# Virtual OS Museum

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Virtual OS Museum and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** An ambitious collection of nearly every operating system, praised as impressive and fun. Common caveat: hard to search.

## Why people recommend it

- Impressive, ambitious, worthwhile effort (3 comments): "This is an impressive effort and offering and I really want to try it out!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48204530)) "Wish it was a bit more searchable but still a great effort." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48201097)) "An amazing, herculean effort! thumbs up to Andrew" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48197380))
- Enjoyable to browse and explore (3 comments): "This is wonderful. I'm looking forward to looking thru it properly." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48197280)) "This is quite good and I really like it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48245453)) "Fun project site either way." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48196676))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Interim Computer Museum](https://hackerapproved.com/p/interim-computer-museum.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Virtual OS Museum", https://hackerapproved.com/p/virtual-museum-of-operating-systems/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).