ReactOS, an Open Source Take on Windows

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pipeline_peak · 1d ago

After Microsoft stopped charging for upgrades and desktop Linux advanced in user friendliness, ReactOS became pretty much useless.

It relies heavily on Wine……which also runs on Ubuntu, MacOS, etc, etc.

mahmoudimus · 1d ago

I disagree. It's an important project. It's not about Windows per se, but it's amazing to have a source available implementation of Windows internals. There are some really interesting use cases for it that are pretty important.

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ReactOS, an Open Source Take on Windows

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