Good thing the details aren't actually details. It's a super short Tweet by ReactOS with celebratory screenshot and the acknowledgement that it still has bugs and crashes you wouldn't get on actual Windows. That's genuinely it.
This will be an essential part of industry quite soon. It all runs on old versions of windows and having a compatible, supported runtime will be invaluable.
Wine would still be better though, especially if they have the source code. Can be used like a dependency to produce a Linux compatible package like how Java applications either bundle or depend on a JVM in the package manager.
Actually, ReactOS and Wine have historically worked together and share significant technical overlap in the goal of reimplementing the Windows API, though they have different approaches and end goals. They're separate projects now, but a lot of work in wine happened thanks to ReactOS.
because a fucking depressing amount of computers are still running old windows versions for compatibility reasons, and it would be really nice if we could eventually replace it with something that isn't a leaking sieve in terms of security.
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MoreZombies@quokk.au · 49 pts · 75d
"Details on X".
urgh, I don't want to read anything on Twitter.
Mensh123@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 75d
Good thing the details aren't actually details. It's a super short Tweet by ReactOS with celebratory screenshot and the acknowledgement that it still has bugs and crashes you wouldn't get on actual Windows. That's genuinely it.
MoreZombies@quokk.au · 1 pts · 73d
Appreciate you
doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 74d
Replace "x" with "xcancel" in the url, and it usually works (slightly better than the raw cesspit)
MoreZombies@quokk.au · 10 pts · 74d
oh I get I can, I just think Twitter is horrid and I don't even want to acknowledge it in that form lol
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 75d
This will be an essential part of industry quite soon. It all runs on old versions of windows and having a compatible, supported runtime will be invaluable.
yogthos@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 75d
Might also pave a path towards governments moving off windows if it can run existing software they use.
HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 74d
Wine would still be better though, especially if they have the source code. Can be used like a dependency to produce a Linux compatible package like how Java applications either bundle or depend on a JVM in the package manager.
yogthos@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 74d
yeah that's true
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 34 pts · 75d
yogthos@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 75d
amazing
wizzor@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 74d
What a time to be alive.
J3N5T4R@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 75d
It's good to be back in 1998 again.
HieroProtagonist@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 74d
I honestly would love it...
pineapple@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 74d
Wait I don't mean to put any shade on these developers but don't we already have Linux and wine, why would you try to copy windows?
yogthos@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 74d
Actually, ReactOS and Wine have historically worked together and share significant technical overlap in the goal of reimplementing the Windows API, though they have different approaches and end goals. They're separate projects now, but a lot of work in wine happened thanks to ReactOS.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 74d
because a fucking depressing amount of computers are still running old windows versions for compatibility reasons, and it would be really nice if we could eventually replace it with something that isn't a leaking sieve in terms of security.
HieroProtagonist@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 74d
Because you may prove you can? I mean, this is an absolutely valid reason.
87Six@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 74d
Never underestimate a dev's willingness to do something simply for the hell of it
NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 74d
how does it handle Starcraft and Age of Empire 2?
Admirable_Bagel_0989@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 70d
That's fantastic. Congrats to the ReactOS devs