Not yet but it seems like they've finally started working towards that. Driver compatibility has improved dramatically over the last few years, for one.
Having a full Windows desktop with a Linux install saves me from formatting and partitioning into yet another installation mess that Linux still has and choosing a distro while not messing around with display managers or searching around why some apps do not display correctly when connecting to an external monitor.
Why is this relevant today?
Same as Haiku
Note: unrelated to React.
Considerably predates it I think. I’ve followed ReactOS on and off for years, since the early 00s.
Looking at the website, they celebrated their 30th anniversary recently which is pretty impressive.
Always an interesting project and some great achievements, but it’s hard to see it being more useful than Linux + Wine (or now Proton)
Does anyone use ReactOS in a production-like fashion?
Not yet but it seems like they've finally started working towards that. Driver compatibility has improved dramatically over the last few years, for one.
Last i tried it a couple years ago, it was basically impossible to install natively. (On basic intel haswell system)
Related:
30 Years of ReactOS
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46716469
A windows compatible OS is a good idea but it looks more likely to be Linux.
As someone who very much dislikes the Linux/Unix philosophy, I'm happy to see diversity.
Out of pure curiosity, what do you “very much dislike” about it?
Don't get him started:
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
You mean Windows subsystem for Linux.
Having a full Windows desktop with a Linux install saves me from formatting and partitioning into yet another installation mess that Linux still has and choosing a distro while not messing around with display managers or searching around why some apps do not display correctly when connecting to an external monitor.
The best Linux distro is Windows (with WSL).
Not funny anymore.
It never was supposed to be.