Virtual OS Museum offers 1,700+ pre-installed systems online
Original: I’ve built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of
Why This Matters
Preserves computing history by making rare historical operating systems accessible to modern users
A virtual museum featuring over 1,700 pre-installed operating systems running under emulation has launched. The collection spans computing history from 1948's Manchester Baby to modern systems, including mainframes, Unix variants, home computers, and mobile OSes, all accessible via Linux VM for QEMU, VirtualBox, or UTM.
The Virtual OS Museum provides a comprehensive collection of historical operating systems accessible through emulation. The project includes 1,700+ installations covering 250+ platforms and 570+ distinct operating systems from 1948 to present. Notable inclusions are CTSS (ancestor of modern OSes), early Unix versions, Xerox Star Pilot GUI, mainframe systems like MVS and TOPS-10, workstation OSes including SunOS and IRIX, home computer systems like Apple II and Commodore variants, and personal computer OSes from DOS to early Windows Longhorn betas. The museum offers both full offline and lite downloadable versions with automatic updates, eliminating configuration complexity for users exploring computing history.