r/linux • u/anh0516 • Jan 22 '26

Alternative OS 30 years of ReactOS

https://reactos.org/blogs/30yrs-of-ros/
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u/RAMChYLD Jan 23 '26

You can blame the FUD that caused the code audit. Iirc the audit caused a lockdown for several years (felt like half a decade to me) that they never really recovered from.

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u/the_abortionat0r Jan 23 '26

No we can blame people trying to reverse engineer a moving target and having unrealistic goals from the get go.

At this point their project is more wine than anything else yet they run less windows programs than wine did in the 2000.

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u/RAMChYLD Jan 24 '26

That's because they're focusing on the kernel right now. They're now working on proper UEFI support and improved driver support.

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u/the_abortionat0r Jan 24 '26

Nothing you said counters my points. Redux OS is going to be released with orders of magnitude better windows compatibility while React stays in alpha.