterically....or apologise. Profoundly.
This has just got to be one of the wackiest ideas I think I've yet come across. I was browsing ExtremeTech, a couple of hours ago.....and their lead article was 'How to run Windows95 as an app in Windows, Mac or Linux':-
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/2 ... -and-linux
The developer behind this, one Felix Rieseberg, has this to say:-
And so he should be..!!"I put Windows 95 into an Electron app that now runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux. It's a terrible idea that works shockingly well. I'm so sorry."
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Be that as it may, this does in fact run pretty well. It's an Electron-based app, with all code inside the app itself.....so it actually runs in pretty much real time. It is such fun.....not. (*a-hem!*)
It's a straight-forward d/l, extract & re-pack. Stupid thing is, the .deb wouldn't extract. Even UExtract turned its nose up at it; complained about 'peculiar control characters'. So, I made do with the .rpm one, instead.....which behaved itself, good as gold.
Don't blame me for the size. Unpacked, it's around 200-250 MB. Half of that size, however, is taken up by the Electron framework. Gargantuan as it is, it's becoming an increasingly useful beast these days. And to think MyCrudSoft recommended 4 MB of RAM to comfortably run Win95, back in the day...
I will warn you; the cursor really IS as slow as you remember it being..! If you've got a DPI-adjustable mouse, ya might want to consider jacking it up to maximum.... Oh, and talking of which.....you might think, the first time you go to shut down, that you've been 'got at' by the 1990s Windows viruses. You can't get off the screen..!! Help.....
Just hit 'Escape', and each click will lock/unlock/lock/unlock your real cursor. Now you can 'escape'. For REAL. (*Thank Christ...*)
64-bit only, I'm afraid. I have it running perfectly in Xenialpup64 7.5.
See what you think.....
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rg6dQP ... sp=sharing
You'll find it under Menu->Utility->Windows95. I would say, 'Have fun'.....but I'm not entirely certain it's an appropriate epithet in this case. (*snigger....a-HEM!!*)
(Any subsequent law-suits about mental cruelty should be addressed to MikW, care of Toytown, Disneyland... )
And, er, no; I don't know where the 'Start' button's hiding! It's gotta be there somewhere.....
(Silly me. It's there all along; maximised, it's bigger than my old 1024x768 screen.....and of course, I've gotta use the cursor 'unlock' feature before I can even scroll down to see it... )
*jeez*
Mike.