SMRTR TechJun 7, 2026The Verge

The Virtual OS Museum lets you relive over 600 operating systems right on your desktop

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The Virtual OS Museum is a massive digital collection of over 600 operating systems across 250 platforms, built by developer Andrew Warkentin since 2003. Downloadable and runnable via emulation, it spans computing history from 1948 to 2011. The full download is a hefty 127GB zipped.

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