This article shows you how Linux is used to emulate a wide variety of operating systems. More than mere academic exercises, these “hosted OSes” are practical investments for many server rooms. One of the best things to do with a Linux box is to run programs for other operating systems on it. It can simplify your life considerably. On other Linux news, the SourceMage 0.6 distribution is released.
Emulate Legacy Operating Systems on Linux; SourceMage 0.6
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Has anyone used Sourcemage? How good is it? How does it compare to Gentoo?
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CP/M or OpenVMS I can understand but emulating DOS in a server room, in our day and age, when quality software is available for free … what’s practical about that ?
Nurturing age old DOS programs .. give me a break ! Why not simply hire some guy to port the software ? Ah! of course… the source code is stuck in a vault God only knows where.