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.
Might also pave a path towards governments moving off windows if it can run existing software they use.
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.
yeah that’s true
amazing
It’s good to be back in 1998 again.
I honestly would love it…
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?
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.
why would you try to copy windows?
Because you may prove you can? I mean, this is an absolutely valid reason.
how does it handle Starcraft and Age of Empire 2?
I use a ReactOS vm to play Command and Conquer Red Alert. I haven’t tried the games you mentioned but they should work if they work in Wine.
That’s fantastic. Congrats to the ReactOS devs
