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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

And it's cloning NT

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That is different source code, doing way more.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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