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minus-squareleanleft@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down12·7 months agoToo late. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReactOS already exists
minus-squareNorah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·7 months agoReactOS is a Windows clone though, not an MS-DOS one…
minus-squareBeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoAnd it’s cloning NT
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoThat is different source code, doing way more.
minus-square1ostA5tro6yne@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agohow is reactos these days? is it a drop-in replacement for windblows yet?
minus-squarebillgamesh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agonot quite. it works for some things, but still a lot to go!
minus-squarerickyrigatoni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agostill can’t run on bare metal unless you have very specific hardware
Too late.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReactOS already exists
ReactOS is a Windows clone though, not an MS-DOS one…
And it’s cloning NT
That is different source code, doing way more.
how is reactos these days? is it a drop-in replacement for windblows yet?
not quite. it works for some things, but still a lot to go!
still can’t run on bare metal unless you have very specific hardware