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 open source Windows clone ran Half-Life in-game for the first time in 30 years of development. A March 2026 GPU driver milestone implementing WDDM and KMDF unlocked the GoldSrc OpenGL pipeline ...

ReactOS is an open source operating system designed to let you run Windows applications without installing, you know… Windows. It’s been in development for more than two decades, and it’s still pretty ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I find it very interesting since i didn't know that these projects even existed. Yes, Vmware and Virtualpc exist, but the above projects seem cooler. Has anyone ever tried either of the above?