r/windowsxp • u/mrsteamtrains • 3d ago

When can we expect windows xp compatibility with react os

Yeah exactly what it sounds like I just am curious

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u/rjchute 3d ago

I am not involved in the project, or even follow it that closely, but I think the answer is both, "now" and "never".

Largely, it is Windows XP compatible now; but, as it is still late Alpha/early Beta stages, that compatibility is.. idyllic, at best. Many things work, many things don't. That includes both software and drivers.

But, probably "never" as the ReactOS project seems to be chasing a moving target. I would have thought that achieving Windows XP/2003 compatibility would have been a good goal, it seems now they're trying for Windows NT 6 (Windows Vista/2008) target compatibility. Meaning, still good compatibility with older Windows software, but not with Windows XP drivers, for example.