Two decades later...what's the point?
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:27 pm
I'm sure the developers are having fun making this operating system, and I'm sure the community is having a lot of fun with it. But I geniunely don't understand the logistical point of ReactOS in 2020.
ReactOS very likely made sense in 2000. After all, it's meant to run Windows 2000 programs. And if it were completed back then, it probably would have been great. It's not 2000 anymore though, it's 2020, and the OS is still in alpha and it's still meant to run Windows 2000 programs. What's the logicistical point of using this OS? Nobody makes Windows 2000 software anymore, and as far as I know nobody really uses Windows 2000 anymore. I personally like old Windows - I recently built a custom Windows 98 PC - but it's not something I'd use in my day to day life, and it seems like that's what this is meant to be used for. It's a better option for nostagia, old programs, and retro gaming (I personally couldn't get a VM working, but I wanted real hardware anyways). Is it for running Windows programs for free? Again, that would make more sense in 2000, but in 2020, Wine is able to decently emulate programs for Windows 10 (at least in my experience) on Linux. Yes, Wine has a lot of manual labor involved, but in the end at least it works. Is it for running old Windows programs specifically? Microsoft doesn't give two flying fucks if you download Windows 98 and set it up in a VM. It's not like they can either, Windows versions before XP had zero piracy protection. Is it because Linux has a learning curve, so a free version of Windows would be cooler? That's the most fair thing I could think of. But in recent years Linux has gotten very user friendly and very easy for the average user to download and use instead. apt-get is just one of the many innovations that has streamlined Linux tenfold.
Again, I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade. I just geniunely do not understand the purpose of this OS. Also, I'm sure posts like this have gotten more common recently with recent exposure, but I personally could not find any...
ReactOS very likely made sense in 2000. After all, it's meant to run Windows 2000 programs. And if it were completed back then, it probably would have been great. It's not 2000 anymore though, it's 2020, and the OS is still in alpha and it's still meant to run Windows 2000 programs. What's the logicistical point of using this OS? Nobody makes Windows 2000 software anymore, and as far as I know nobody really uses Windows 2000 anymore. I personally like old Windows - I recently built a custom Windows 98 PC - but it's not something I'd use in my day to day life, and it seems like that's what this is meant to be used for. It's a better option for nostagia, old programs, and retro gaming (I personally couldn't get a VM working, but I wanted real hardware anyways). Is it for running Windows programs for free? Again, that would make more sense in 2000, but in 2020, Wine is able to decently emulate programs for Windows 10 (at least in my experience) on Linux. Yes, Wine has a lot of manual labor involved, but in the end at least it works. Is it for running old Windows programs specifically? Microsoft doesn't give two flying fucks if you download Windows 98 and set it up in a VM. It's not like they can either, Windows versions before XP had zero piracy protection. Is it because Linux has a learning curve, so a free version of Windows would be cooler? That's the most fair thing I could think of. But in recent years Linux has gotten very user friendly and very easy for the average user to download and use instead. apt-get is just one of the many innovations that has streamlined Linux tenfold.
Again, I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade. I just geniunely do not understand the purpose of this OS. Also, I'm sure posts like this have gotten more common recently with recent exposure, but I personally could not find any...