Topic: windows95 is Windows 95, running in an Electron app, on Mac / Linux / or Windows

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windows95 is Windows 95, running in an Electron app, on Mac / Linux / or Windows Systems

https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows95/releases/latest

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💩🚀 Windows 95 in Electron. Runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

windows95

This is Windows 95, running in an Electron app. Yes, it's the full thing. I'm sorry.

Downloads

Windows    32-bit 💿 Installer | 📦 Standalone Zip
64-bit 💿 Installer | 📦 Standalone Zip
ARM64 💿 Installer | 📦 Standalone Zip
❓ Don't know what kind of chip you have? Hit start, enter "processor" for info.

macOS    Intel Processor 📦 Standalone Zip
Apple M1 Processor 📦 Standalone Zip
❓ Don't know what kind of chip you have? Learn more at apple.com.

Linux    32-bit 💿 rpm | 💿 deb
64-bit 💿 rpm | 💿 deb
ARM64 💿 rpm | 💿 deb
ARMv7 (armhf) 💿 rpm | 💿 deb

Does it work?
Yes! Quite well, actually - on macOS, Windows, and Linux. Bear in mind that this is written entirely in JavaScript, so please adjust your expectations.

Should this have been a native app?
Absolutely.

Does it run Doom (or my other favorite game)?
You'll likely be better off with an actual virtualization app, but the short answer is yes. Thanks to @DisplacedGamers I can recommend that you switch to a resolution of 640x480 @ 256 colors before starting DOS games - just like in the good ol' days.

Credits
99% of the work was done over at v86 by Copy.
Help & Commonly Asked Questions


MS-DOS seems to mess up the screen
Hit Alt + Enter to make the command screen "Full Screen" (as far as Windows 95 is concerned). This should restore the display from the garbled mess you see and allow you to access the Command Prompt. Press Alt-Enter again to leave Full Screen and go back to Window Mode. (Thanks to @DisplacedGamers for that wisdom)

Windows 95 is stuck in a bad state
On the app's home screen, select "Settings" in the lower menu. Then, delete your machine's state before starting it again - this time hopefully without issues.

I want to install additional apps or games
If you are running macOS, or Linux, you can probably "mount" the virtual hard drive used by windows95 to add files. Hit the "Modify C: Drive" button, which will take you to the disk image.

On macOS, double-click the disk image to open it.

On Windows 10, Windows will think that it can open up the image, but will actually fail to do so. Use a tool like OSFMount to mount your disk image.

On Linux, search the Internet for instructions on how to mount an img disk image on your distribution. It's likely that you'll be able to run mount with the image as input.


What's the FrontPage Username and Password?
Username: windows95
Password: password

Who knew I would miss the Windows 95 version of Klondike (Solitaire) so much?

https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows95/

https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows95/releases/latest