News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on ReactOS, a 17-year quest for an open-source Windows, has a new release candidate. Parent comment

Re:ReactOS, a 17-year quest for an open-source Windows, has ... by SXX on Thursday December 17, 2015 @05:19AM (#10750573) 

    > Windows can run an executable with a GUI interface compiled for 32-bit Windows over 20 years ago...
Linux can also run really old code that is 16-17+ years old: Loki Software games ports from 1998-1999. Though there just no need for average user to run anything that old so it's usually not available out of box.
[ Parent | on HN ]

There are no comments on this comment yet.