ReactOS is getting pretty close to being a stable every day OS.

>>59938827
Ubuntu mate is the patrician choice.

>>59938827
I'm glad ReactOS is libre because it'll make emulation of windows possible on other distros.

>>59938848
Gentoo Cinnamon is even better

>>59938827
>l0:4l PM

>>59939211
delet

>>59938827
if it can run muh games sure

>>59938827
Last time I tried it gave me like 3 bluescreens in a timespan of 2 hours. It's pretty accurate to Windows already

>>59938827
Why spend so much effort replicating trash?

>>59938827
If it can handle gaymes without any serious performance issues that would be great. We'd have a FOSS platform for all 32-bit Windows compatible games, which is pretty significant.

>>59939672
Because a shitload of good software only works on that trash.

>\
ugh

>>59939672
>Windows XP
>Trash

Not even similar.

>>59938827
>If they can get it to Windows XP level of function will you switch to it in 2020 when Windows 7 dies
>Using KGB OS

But Windows 7 isn't dying, it just won't have future support, which who the fuck even needs anyway

>>59939807
>KGB OS
will I become a hacker?

>>59938827
Xubuntu is already better. Why bother with the exception of what >>59938878 said. WINE will be better for it.

>>59939807
>KGB OS
Gov't doesn't gib moneys to ReactOS

I'll wait for Kids ReactOS

>>59939903
I thought the ruskies were giving money to the project so they can eventually dump windows in favor of it.

>>59939720
underrated post

>>59938827
Probably.

If it can run all the professional software available for windows I'm definitely game. I really like the shells on linux, but beyond that it has absolutely shit to offer. A bunch of half-baked "FOSS alternatives" to real software which only rabid fanboys who never actually use it would consider a valid substitute.

And these fanboys just keep stroking their own ego by telling themselves people don't want linux because they're just not smart enough, while in reality people just don't give a shit about what OS they have, they just want to use good software, made by professionals, not autistic hobbyists. Even Apple understands that.

Anyone run this on real hardware?

>>59939990
Agree completely

>>59938827
I'd switch to Mac OS if Nutella keeps going in this direction.

My computers are pretty compatible.

File: llvm.jpg (649KB, 1280x1748px) Image search: [Google]

649KB, 1280x1748px

>>59938827
fucking rustfags need to all die

>>59939840
yeah who needs security patches when nation state 0days get leaked

>>59939892
I doubt WINE will ever not feel like a total hackjob. I'd rather just have a 1:1 OS than some rickety compatibility layer you need to custom rig to every indovidual application.

>>59940109
The projects aren't unrelated. They share developers.

>>59939954
They tried several times to get fundation, but government doesn't seem to be interested in the project.
Maybe Microsoft bribes them.

>C:\>ls
>Bad command or filename - ls
This is going to be fun.

>>59940193
>UNIX commands on NT/DOS system

>>59938878
You have WINE for that.

>>59940193
it's dir, mong

Driver support for non-common shit will break it

>>59938827
But why would we imitate shit? We already won on a front, we forced Microsoft to implement Bash on Windows 10. Why don't we force their hand even further until a point where they go bankrupt?

>>59943295
thats like saying linux imitates bsd kernel
why dont you research some basic facts before
you state your uneducated oppinions?

>>59943336
The fuck? Both BSD kernel and Linux is based on UNIX you fucking retard.

>>59938827
try this
https://www.reactos.org/getbuilds/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHuSPBO9g0g&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIXlRyMtNcw

File: 1487649247761.gif (2MB, 250x209px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 250x209px

>>59943362

I've been wanting to ask if you guys generally get a beter experience running programs in wine on top of linux or on reactos?

>>59939720
>windows XP software
>good
lolno

>>59943295
The delusions of basement dwelling NEET timesinkOS fags, ladies and gentlemen.

>>59943700
>basement dwelling NEET
You are saying it like it is worse compared to the indian shitskins?

>hobby OS
The same OS running on supercomputers. The same os running on most servers. The same os running on majority of Google engineers' computers. The same OS running on most programmers computers'. AHAHA. COMPARED TO YOUR GAYMING OS.

>>59943869
>compared to the indian shitskins
This, russian hackers >>> indian technicians

>>59938827
>will you switch to it in 2020 when Windows 7 dies?
No, but I'll replace my Windows 7 VMs with it.

>>59938827
>it's stable
Those are some pretty low standards for an operating system in 2017.

>>59940109
ReactOS and Wine share a lot of things.

>>59943990
Don't you think stability is the most important factor?

>>59938827
No it isn't

>>59944003
Not at all.

>>59943869
majority of google devs just own a mac, they don't use their own HIGHLY tweaked version of linux for servers, which is so far removed it's basically the kernel with all custom google softare running on it.

>>59938827
By 2020 it'll be stable enough to run an entire day without crashing. Maybe.

I'll be surprised if they even have a compositing window manager by then.

>>59944058
Gosh

Whenever I install VMware tools in reactos I get errors popping up, then the system bluescreens on the next reboot. Also browsing is pretty buggy as Firefox never seems to redraw shit correctly.

The fact that this has remained the case for the past few years makes me think it's unlikely it will ever be stable enough for daily usage.

File: 1482250198840.png (245KB, 595x842px) Image search: [Google]

245KB, 595x842px

>>59938827
That doesn't mean that it still isn't almost two decades behind Windows in development.

>>59944800
>two decades
Everything after the Windows 7 era is shit, anyway.

>>59939938
nice meme

>>59938827
When it can run games, I'll be on it.

When it reaches Windows 7 levels I'll use it.

>>59946531
It can. Sometimes.

>>59946531
It does run Age of Empires and Skyrim.

File: reactos.png (134KB, 1024x768px) Image search: [Google]

134KB, 1024x768px

>>59938827
>slow
>can only use fat32
>can't install any program that uses drivers
>fonts in firefox are still broken (wtf)
>still can't display minimize/maximize/close buttons in firefox

>>59947843
>fonts
That is just Windows rendering.
You get the same experience.

>>59938827
i like to play video games so no

>>59943995
Just a few dlls and libraries.(along with the browser if you want to install it)

However the way wine works on linux and reactos is really different

Wine on linux uses many hacky tactics to make software work

Reactos doesn't

Look at the office 2010 blogs in their website to understand

>>59947843
>can't install any program that uses drivers
What did he mean by this?

>>59942233
WINE
Is
Not an
Emulator

>>59948723
Neither ReactOS is.

>>59947561
>Age of empires
Sold.
I should try it out the next time my friends get together to play that.
If it can it run more modern games like generals, I might start to use it on my desktop.

>>59944061
> which is so far removed it's basically the kernel with all custom google softare running on it.
> make menuconfig
> add "Google software" modules
> make
Ooooh so removed

>>59938827

I'll switch tomorrow if it actually works.

Give me an XP interface with XP speed on top of 64-bit and no major hardware or software issues for the majority of mainstream shit. That "works." If I have to play around some with minor shit for unusual hardware or software, no problem. Give me an interface as light and customizable as XP with improvements on controlling the look/feel/layout ... I'll jerk off on it every morning and every night until I run out of semen.

>>59949351
> no major hardware or software issues for the majority of mainstream shit
You're out of luck because you'll need XP drivers.

>>59938827
what about support for winblows viruses? :^)

>>59939630
Based on Windows NT so yes!

sure if it support muh gayming gpu.

>>59938827
Fuck no faggot. I'm already on 10. Why would I go backwards in time?

But what does our Lord and Savior RMS thinks about it?

>>59938827
XP is already unusable, if they get to win7 level I'll switch. As long as it supports dx10 or 9 I'm fine.

>>59938848
Screen tearing.

File: Capture.png (50KB, 667x865px) Image search: [Google]

50KB, 667x865px

>>59939672
>NT
>Trash

The trash is on top of it...

File: 17990754.jpg (53KB, 447x617px) Image search: [Google]

53KB, 447x617px

>>59951159
>Window manager in kernel
>Someone somewhere thought this was a good idea.

>>59938827
Even if normal windows was FOSS I'd still use Linux so no.

>>59949351
XFCE/Xubuntu already exists though anon

>>59938827
>stable
sadly it's not

>>59952548
it's a good idea

>>59938827
Only if it runs all my gay men

>>59938827
is this the one with the custom filesystem?

>>59938827
Hmm.. Maybe its time I install that onto my space PC here, and see if it will run some retro gaymes.

>>59939211
Not it's not

>>59943472
>>59943493
every reactOS video is a damn virtual machine. I hate this

>>59940059
its just a meme language, there will be some new SJW shit shilled next year and Rust will all "eww its so shitty" then.

>>59952548
it was said countless times that if Linux had a similar setup, desktop Linux / gaming on Linux would no longer be a distant dream.

but then people said "fuck it" and made 10 new standard shit display managers, DEs and whatnot just for the fuck of it.

because who the fuck cares about users anyway.

>>59938827
looks like shite

>>59957190
Looks pretty aesthetic, honestly.

>>59955933
It all seems to be finally converging on GNOME and Wayland thankfully, but there will always be those retarded stragglers ruining everything for everyone.

>>59938827
No gaems

>>59957301
Wayland does not even work. Try setting a custom resolution. Or fixing mouse acceleration. It's fucking fucked.

Gnome? The piece of shit DE that requires 3D acceleration otherwise it's unusable? That bloated fuck that is made to display a single Firefox window with Tumblr? That piece of shit that randomly starts to eat 100% cpu on one thread? That stinking piece of crap that needs 100 extensions and CSS edits to be usable?

Holy fuck we are saved.
Well... not exactly.

>>59952548
The kernel also handles text rendering and scrollbars

>>59957190
Still looks better than Windows 7, 8, and 10

>>59957452
Sounds like you haven't used GNOME in the past 5 years dude, it has improved a lot.

Are Windows 98/XP games running on ReactOS?

>>59958204
>there will always be those retarded stragglers ruining everything for everyone.

RedHat/GNOMEshills are the best example

>>59940059
ReactOS has literally nothing to do with Rust. You're thinking of Redox OS.

>>59940109
Then ReactOS is probably the better choice, when it gets to a more developed stage. There are already Linux distros that integrate Wine pretty smoothly so you barely notice it's there - all you do is double-click on an .exe and it runs just like that, like it's on Windows.

>>59940126
They also share a considerable amount of code, if I'm not mistaken.

>>59943295
Because there's a lot of legacy software that depends on WinApi or is in PE/NE format.

>>59943362
BSD literally is Unix

>>59943528
ReactOS is still fairly unstable, so Wine is generally better. ReactOS is currently mainly a research project to better understand how the windows API specification can be implemented, though it's intended to eventually become a drop-in replacement for Windows (the way Linux is for Unix).

>>59944666
The VirtualBox additions don't have that problem, however they do for some incomprehensible reason reset ReactOS to 8-bit color, though you're free to set it back after installing. And I've found Firefox to be generally usable, at least the older version, but the minimize/maximize/quit buttons don't show up properly.

>>59947843
It's alpha software, what do you expect?

>>59948146
Wrong, the ReactOS screenshot makes the fonts look bolded compared to Microsoft Windows, also look at how 10:41 is displayed in the second post from the bottom. Fonts though are fairly low priority, I mean there's barely any situation in which you have to use the EXACT same fonts as Windows for a Windows program to work, so right now they just want a font that's readable enough to test the OS.

>>59949351
I think ReactOS is 32-bit only right now.

>>59949717
Yes, because it uses the same API and executable format as Windows.

>>59951064
Because 10 is trash.

>>59951112
It's GPL'd, so he probably likes it way better than Windows.

>>59938827
>it's Windows without any of the software support

For what purpose? Are you seriously gimping yourself because Microsoft collects diagnostic data?

>>59940083
They don't patch those anyway and NSA already has unrestricted access to every OS on the market.

>>59958506
It's not just some OS that looks and works like Windows, it's actually intended to be Windows with the software support. Windows software runs on it, it's just still in alpha so it's buggy and a lot of stuff doesn't work.

>>59943995
>>59940109
Sadly Wine is only implemented in a decent way on the mac (crossover/cider/wineskin).

>>59958543
Again, why gimp yourself?

>>59958587
Again, it's alpha software.

>>59958587
Its lighter and has less exploits?

>>59948653
It can't install the latest spyware

>>59958601
Doesn't make a single difference with desktop usage unless you live in Brazil circa 2000.

You could pour cement over a door and it would have less exploits, but it's not nearly as useful as a strong door with strong locks.

>>59958792
Disagree, every Windows version after XP manages to be slower than XP even on much faster hardware. For some reason, Microsoft just can't get it right.

>>59958819
[citation needed]

>>59957190
So, like XP?

>>59958819
stock 8.0 without any updates (emphasis on the dot zero) does alright, but i get what you are saying

>>59958876
I know you are trolling
>XP RAM usage 100-150MB~ clean install
>7 RAM usage 300MB+ and slower execution of opengl gaymes to benefit directx (32 bits) clean install
>10 RAM usage 700MB+ and slower execution of opengl to benefit directx, although directx performance gets hit also (32 bits) clean install

kill rese

>when Windows 7 dies

Confuses lack of MSFT support with death.

Dumbfuck POS go do a squat thrust on a shit-covered cactus.

VMs, what are they?

>>59939672
I wish Linux wasn't such a shit OS that can't get mainstream traction that I didn't have to want for a Windows clone

I actually booted it in a VM but didn't install anything... I found it pretty cool

If it gets to the level of commercial use, though, Im sure Microsoft will burry them in lawsuits.

>>59960692
What do they have to sue over? Unless ReactOS devs used the Windows source leaks (they didn't) Microsoft can't do shit

>>59960623
You do realize you can get malware on a VM, right?

>>59958819
The new file manager is faster. XP has a noticeable 0.5s lag between opening folders or pages in control panel, most of the time. This seems to be fixed in 7+. I don't use windows anymore so I wouldn't know if it's still true.

>>59949338
It can run the game, but the gpu drivers are a different story,
The OS is not ready yet.

>>59948653
>>59958674
Something like wincdemu or imdisk will make the computer bluescreen and not be able to boot again

>>59957950
>Sounds like you haven't used GNOME in the past 5 years dude, it has improved a lot.
If by "improved" you mean "removed features", then yes.

GNOME is a shitty DE. Every fucking release has two new features and a hundred regressions. Good luck trying to make the retarded Red Hat employees that develop it fix them: they still haven't fixed the fucking backspace shortcut in Nautilus even though it's a standard feature present in every single modern file manager out there. Yes, even in Android.

KDE or XFCE would be a million times better for GNU distributions as a default DE.

Out of morbid curiosity, does stallman approve of this project?

>>59963108
It's made to be able to run proprietary windows software, so no. Even if it's libre, stallman finds it tyranny to make it so you can run proprietary software.

>>59963108
Since it's GPL and has the same mission GNU had, he would probably have no problem with the OS as a piece of software.

However, since it endorses or facilitates the use of proprietary software, he would never endorse it. It's possible he would even dislike it.

>>59952548
But IT IS a good idea.

>>59938827
Will it stop in Windows XP's level or keep going further? If it ever achieves DX11 with the same or better performance than Windows 7, I'll definitely jump, until then, no.

>>59966420
I think they plan on crossing that bridge when they come to it. Even getting it to function as a viable replacement for XP would be a hell of an achievement. Trying to replicate the function of post-Vista Windows is probably a hell of a lot more complex.

>>59939669
the true windows experience

>>59940179
duh, remember when Munich drop Linux and went Windows 10?

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/02/munichs-linux-deployment-once-again-in-doubt-may-switch-to-windows-10-by-2020/

MAH TELEMETRY

File: 1438567828629.jpg (268KB, 758x663px) Image search: [Google]

268KB, 758x663px

>>59943295
>We

>>59966669
Because they wanted to be special snowflakes and re-design everything from scratch. The retards were switching from windows to linux and vice versa for years. It's literally nothing.

>>59938848
>not Gentoo GNU/Linux/X/KDE5 with custom handwritten patches

>>59939892
>>59942233
>WINE
There are very few things WINE can run flawlessly.
And even if it run there will be some sort of issues.
The latest one, is the latest Konosuba game.
It start OK, but it doesn't recognized any input commands.

>>59968368
>KDE5
Disgusting

>>59952548
>hurdur let's make crucial part of modern OS a completely separate software with it's own rules and expect it to work fast

>>59938827
>If they can get it to Windows XP level of function
Oh, so that means I'll be bombarded with BSOD as bad as Windows 98?

>>59957950
Gnome is even worse than before. I don't know what are you smoking.

>>59938827
>2020
You mean 18 years before obseletion?
Y2K38 bug isn't fixed forever

>>59951159
>doesn't support ppc64
>only x86 desktop crap and pseudo HPC with expensive x86 cluster trash

>ReactOS has been in continuous development since 1996
>OpenGL added in 2005
>networking added in 2006
>SATA added in 2009
>USB added in 2013
>printer added in 2017
what the fuck

>>59947843
>can only use fat32
wrong. can only be INSTALLED on fat32, it supports other FS'. It can even read fucking reiserfs. Can your wife do that? I don't think so.

>>59971677
neither can hans reisers wife lol

>>59938827
>another shitty os trying to emulate windows
no thanks faggot

>>59958290
>There are already Linux distros that integrate Wine pretty smoothly
Like what?

>>59938827
>that interface
Eww

File: Screen Shot 2017-03-18 at 16.32.23.png (1MB, 1920x1080px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 1920x1080px

>>59951159
Someone post similar diagrams to this, but for Mac OS Classic, Mac OS X, Linux, and TempleOS.

Would also be nice to see the diagrams for the OSes that are present in consoles like GBC, GBA, Nintendo DS, 3DS, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.

>>59971817
Bumping for this

>>59971589
Developing an OS and developing an OS to function just like a closed source OS and have binary compatibility with it are two very different things.

>>59971817
Second bump in hopes for this.

>>59960741
they used the leaks, but someone saw it and they needed to rewrite everything

Stallman actually has a statement re: React on gnu org.

>>59968916
Stop playing anime gaymes, you manchild weeaboo faggot

>>59969038
>what is nearly any window manager on Loonix

>>59971589
They had to rewrite the project several times for different reasons. ReactOS as we know began in 2002-2003, so that's why you only see important features after that date.

>>59971589
Just proves how fucking nonsensical and confusing the entire Windows environment is.

>>59970888
Y2K38 is not a Windows problem.

>>59938827
Why would anybody use that instead of Wine on a Linux or BSD distro?

File: 1454385619920.png (310KB, 700x700px) Image search: [Google]

310KB, 700x700px

>>59938827
>ReactOS
DELET THIS

File: a.png (381KB, 550x442px) Image search: [Google]

381KB, 550x442px

>>59968916
assuming you're talking about this one, it seems to work fine here
fresh prefix

>react os
WTF? Is this facebook's response to chromebooks?

>>59938827
>Pretty close
>0.4.4

>>59951145
Not for me

>>59971817
>>59973149
>>59973895
Xbox One is literally the same as Windows, and the first and the 360 were basically a somewhat modified layer of DirectX on top of a modified Windows NT5 kernel.
Sony consoles since the PS2 era have been Unix machines, and if I remember right, the PS3, PS4 and Vita were based on FreeBSD and NetBSD. Probably the PS2 and PSP were also based on those, I don't know.
Also, good look knowing whatever Nintendo puts on their consoles, although I am sure the people working on Nintendo emulators can tell you the basics of the systems.

>>59981031
The Switch apparently uses parts of FreeBSD as well, but probably isn't a proper BSD system. Before that I think they've used proprietary systems made completely by themselves.

>>59939990
I used GIMP, LibreOffice, and Kdenlive many times though and for the most part they worked fine.

>>59971817
>GBC, GBA, Nintendo DS,
They were firmwares, not full-fledged OS

>>59951112
Well, for Wine, RMS said he doesn't like how you can install proprietary Windows software on it.

>>59981120
>>59981031
Don't they have to publish any modifications they make to the source code?

What allows them to profit from using these sources? Is it part of the BSD license?

>>59951112
>>59963108
>ReactOS is meant as a free binary compatible replacement for Windows. Use with proprietary software and drivers meant for Windows is one of the stated goals of the project.

https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.en.html

>>59981251
No, the license allows them to never release the source, or its changes, and make a profit with it.
To be fair you could make a console based on Linux, but good luck trying to avoid be cloned by the chinese or other companies.

>>59963108
keep in mind that the GNU project itself is a free software clone of a proprietary OS (Unix)
the only difference between GNU and ReactOS is the developers' views on proprietary software being used on it
for example, ReactOS ships with a package manager of sorts, which lists various propetary freeware, which is something RMS doesn't like

>>59980897
Then you're using poorfag hardware.

>>59979126
Because WINE is not a proper solution, WINE a piece of shit full of hacks.

>>59982848
>WINE a piece of shit full of hacks.
but that's the intention, it's designed to work like windows

>>59982848
>>59983043
but more seriously, from what i've seen Wine seems to be pretty strictly against hacks and workarounds in its mainline
they don't care for code that makes something "work", but isn't true to how windows works

>>59938827
>it's 2020
>"Yeah! Now my pc runs on a shitty XP clone!"
>you could literally use Ubuntu, a more beautiful and productive OS in 2017

Just let it go, man.
Use a Gnu/Linux distro - and be free!

I don't need a visual or functional clone of Windows. If I use Windows it's because I need the genuine article. That's why W7 sits on the side.

However I also "upgraded" a license to W10 during the free year so I have a fallback. If they don't push out a decent replacement in 2020 I hope they'll at least have unfucked it by then.

Honestly, the only reason I'm still on Windows is 'cause of muh gaymes. As long as ReactOS can run a) my old Windows games, b) Steam/GOG, and c) all the various DOS/MSX/NES/SNES/N64/GC/Wii/PS1-2-3 emulators that currently work on Windows, that's all I'd need it to do.

Daily driving can be done more sensibly on Linux anyway.

>>59983933
Ubuntu won't survive that long.

>>59938827
>ReactOS is getting pretty close to being a stable every day OS.

No it's not. I've been doing a test install of ReactOS about once per year for the past 8 years, and I have barely seen any improvement -- relative to where it needs to be.

I like the idea of ReactOS, but after 19 years, the progress is far too slow.

The only hope for ReactOS is a big corporate backer. Someone like Amazon who decides that they want to turn their sights on taking the desktop software business away from Microsoft, and who has the huge war chest to fund all the legal battles that will occur.

Amazon is actually not a bad choice. They're an alpha-level predator, and they already have made it clear that they intend to own the cloud. If you own the cloud, then owning the desktop too is great synergy. I can see Bezos having the balls to think like that.

>>59940179
Maybe they should try appealing to Dell for finding. Most OEMs are probably interested in a viable alternative to Windows, and Dell has been more active than most in pushing for an alternative. Unlike most other OEMs they probably won't cave to Microsoft now that they're back in private hands.

>>59971589
>>networking added in 2006
>>SATA added in 2009
>>USB added in 2013
>>printer added in 2017

My god, that is slow as fuck. At that rate, we might have a usable OS by 2050.

>>59938827
this is the only good shill i have ever found on 4chan

>>59984880
>servers
Yeah, no, not even Microsoft have faith in Windows in the server market, that's why their Azure platform offer an option to run on Linux.
It needs to be someone in the desktop market, or even the Russian goverment themselves, or other goverment that have legacy software and don't want to move to Linux for these same reasons.

>>59944003
It's essential requirement, but also a baseline.
Also I doubt ReactOS is really stable. It would not even boot on almost any real hardware a year ago (and not even getting 1999-2003 components helps).

>>59980067

iirc, the developers are going to make the 0.50 release be the first beta, and ok for normal desktop use. They consider the 0.4.x* the last of the alpha.

>>59985737
> Windows in the server market

Obviously, Windows is dying on the server; but Windows is alive and well on the desktop. The two markets are totally different.

I can definitely see Amazon wanting to own the whole cloud (where Windows has no future), plus owning the whole desktop too (which runs almost entirely on Windows). There's no reason Amazon can't own both markets with two different OSes. The synergy would come in controlling both markets.

> someone in the desktop market

It doesn't make sense for a company to fund ReactOS unless it's one of the top 3 or 4 in the industry. They need Google/Amazon/Facebook kind of money. Remember that most of the expenses will be legal. Once they start taking serious revenues away from Microsoft Windows, MS will spend every last dime on lawyers to stop the bleeding.

> or even the Russian goverment themselves

That's a possibility too, because they can just declare the massive ReactOS copyright/patent "violations" to be perfectly legal on Russian soil.

But it's risky because all those perceived patent "violations" could cause some serious tit-for-tat backlash with their international trade negotiations.

But I can see Russia doing it so that they aren't beholden to a foreign company for their information infrastructure. Reducing the risk of CIA/NSA backdoors could be quite attractive to them.

>>59984994
it's a very different job to making an OS from scratch
this is aiming at /binary compatibility/ with windows, a closed-source system. this is far harder than just making something however you want to

How close is it to windows functionality? Can it run .exe? Can you install MS office? Adobe illustrator?

>>59938827
Anything resembling too much like windows MUST DIE

>>59939669
underrated post

>>59988756
ebin