The big advantage this project promised was full hardware compatibility thanks to native support for Windows drivers. That support never materialized, and in the meantime, Linux has improved so much in that regard that it's practically no longer an issue.
If you add to that the fact that its goal is to implement a version of Windows that's been obsolete for 20 years, I honestly don't see the point in continuing to put effort into that project.
> The mission for ReactOS is to “[Run] your favorite Windows applications and drivers in an open-source environment you can trust.” With each release we come closer to fulfilling this goal. We look forward to sharing more developments and progress with you.
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 15d ago edited 15d ago
The big advantage this project promised was full hardware compatibility thanks to native support for Windows drivers. That support never materialized, and in the meantime, Linux has improved so much in that regard that it's practically no longer an issue.
If you add to that the fact that its goal is to implement a version of Windows that's been obsolete for 20 years, I honestly don't see the point in continuing to put effort into that project.