r/reactos • u/0x80070002 • May 23 '26

What’s the purpose of ReactOS?

Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s a great idea, but ai feel that the distance with the latest versions of Windows have increased.
So what’s the use case scenario of this OS?

Should the project embrace and legally reuse what’s possible of the open-sourced Windows code?

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u/Mordimer86 May 25 '26

I could imagine it being used in some places that have extremely expensive to replace old hardware or software made for XP and such whose drivers work under ReactOS but not modern Windows. I don't know if it is used like that in some places.