[scoopr]

So, is it like colinux[0], but for pre-NT windows? Neat!

Back when I was still using windows (probably XP era), I used to run colinux, it was kind of amazing, setting up something like LAMP stack on the linux side was a lot easier and then using windows editors for editing made for quite nice local dev env, I think! Could even try some of the X11 servers on windows and use a linux desktop on top of windows.

When I noticed I kept inching towards more and more unixy enviornment on the windows, I eventually switched to macOS.

Apart from the obvious hack-value, I can't quite imagine even pretend use-case, with some 486 era machine, you would be limited by memory quite quickly!

[0] http://colinux.org/

[jesuslop]

Colinux was a tech feat, just not that many people noticed.

[da-x]

Yes (coLinux author).

What I especially like about this Windows 9x Subsystem project, is that it proves that coLinux could have been written way earlier. Now imagine how less dual booting we would have needed in 1996 if that happened, and how it would have affected VMware which only existed since 1998.

[jesuslop]

A bit late thanks, and a respectful hat tip.