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Man.....I don't even like linux. I don't know what I'm doing. I have difficulty understanding what I'm even doing wrong. I have issues installing software unless it's a flatpak.
And yet for the past 2 years I've been exclusively running linux. Not so much against my will, but against my wants.
What I want is WindowsXP 2.0. Just WindowsXP but able to run modern hardware, in a 64 bit software version.
Instead, we get Windows 11. I will not stand for buying hardware, paying for software to run an OS, only to be told I own nothing, my privacy is not respected, my screen real estate is theirs to sell, and the software spies on me.
So I want you to know, as a lifelong windows user, dating back to Windows 3.1, and going all the way to Windows 8.1, I want you to know I say this as a Windows user who feels held hostage on linux....
That being said....FUCK YOU MICROSOFT!!!! FUCK ALL THE WAY OFF WITH YOUR BULLSHIT! FUCK COPILOT! FUCK TILES! WINDOWS 10! FUCK WINDOWS 11! FUCK AI PUSHED DOWN OUR THROATS! FUCK YOUR ARTIFICIAL TECH LIMITS TO RUN WINDOWS 11! FUCK YOUR WHOLE MINDSET THESE PAST 15 YEARS!!! I HAVE BEEN UNHAPPILY USING LINUX FOR 2 YEARS EXCLUSIVELY AFTER TRYING IT OFF AND ON FOR 20 YEARS. NEVER UNDERSTOOD TERMINAL, MAY NEVER UNDERSTAND TERMINAL, BUT FUCK YOU MICROSOFT! I REFUSE YOUR BULLSHIT!
ReactOS is windows. Here's their front page blurb:
"Imagine running your favorite Windows applications and drivers in an open-source environment you can trust. That's the mission of ReactOS!"
It's not Linux, specifically. Its not Linux under the hood, it's written to be windows without microsoft.
Haven't tried it myself, but its definitely worth a try if you've been using Linux that long and its just not for you.
I tried installing it a year ago. It wouldn't install for some reason.
Maybe I'll try again. Maybe their newest version has bug fixes.
Its alpha for a reason