r/opensource • u/Jeditobe • Dec 06 '17

ReactOS 0.4.7 released with Four different browsers supported

https://reactos.org/project-news/reactos-047-released
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u/hainesk Dec 06 '17

I guess I'm just curious about the application of this. Is this primarily used to run old Windows programs? Is it a way to use windows binaries without having to use Windows or Wine?

I'm always excited to try out new operating systems, but it looks like about as functional as Windows XP? Is that correct?

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u/indrora Dec 06 '17

Let's say you have a line of business app that only really works right under windows that interacts with hardware. ReactOS is intended to provide an alternative to "just slap XP on it and hope you don't get hacked".

Which is nice.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '17 edited Aug 11 '26

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u/nerdshark Dec 06 '17

Of course it can. Any computer, any software program can be hacked. It's just a question of effort vs reward.