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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ ( yogthos@lemmy.ml )  to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months ago

ReactOS "Open-Source Windows" Reaches The Milestone Of Being Able To Run Half-Life

www.phoronix.com

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ReactOS "Open-Source Windows" Reaches The Milestone Of Being Able To Run Half-Life

www.phoronix.com

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ ( yogthos@lemmy.ml )  to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months ago
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  • MoreZombies ( MoreZombies@quokk.au ) 
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    “Details on X”.

    urgh, I don’t want to read anything on Twitter.

    • doubtingtammy ( doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml ) 
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      Replace “x” with “xcancel” in the url, and it usually works (slightly better than the raw cesspit)

      • MoreZombies ( MoreZombies@quokk.au ) 
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        oh I get I can, I just think Twitter is horrid and I don’t even want to acknowledge it in that form lol

  • ☂️- ( umbrella@lemmy.ml ) 
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    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ ( yogthos@lemmy.ml ) OP
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      amazing

    • wizzor ( wizzor@sopuli.xyz ) 
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      What a time to be alive.

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    Wait I don’t mean to put any shade on these developers but don’t we already have Linux and wine, why would you try to copy windows?

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ ( yogthos@lemmy.ml ) OP
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      Actually, ReactOS and Wine have historically worked together and share significant technical overlap in the goal of reimplementing the Windows API, though they have different approaches and end goals. They’re separate projects now, but a lot of work in wine happened thanks to ReactOS.

    • HieroProtagonist ( HieroProtagonist@lemmy.ml ) 
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      why would you try to copy windows?

      Because you may prove you can? I mean, this is an absolutely valid reason.

    • Swedneck ( Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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      because a fucking depressing amount of computers are still running old windows versions for compatibility reasons, and it would be really nice if we could eventually replace it with something that isn’t a leaking sieve in terms of security.

    • 87Six ( 87Six@lemmy.zip ) 
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      Never underestimate a dev’s willingness to do something simply for the hell of it

  • NauticalNoodle ( NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml ) 
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    how does it handle Starcraft and Age of Empire 2?

    • ليتني كوري شمالي  ( PanArab@lemmy.ml ) 
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      I use a ReactOS vm to play Command and Conquer Red Alert. I haven’t tried the games you mentioned but they should work if they work in Wine.

  • Admirable_Bagel_0989 ( Admirable_Bagel_0989@lemmy.ml ) 
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    That’s fantastic. Congrats to the ReactOS devs

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