Operating System Emulation

Discover the power of Portable Operating System Emulation, enabling you to run and test various OS environments from a USB drive or external storage without installation. Reviews on the best emulation software, enhancing your flexibility and security on the go.

Cameo BlackBox for Windows Shell

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Cameo is a neat BlackBox for Window or (Windows Shell). Basically, it is an open source portable desktop environment that can be used in place of Windows Explorer. But it's more than just that. The full version includes many open source portable applications and tools that can be run from within. It is based on a modified bbLean shell, offering a more Linux like style, look and feel.

MobaLiveCD - Portable Live CD Emulator

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MobaLiveCD is a Free Portable Live CD Emulator that utilizes a software front end for Qemu to enable you to (Run Linux on Windows). Run your Linux Live CDs and other ISO files portably from within Windows without rebooting. Moreover, all of this can be stored and run directly from a portable USB device.

VirtuaWin - Windows Virtual Desktop Manager

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VirtuaWin is a free portable virtual desktop manager for Windows. Much like virtual desktop managers for Linux/Unix, it enables a user to easily organize multiple applications over several virtual desktops or workspaces. This helps eliminate clutter that normally builds up on singular desktops by giving extra workspace in the form of multiple desktops.

Emerge Desktop - Alternate Windows Shell

Emerge Desktop - Replacement Windows Shell

Emerge desktop is an Open Source portable alternate replacement Windows shell. This shell works by temporarily replacing your Windows Explorer user interface through the implementation of MinGW. The emerge (shell) user interface provides a desktop with familiar functionality  while bringing with it new features, enhancements, and plugins not found in the native Windows explorer shell.

Mac On a Stick - Portable Macintosh on a USB stick

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Mac On a Stick aka: Mini vMac, just as the name imposes, is a portable Macintosh emulated operating system that can be booted and run from a USB flash drive. Although for most, it isn't a complete replacement operating system, a MOS installation can include many useful applications running from an emulated Mini vMac (a Macintosh Plus emulator).

DOSBox - Portable DOS Emulator

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DOSBox is a portable DOS emulator or Portable DOSBox that can be used to run many old DOS games or applications that cannot be run on a modern Windows Operating System. It is great to use for those old DOS software applications or games you may have sitting around collecting dust.

Portable Qemu Manager

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Portable QEMU Manager for virtual machine emulation. You can use it to quickly manage and create virtual machine images. In addition, your virtual machines can be run directly from within the program. The nice and simple graphical user interface (GUI) provides easy to access to all of your virtual machines from one place.