ReactOS

Raised as a usability problem by 19 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2012–2026), in 14 threads.

People raised many different problems with ReactOS, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 19 complaints

Basically impossible to install natively on an ordinary Intel Haswell system2026-05-13
Keyboard doesn't work after installing, forcing reliance on a Windows VM2023-02-10
Desktop experience looks dated and is hard to use2023-01-18
USB keyboard accepted at boot prompt but ignored by installed system's input2019-09-25
Reboot hangs on logo; must press F12 and pick Debug to proceed2019-03-04
Couldn't get ReactOS to boot inside VMware virtual machines2019-03-04
Installing apps freezes or crashes the system, and the add/remove applications feature doesn't work on the live CD2019-03-04
Network doesn't work until user selects a different virtual network adapter2018-07-24
Two overlapping control panels, odd grey buttons, and a dysfunctional random-feeling start menu2018-04-16
Two overlapping control panels make settings confusing and inconsistent2018-04-16
Windows get clipped or drawn wrong, and one window can hang the whole UI2017-09-05
Scrolling jumps all over the place, making pages impossible to read2016-02-18
Scroll hijacking makes scrolling the page extremely annoying2016-02-08
Page scrolling is messed up because of custom scrolling, making it unpleasant to use2016-02-08
Page scrolling behaves unexpectedly with trackpad, not as the user expects2016-02-08
Overridden scrolling is unusable with a macOS trackpad2016-02-08
Metro Start screen is hidden behind a Shift+Enter shortcut, so users rarely reach it2015-12-17
Its UX is a step backwards from Windows, hard for normal users2012-04-02
Dialog buttons are enabled but do nothing when pressed2012-02-08