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minus-squareleanleftlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down12·8 months agoToo late. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReactOS already exists
minus-squareNorah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·8 months agoReactOS is a Windows clone though, not an MS-DOS one…
minus-squareBeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoAnd it’s cloning NT
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoThat is different source code, doing way more.
minus-square1ostA5tro6yne@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agohow is reactos these days? is it a drop-in replacement for windblows yet?
minus-squareRicky Rigatoni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agostill can’t run on bare metal unless you have very specific hardware
minus-squarebillgameshlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agonot quite. it works for some things, but still a lot to go!
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?
still can’t run on bare metal unless you have very specific hardware
not quite. it works for some things, but still a lot to go!