ylai@lemmy.mlM to Steam Deck@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoReactOS "Open-Source Windows" Shown Running On Valve's Steam Deckwww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1112cross-posted to: steamdeck@sopuli.xyzsteamdeck@lemmit.onlinelinux_gaming@lemmit.online
arrow-up1112external-linkReactOS "Open-Source Windows" Shown Running On Valve's Steam Deckwww.phoronix.comylai@lemmy.mlM to Steam Deck@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square29fedilinkcross-posted to: steamdeck@sopuli.xyzsteamdeck@lemmit.onlinelinux_gaming@lemmit.online
minus-squareBaroqueInMind@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-21 year agoReactOS is funded by the state Duma of the Russian Federation. If you want the OS to succeed you can hope for the end of the Ukrainian invasion. Otherwise the OS can fucking die a slow miserable death along with the Russians in Ukraine for all we care. Sources: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14899507 Russian State Ministry of Communications “ReactOS as a second OS in Russian government’s software freedom effort | ReactOS Project”. www.reactos.org
minus-squareBaroqueInMind@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoThe Foundation as a whole existed in two tiers, with the administrative body based in Russia and regional branches that handled donations in their respective regions. The ReactOS Foundation was established on June 5, 2002 and was based in Saransk, Russia. I didn’t understand your point so I thought to reiterate with proof that ReactOS is Russian state sponsored and continues to be.
minus-squareBaroqueInMind@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMr. Butts, you sweet sweet summer child.
minus-squareWrittenWeird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoFirst thing about ReactOS that makes any kind of sense. Honestly they should have just gone the North Korea route and contributed upstream to WINE.
minus-squareWrittenWeird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI meant roll their own Linux distro, and if they want Windows compatibility, they can go tweak WINE.
ReactOS is funded by the state Duma of the Russian Federation. If you want the OS to succeed you can hope for the end of the Ukrainian invasion.
Otherwise the OS can fucking die a slow miserable death along with the Russians in Ukraine for all we care.
Sources:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14899507
Russian State Ministry of Communications
“ReactOS as a second OS in Russian government’s software freedom effort | ReactOS Project”. www.reactos.org
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The Foundation as a whole existed in two tiers, with the administrative body based in Russia and regional branches that handled donations in their respective regions.
The ReactOS Foundation was established on June 5, 2002 and was based in Saransk, Russia.
I didn’t understand your point so I thought to reiterate with proof that ReactOS is Russian state sponsored and continues to be.
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Mr. Butts, you sweet sweet summer child.
First thing about ReactOS that makes any kind of sense.
Honestly they should have just gone the North Korea route and contributed upstream to WINE.
North Korea did what?
I meant roll their own Linux distro, and if they want Windows compatibility, they can go tweak WINE.
It’s russian? Then fuck this os