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Always an interesting project and some great achievements, but it’s hard to see it being more useful than Linux + Wine (or now Proton) Does anyone use ReactOS in a production-like fashion?
You know your old Soundblaster AWE64 Gold, with all bundled programs [0]. Or that very special Analog Video grabber card you have.
Wine is user space. This is the full OS.
[0] Ok, that maybe works in linux, but you get your point.
Why is this relevant today?
I think it actually is even more relevant today than 10 years ago, as the only real production use case I can imagine for it is specialized industrial software written only for XP that no one wants to update to w10 because of the risk of breaking production but which are running on a not supported anymore OS full of vulnerabilities. If really ReactOS achieves parity then that's a possible niche.
I don't think the metric has ever changed. What has is the scope as Microsoft continues to chug along. But, I believe, their goal is still primarily some hybrid of Win98/Win2K compatibility.
Why is this relevant today?
Why is this relevant today?
I think it actually is even more relevant today than 10 years ago, as the only real production use case I can imagine for it is specialized industrial software written only for XP that no one wants to update to w10 because of the risk of breaking production but which are running on a not supported anymore OS full of vulnerabilities. If really ReactOS achieves parity then that's a possible niche.
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I think it actually is even more relevant today than 10 years ago, as the only real production use case I can imagine for it is specialized industrial software written only for XP that no one wants to update to w10 because of the risk of breaking production but which are running on a not supported anymore OS full of vulnerabilities. If really ReactOS achieves parity then that's a possible niche.
I think OP means, this project is very old, what's new about it?
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As someone who very much dislikes the Linux/Unix philosophy, I'm happy to see diversity.
Out of pure curiosity, what do you “very much dislike” about it?
Why is this relevant today?
I think it actually is even more relevant today than 10 years ago, as the only real production use case I can imagine for it is specialized industrial software written only for XP that no one wants to update to w10 because of the risk of breaking production but which are running on a not supported anymore OS full of vulnerabilities. If really ReactOS achieves parity then that's a possible niche.
For (ham) radio programming software which often only supports windows, getting the programmer working on reactOS seems like a win.
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Don't get him started: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
Heh… Wait ‘til I tell him that his beloved macOS is Unix underneath.
ReactOS Unifies Installation Media, Introduces GUI Installer and New ATA Driver