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Don't talk shit about a project you demonstrably know next to nothing about. The ReactOS devs reverse engineered lots of Windows code without looking at it to prevent copyright infringement. They also contributed a lot to WINE which in turn enables lots of users switch to Linux.
You're simply not the target audience for ReactOS. It's rather an ecosystem to explore the Win32 API and run legacy applications on a completely reverse engineered system. See also, this forum thread: https://reactos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19782 with a few links where you can educate yourself on the scope of ReactOS.
Comparing this to LinuxFX which basically is a reskin of upstream distributions is plain insulting to the ReactOS devs who arguably have a lot harder job than some kids mashing together software they didn't write.
A simple cuestion, ReactOS is valid as a every day OS or only as a educational project without a practical use? For your daily tasks and activities, if you could choose, would you use ReactOS or LinuxFX? I do not deny that ReactOS is a great programming job, but that, apart from this,there is little point in trying to fork an old Windows XP, at least for me it would be the last OS that would use.
I would use neither ReactOS nor LinuxFX because they both don't fit my use case.
You can use it as both, but this is not an either/or situation. There are more applications for an OS than being an everyday driver for regular people and an educational project. For example, one of my clients runs an electron microscope on ReactOS. Supporting WinXP or upgrading the software would cost dozens, if not hundreds of thousands of Euros.
ReactOS is not a fork, it's a reverse engineered rewrite. Did you even read the thread I linked?
While React os and Linuxfx are cool projects, they are not designed for actual use. I would recommend learning how to use a good linux distro such as Linux mint. There is going to be a learning curve but many beginner friendly distros try to make the transition as smooth as possible.
I personally think that React os is a very cool project. It is unstable but still easier to use than windows . . . .