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by NabiDev 1682 days ago
But, Why?
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UI_at_80x24 1682 days ago
Because a project like this is the exact ethos that HN thrives on and the niche that 'Hacker' community exists to fill.

I would love to see 100 of these a day.

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jagger27 1682 days ago
I like to boot up old operating systems for UI design inspiration. Software really felt different back then. This sort of “pointless” project saves me a lot of hassle!
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IshKebab 1681 days ago
Is it that hard to do directly using QEMU? https://wiki.qemu.org/Windows2000
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spydum 1681 days ago
I think thats basically all this is.. qemu inside a container?
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mayli 1681 days ago
Yes, and just this time for windows 2k, an OS can bring some nostalgia for certain folks.
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jagger27 1681 days ago
No it’s not that hard. But this lets me do it with a single command. No need to track down a disk image with a working key, configure the VM, and then run the slow installer. With this I can go do whatever silly thing I wanted to do that much faster.
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crehn 1682 days ago
Why not? It’s fun.
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