ReactOS Celebrates 30 Years of Open-Source Windows-Compatible Operating System Development
By
Mark_Jansen
Hand-rolled, kettle-boiled, baked to perfection. Worth every minute at the bakery.
Summary
ReactOS celebrates its 30th anniversary, tracing the open-source Windows-compatible operating system's journey from its origins in the FreeWin95 project to its current development. The article covers key milestones including the painful early years (1996-2003) leading to ReactOS 0.1.0, the project's mission to run Windows applications and drivers in a trusted open-source environment, and the community's ongoing efforts despite many contributors not being alive when the project began.
Key quotes
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It's been such a long journey that many of our contributors today, including myself, were not alive during this event.
Yet our mission to deliver 'your favorite Windows apps and drivers in an open-source environment you can trust' continues to bring people together.
ReactOS started from the ashes of the FreeWin95 project, which aimed to provide a free and open-source...
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