There’s been a few nostalgic posts and comments lately about Linux on Windows, Windows on Linux, and even Linux on Windows on Sun…
Here’s on OLD Linux distro that used to be linked from the “distribution list” from Linux.com (or was it .org) almost 30 years ago.
tl;dr: it was a full Linux distro that you unpacked on a FAT drive. From Windows 95, you would “exit into DOS” and from there run (I think) monkey.exe - which would switch to protected mode and literally run Linux. And if you had the patience or stubbornness, you’d get XFree386 running too!
alfiedotwtf•1h ago
Here’s on OLD Linux distro that used to be linked from the “distribution list” from Linux.com (or was it .org) almost 30 years ago.
tl;dr: it was a full Linux distro that you unpacked on a FAT drive. From Windows 95, you would “exit into DOS” and from there run (I think) monkey.exe - which would switch to protected mode and literally run Linux. And if you had the patience or stubbornness, you’d get XFree386 running too!