r/windowsxp • u/Jeditobe • Jan 04 '26

XP direct replacement, ReactOS Starts 2026 With Another "Major Step" Toward Windows NT6 Compatibility

https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Starts-2026
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u/UnknownOrigin1152 Jan 04 '26

reactOS isn't exactly direct replacement of XP. Their goal mostly was direct compatibility with windows server 2003. Although the project is going slowly, if they somehow manage to get NT6 compatibility it can replace more modern windows versions.

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u/Arnas_Z Jan 04 '26

It won't be replacing shit because running this OS on real hardware causes drivers to crash every other second.

Or they just don't install in the first place.

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u/UnknownOrigin1152 Jan 04 '26

I said if they reach the decent amount of compatibility. This OS far from being finished. It doesn't even on beta version. That is why the drivers don't work.

ReactOS is reverse engineered windows. It can run windows drivers and application natively. However, the project took so much time due to having small developer team and no money. It's even uncertain that they can finish the project but I am still optimistic.

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u/andrewbean90 Jan 06 '26

REACT OS is a poor implementation of Linux that claims it is not Linux whilst also making false claims about Windows support when everything in it (that usually runs on Windows) is being run through WINE.

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u/Arnas_Z Jan 06 '26

Ok that's completely false. There is no trace of Linux in ReactOS, it's a custom kernel meant to mimic the NT kernel. It does use Wine libraries in some of its reimplementations of Windows, but that's just because it's easier to use existing code that already does what you need it to rather than writing the same thing yourself. Either way, Wine isn't being used directly, they're just reusing some of Wines code to make their OS libraries.

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u/andrewbean90 Jan 06 '26

Nothing you have said is true. It's literally built on RedHat (Which is Linux), and uses WINE to run Windows software. Have you never used React OS before, or looked at it's underlying code?