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Re: ReactOS

From Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.misc
Subject Re: ReactOS
Date 2026-05-06 21:17 +0000
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On Wed, 6 May 2026 08:22:59 -0700, John Ames wrote:

> On Tue, 5 May 2026 22:51:37 -0000 (UTC)
> Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>
>> What else could ReactOS possibly help with?
>
> I would think that'd be fairly obvious: to provide an equivalent
> work- alike to a native Windows install.

Whereas if you use something like WINE, that implements enough of the
Windows APIs to run the userland apps, which is surely all that most
people would care about.

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ReactOS Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-05 00:59 +0000
  Re: ReactOS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-05-05 07:53 -0700
    Re: ReactOS Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-05 22:51 +0000
      Re: ReactOS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-05-06 08:22 -0700
        Re: ReactOS Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-06 21:17 +0000
          Re: ReactOS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-05-06 14:49 -0700
            Re: ReactOS Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-07 02:46 +0000
              Re: ReactOS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-05-07 08:03 -0700
                Re: ReactOS Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-07 21:34 +0000
                Re: ReactOS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-05-07 14:41 -0700

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