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ReactOS "Open-Source Windows" Reaches The Milestone Of Being Able To Run Half-Life
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cm0002 lemy.lol cm0002@lemy.lol
Joined: 2025-02-15
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Link: https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Running-Half-Life
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xianjam programming.dev xianjam@programming.dev
Joined: 2024-03-13
#2 · (edited) Quote Reply

Great, maybe in another 2 decades we can run Half-Life 2!

Shade aside, this is cool. I just remember about 20 years ago when I first got into free software that I was so excited about learning about the project just for progress to be excruciatingly slow.
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FunnySalt lemmy.dbzer0.com FunnySalt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-12-12
#3 · (edited) Quote Reply

Peak Windows era achieved. Job done!

Seriously though, that is cool. Keep up the good work ReactOS devs.
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WhoIzDisIz lemmy.today WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-04-27
#4 · (edited) Quote Reply
xianjam wrote:
Great, maybe in another 2 decades we can run Half-Life 2! Shade aside, this is cool. I just remember about 20 years ago when I first got into free software that I was so excited about learning about the project just for progress to be excruciatingly slow.

That's okay by me. In fact I prefer the utterly bloat-free Win2K-style utilitarian OS. Make the foundation solid, and let each user add their preferred bloat collections on top.
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Elvith Ma'for feddit.org elvith@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-06-21
#5 · Quote Reply

...but can it run Doom? /S
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imetators lemmy.dbzer0.com imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-06-10
#6 · Quote Reply

I mean, i5-2400 and nVidia 8400gs - an overkill for a Half-Life, even Half-Life 2. But not exactly a powerful hardware that runs on a OSS windows. I say good job to devs.
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dbtng moist.catsweat.com dbtng@moist.catsweat.com
Joined: 2026-02-16
#7 · Quote Reply

ReactOS-0.4.15-release-1-x86.iso

Got it to install on Promxox 9.2.
PowerEdge R230 ... CPU(s) 8 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1270 v6 @ 3.80GHz

It's 32-bit.
It wouldn't install until I used these settings. (only) 1cpu. (only) 2gb. IDE drive. SeaBIOS. i440fx machine.
It did boot. Failed to install device drivers. It did get online.
Hehehe. Floppy disks controllers. Wine Internet Explorer.

Installed LZDoom/Freedoom using Applications Manager. It ran.

I don't know. The OS runs. Interesting.
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dbtng moist.catsweat.com dbtng@moist.catsweat.com
Joined: 2026-02-16
#8 · Quote Reply
Elvith Ma'for wrote:
...but can it run Doom? /S

Confirmed.
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Railcar8095 lemmy.world Railcar8095@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-15
#9 · Quote Reply
xianjam wrote:
Great, maybe in another 2 decades we can run Half-Life 2! Shade aside, this is cool. I just remember about 20 years ago when I first got into free software that I was so excited about learning about the project just for progress to be excruciatingly slow.

They will be ready for HL3 before it's released then
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