Miss Windows 95? There's an app for that.Yo, dawg. I heard you like Windows. So we put Windows in your Windows.
Ah, Windows 95: The subject of much nostalgia and a bit of angst (depending on your stance). While we've come a long way since the days of stark gray chrome and wonderfully pixelated icons, there's just something that's still charming about the OS that defined an era for Microsoft. And now you can relive those memories in one of the most absurd ways possible: an app.
Felix Rieseberg, a developer at Slack, built Windows 95 into an Electron app that can run on Windows 10, macOS, and Linux. And as he puts it, "it's a terrible idea that works shockingly well. I'm so sorry."
I put Windows 95 into an Electron app that now runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux. It's a terrible idea that works shockingly well. I'm so sorry.Go grab it here:
https://t.co/MIoFpezuFi pic.twitter.com/YquOnOGrSz— Felix Rieseberg (@felixrieseberg) August 23, 2018
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Miss Windows 95? There's an app for that.
