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Re:ReactOS: Rebuilding Microsoft Windows from the ground up,... by archangel_one on Sunday September 01, 2013 @04:11AM (#6309499)
No. It allows you to run Windows-in-Linux, but you're still relying on non-Free software.
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Re:ReactOS: Rebuilding Microsoft Windows from the ground up,... by hrktb on Sunday September 01, 2013 @05:36AM (#6309668)
Isn't virtualbox GPL ? For the non Free part of running windows, if your goal is to run windows only legacy software, chances are it's not Free as well.
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Re:ReactOS: Rebuilding Microsoft Windows from the ground up,... by Piskvorrr on Sunday September 01, 2013 @06:17AM (#6309744)
Good point - but seems better to me to run a single specific, non-free app (which may or may not depend on the manufacturer's servers to function), than to add another non-free dependency to it (i.e. XP), which definitely _does_ require manufacturer's permission (i.e. activation servers) to function normally.
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Re:ReactOS: Rebuilding Microsoft Windows from the ground up,... by archangel_one on Sunday September 01, 2013 @11:37AM (#6310772)
Yes, but you'd have to install Windows onto that, and it's not.
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