ReactOS is an implementation of Windows Server 2003, still in alpha stage, and very interesting. But it is no threat to Windows. None at all. Especially compared with Linux. Here's why. Sponsors.

ReactOS is an open source operating system designed to let you run Windows applications without installing Windows. Under development for nearly 3 decades, it's still in Alpha. But now you can run ...

ReactOS open source Windows clone ran Half-Life in-game for the first time in 30 years of development. A March 2026 GPU ...

ReactOS is an open source operating system designed to be compatible with Windows applications. It’s been in development for more than two decades and is still very much work-in-progress software, but ...

In the crowd of GNU/Linux and BSD users that throng our community, it’s easy to forget that those two families are not the only games in the open-source operating system town. One we’ve casually kept ...

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Do you think Linux is an alternative, hobbyist operating system? Ha! Linux is mainstream. If you’re looking for the next niche OS, you’ll need to dive deep into the cracks and crevices: passion ...

There have been several attempts to make an unencumbered version of Windows. ReactOS is perhaps the best-known. You could also argue that Wine and its progeny, while not operating systems in the ...

A few weeks ago I wrote about Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and noted that “Microsoft’s RDP client, Remote Desktop Connection Client 2.1 doesn’t support OS X 10.7 or later.” … an observation to which ...

ReactOS has crossed a symbolic gaming milestone after the open-source Windows-compatible operating system ran Valve’s original Half-Life in playable, in-game form on real hardware, marking a notable ...

News briefs for March 4, 2019. Linux kernel 5.0 is out. Linus writes, "We have more than a handful of real fixes in the last week, but not enough to make me go "Hmm, things are really unstable". In ...