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someone had the great idea to create #cygwin for #win9x!
> "Run Linux apps on Windows 95 with Windows 9x subsystem for Linux"
> Microsoft introduced a Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with Windows 10. Initially it allowed you to run command line Linux utilities in Windows, but over time Microsoft added support for applications with a graphical user interface. But WSL still only officially supports Windows 10 and Windows 11. What if you want to run Linux apps on an older version of Windows?
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> Enter the Windows 9x subsystem for Linux (WSL9x), an unofficial tool for running Linux apps on Windows 95, an operating system that’s more than three decades old.
https://liliputing.com/run-native-linux-apps-on-windows-95-with-windows-9x-subsystem-for-linux/