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Isn't Windows RT as close as it gets to a OS from scratch nowadays? (honest question)
by rubinelli 13y ago
Isn't Windows RT as close as it gets to a OS from scratch nowadays? (honest question)
- twoodfin 13y agoNot really. As far as I know, Windows RT is essentially a port of the NT kernel, most Windows APIs and the new Metro/RT APIs to ARM.
- wvenable 13y agoNope. Windows RT is ARM compiled Windows 8 with a little flag that prevents the installation of 3rd party desktop apps. It's not even a little bit different.
- vetinari 13y agoTechnically speaking, the little flag does not prevent installation of third-party desktop apps. It prevents executing executables not signed by Microsoft. It is just a policy, that Microsoft will not sign classic win32 executables.