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technology15 hours ago•4 min saved

Historic OS Library Comes Alive: The Virtual OS Museum Lets You Run Dozens of Legacy Systems

The Virtual OS Museum, created by Andrew Warkentin, lets you run over 1,700 pre-installed operating systems and applications across more than 250 platforms—from 1948 to today—via emulation. It offers a full offline 121GB download and a lighter 14GB version that downloads guest VM images on first use, with automatic and manual updates. Note that not every emulated system boots perfectly, and performance on Apple silicon may be limited since the host VM is x86-only.

via 9to5Mac|

#emulation #legacy-software #macos

technology2 years ago•1 min saved

"Linux 6.7: Enhanced Features and Improved Security"

Linux 6.7 will introduce the ability to enable or disable 32-bit program support at boot-time, allowing Linux distributions to reduce their attack surface while still enabling users to run legacy software without recompiling the kernel. The new patches for Linux 6.7 will provide the option to toggle 32-bit support at boot-time, giving users the ability to enable it with a boot-time flag without rebuilding the kernel. Server administrators will also have the option to easily disable this support. These changes do not alter the default policy.

via Phoronix|

#32-bit-support #boot-time-control #legacy-software