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ReactOS is a thing.

• ravenstine 1y ago
  And it's garbage. Every time I've tried it, from 2007 to now, it's been a buggy hunk of crap. I normally try not to disparage peoples software projects, but I really don't get ReactOS. I tried it again actually just a few weeks ago. It's barely usable. You'll have far fewer problems just using Wine with Linux.
  • grishka 1y ago
    It's been getting better lately. That's the thing with these kinds of projects that aim to run vast libraries of preexisting software — they're crap for a long, long time, until suddenly there's enough compatibility that hey, it's actually usable. The time vs usability graph for them is very non-linear. Wine was "garbage" for decades as well. For a long time, it wouldn't do a satisfactory job of running anything but simplest win32 apps. Same for Ruffle, the open source flash player, but it got to that point much quicker because the API surface is orders of magnitude smaller.
  • bitwize 1y ago
    > Every time I've tried it, from 2007 to now, it's been a buggy hunk of crap. So, VERY much in keeping with Windows tradition, then!