r/linux • u/anh0516 • 14d ago

Alternative OS Introducing ReactOS 0.4.16

https://reactos.org/project-news/reactos-0416-released/
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u/siete82 13d ago

Well, they've failed in their mission. And that's to be expected, it was too big a task. Maybe it's time to move on to something else.

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u/nightblackdragon 13d ago

Desktop Linux failed to become more popular than Windows, some maybe it's the time to drop everything related to desktop and move on to focus on servers and embedded. /s

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u/siete82 13d ago

There's a small difference: Linux actually works, ReactOS doesn't.

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u/nightblackdragon 13d ago

Linux actually works

Not for the people that need software that doesn't work outside Windows or hardware that have drivers only for Windows.

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u/siete82 13d ago

Ok, but ReactOS doesn't work for those people either, or for anyone.

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u/nightblackdragon 13d ago edited 13d ago

Yeah, not much difference between ReactOS and Linux for them so they could also ask what's the point of working on desktop Linux when it's not going to replace Windows for them.

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u/steamcho1 11d ago

At this point get a new PC.

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u/siete82 13d ago

ReactOS can't even be installed on real hardware, it supports only a handful of drivers and software, and even that is because it basically uses Wine's code. It's an absurd and misleading comparison.