mcc@mcc@mastodon.social
So, I want to signal flare a project @hikari@social.noyu.me is spinning up. I'd summarize this project as:
• Try ReactOS again, but with Linux+Wine instead of the ReactOS kernel.
You might have heard of ReactOS long ago— it's a project to make a Windows-API-compatible GPLed operating system. It promptly rabbitholed on writing a kernel, which was never finished (as of 2025 no SMP)
However, Wine is now sophisticated and in SteamOS can run most commercial games.
Why not replicate that for desktop apps?
(1/5)
mcc@mcc@mastodon.social
Hikari's idea was to try running the non-kernel parts of ReactOS inside Wine, and even in a very preliminary test met with decent success:
https://social.noyu.me/@hikari/statuses/01HYRYZXMSDQHA2NPAFHS31Y9C
She's now returning to this, and seeking collaborators to try to create a "distribution" or packaging pipeline for a self-contained, all-win32 desktop environment that can be installed atop Linux:
https://social.noyu.me/@hikari/statuses/01K2AAH9A2MD2GNXHKBTBAWE1B
Hikari is mainly seeking folks with distro/packaging experience, something she doesn't have. (2/5)
(All Linux:)