The Virtual OS Museum lets you relive over 600 operating systems right on your desktop
The Verge·June 7, 2026
The Virtual OS Museum is a vast collection of over 600 operating systems for more than 250 platforms, totaling over 1,700 distinct installations. This extensive library, built by developer and OS historian Andrew Warkentin since 2003, can be downloaded and run via emulation on a computer. The collection spans nearly the entire history of computing, from the 1948 Manchester Baby to early builds of Android in 2011. It features a wide range of operating systems, including obscure ones such as Coherent, Flex OS, and countless DOS variants.
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