Boots Linux, Windows 98 and other complete operating systems in a tab, via an x86 emulator written in JavaScript.
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v86 sits in Look Productive under Laugh, filed as coffee break.
About this category: Fake terminals, fake updates, fake spreadsheets. Press any key, look extremely occupied. Best used responsibly, which nobody does.
Yes. v86 is free to use and needs no account.
No. You can use v86 without signing up for anything.
Not well. We file v86 as desktop only, so open it on a laptop or desktop computer.
Yes, we file it as safe for work. It also works muted.
We file it as "Coffee break": Five to fifteen minutes of proper attention.
A working Windows XP desktop in a tab, with Minesweeper, Paint and the startup sound, for pure muscle memory.
Feeds your own video call bad audio — echo, crying baby, wind — until everyone agrees the connection is the problem.
Recorded terminal sessions replayed as selectable text, genuinely useful to learn from and indistinguishable from real work.
Plays the notification sounds of Slack, email and Teams on a loop so it sounds like somebody urgently needs you.
Infinite squared paper for sketching layouts and floor plans, with snapping and nothing else getting in the way.
City walking videos, driving tours and a guess-the-city game built on top of them, sorted by country for when you cannot travel.
Home of a long list of absurd browser games and quizzes, several of which have quietly consumed entire office afternoons.
Upscales artwork and photographs without the usual mush, using a network trained specifically on line work.
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