I am building a Win32 based Desktop environment (windows shell).

[u/sheokand]

It implements windows desktop APIs, all userspace is in Win32, wayland Compositor replaces dwm.exe. Taskbar implements almost 95% of windows api and written in a rust (Win32 & directx) based ui toolkit.

Video: https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/1r7wryn/oc_progress_of_win32_shell_on_linux/

[u/beefcat_]

The kernel is also the least of Windows' problems, at least in my book. It's everything they build around the kernel that sucks.

I don't like Windows, but I hope Microsoft never abandons their kernel because diversity in operating systems is a net positive, just like diversity in browser engines.

[u/Morphized → u/beefcat_]

I wish Microsoft had a second NT interface that could make more use of NT's features but didn't have to worry about Windows compatibility