Published Apr 28, 2026, 3:30 PM EDT My love for computers started with a trusty Compaq back in 2005, and I haven't looked back since. This had me graduate into being an avid tinkerer, even if I end up soft-bricking stuff most of the time. I do also love video games. Windows and Linux might seem like oil and water at first, and a fusion might seem like an unholy combination. In a way, that still holds true — at least in terms of the philosophy behind the two extremely popular operating systems . That being said, there have always been attempts (some of which, like Wine, have been incredibly successful) to bridge the gap. We have projects like Wine for Linux, and of course, the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Both projects attempt to run programs from the other OS in a separate environment, with compatibility layers in place. Taking the crazier projects into account, developer Hailey has built WSL9x, a project that brings a WSL-like Linux subsystem to Windows 9x.…