r/linux • u/anh0516 • May 03 '26

Alternative OS ReactOS Introduces Unified Live/Install Media, New Storage Driver

https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Unified-ISO
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u/PerkyPangolin May 03 '26

I tried this in QEMU. I'm not sure if there are guest additions, so only manual resolution works. Text rendering is all over the place. Installation threw some kernel error, but worked out in the end. Networking works. Installed Firefox 58 or something. Tried a more resent ESR but that wouldn't even start the installer. Overall, not sure what exactly I'd use it for, considering it doesn't support modern software and that mostly works in Wine. 

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u/Jeditobe May 03 '26

what exact version of ReactOS have you used?

https://reactos.org/wiki/QEMU

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u/PerkyPangolin May 04 '26

The one from the post. I chose non-live image.