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[–] leanleft@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)
[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

ReactOS is a Windows clone though, not an MS-DOS one...

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 6 points 7 months ago

And it's cloning NT

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 5 points 7 months ago

That is different source code, doing way more.

[–] chocosoldier@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

how is reactos these days? is it a drop-in replacement for windblows yet?

[–] billgamesh@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

not quite. it works for some things, but still a lot to go!

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

still can't run on bare metal unless you have very specific hardware