I tried ReactOS and it's unbearable to use, but what it's attempting is genuinely brilliant
… I'll certainly be curious to try future builds of ReactOS to see how things improve, even if they keep being bad overall. ReactOS See at ReactOS Project
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This 28-year-old open-source Windows alternative can finally run Half-Life 2
… ReactOS has been in development for two decades, but it's still considered to be in an alpha state. Just a month ago, ReactOS, an open-source Windows effort, got Half-Life up and running, and only 30 days later the operating system is now compatible with Half-Life 2 via Phoronix . …
This open-source Windows clone just got a lot easier to install
… For instance, ReactOS is a Windows clone that uses none of the major OSes as its base and is its own thing. While ReactOS is a really cool project, it's only useful if you can, you know... install it. And for a while, ReactOS simply couldn't work on some storage drives. …
Your PC still has a keyboard controller interface from 1984, and Linux keeps it as its second way to reboot
… The ReactOS project, a clean-room reimplementation of the Windows NT-era HAL, contains a function called HalpWriteResetCommand that writes 0xFE to port 0x64 with the comment "Generate RESET signal via keyboard controller." ReactOS uses this mechanism in its NT-compatible x86 HAL, showing that the k… …
4 cool operating systems that have nothing to do with Windows, macOS, or Linux
… ReactOS is also a fun operating system if you want to use Windows applications without dealing with the performance-draining features and privacy-intrusive background services of Microsoft’s flagship OS.