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How well does this actually work ? Wouldn't Ubuntu+ Wine be a better combo for most ?

chungy 6y ago
For the moment, yes it will be a better combo, with much greater hardware support and compatibility with Windows applications/games. ReactOS is still in alpha, it's a very unfinished operating system. On the plus side, there's a lot of low-hanging fruits to attack if you want to work on a operating system, especially if the Windows NT design intrigues you.
Koshkin 6y ago
The goal of ReactOS is the binary compatibility not just with application programs but also with Windows device drivers.
- offtop5 6y ago
  Forgive my ignorance, what's the advantage here. It's perfectly fine if this is effectively ' we did it to prove we could ' thing. I've heard of React OS before and it's been in development for such a long time.
  - trynewideas 6y ago
    https://reactos.org/wiki/ReactOS_FAQ#Why_use_ReactOS.3F https://reactos.org/wiki/ReactOS_FAQ#Why_use_ReactOS.3F > There is currently no other operating system that implements the kernel architecture design of MS Windows NT™ so if you are unhappy with the direction or goal of Windows there is little real alternative. ReactOS was started as a “clone” of Windows NT to alleviate this situation. To demonstrate the concept of o/s cloning, GNU/Linux is the best for comparison here: Linux was started as a “clone” of Minix and Unix, eventually going on to be a Unix replacement. ... > Linux+Wine is never going to be a complete replacement for a full Windows system. It's not only because of Linux (despite some user-friendly Linux distributions out there) and not only because many users might find a transition to Linux/BSD difficult but it is largely due to design and implementation decisions of Linux and Wine architectures which prevent 100% compatibility. You aren't the audience, in other words.
zokier 6y ago
ReactOS is most useful for stuff that needs kernel level compatibility or comparable things. For most userland things I'd expect Wine to be smoother overall experience for now.

For the moment, yes it will be a better combo, with much greater hardware support and compatibility with Windows applications/games. ReactOS is still in alpha, it's a very unfinished operating system. On the plus side, there's a lot of low-hanging fruits to attack if you want to work on a operating system, especially if the Windows NT design intrigues you.

Koshkin 6y ago

The goal of ReactOS is the binary compatibility not just with application programs but also with Windows device drivers.

offtop5 6y ago
Forgive my ignorance, what's the advantage here. It's perfectly fine if this is effectively ' we did it to prove we could ' thing. I've heard of React OS before and it's been in development for such a long time.
- trynewideas 6y ago
  https://reactos.org/wiki/ReactOS_FAQ#Why_use_ReactOS.3F https://reactos.org/wiki/ReactOS_FAQ#Why_use_ReactOS.3F > There is currently no other operating system that implements the kernel architecture design of MS Windows NT™ so if you are unhappy with the direction or goal of Windows there is little real alternative. ReactOS was started as a “clone” of Windows NT to alleviate this situation. To demonstrate the concept of o/s cloning, GNU/Linux is the best for comparison here: Linux was started as a “clone” of Minix and Unix, eventually going on to be a Unix replacement. ... > Linux+Wine is never going to be a complete replacement for a full Windows system. It's not only because of Linux (despite some user-friendly Linux distributions out there) and not only because many users might find a transition to Linux/BSD difficult but it is largely due to design and implementation decisions of Linux and Wine architectures which prevent 100% compatibility. You aren't the audience, in other words.

zokier 6y ago

ReactOS is most useful for stuff that needs kernel level compatibility or comparable things. For most userland things I'd expect Wine to be smoother overall experience for now.