Reviews of ReactOS

1. 
   thartist

   Reviewing 0.3.9 (Apr 27, 2009)

   by the time they are usable, the world will be by Windows 11...
   
   you can't expect to survive by framing yourself in a bubble... Sorry but no good cause makes this worth anything (or it's just too little to mean anything), and it's not like saying "true" for "true NT" makes it any more honorable anyhow.
   Do u have a pentium I and it works? Ok, throw it away the same you hippie! What value are u trying to save?
2. 
   mynamehere

   Reviewing 0.3.8 (Feb 6, 2009)

   @madmike
   I think it's obvious that the point is to make not just a free alternative OS, but a free true NT based windows alternative (written from scratch) that runs windows apps and uses windows drivers.
   
   I'd love to see it go gold, Imagine all the possibilities, i.e. instead of offering linux as a windows alternative to cut prices, they could offer a true windows replacement instead, it would have been great if it had been up to speed for the OLPC project.
   
   A lite free "windows" OS would be good for throwing together old "junker" pc's for file servers, grandparents or tiny tots that don't need much to run educational games, etc. (could save preschools money better spent elsewhere), after all, most of us have hardware sitting around, it's the OS that'd cost us to do such good deeds.
   
   Progress may be slow, but at least they haven't given up like a lot of others have, and very few others were trying to be "windows replacements".
   
   You never know, if they get this OS up to snuff it might effect MS OS pricing.
   
   The site says that at v0.5 they'll consider it beta & suitable for every day use (not sure what that means as far as hardware/software compatabiity though). Gotta give it at least a 4 for their continued effort towards a real windows alternative, and not just making another *NIX OS.
3. 
   us3r

   Reviewing 0.3.8 (Feb 6, 2009)

   Very buggy, most things don't work at all or they cause freeze, crash, BSOD. But since it is noble idea to make a completely free NT based operating system which would be an alternative for Microsoft products I gave it a 4. Also I hope that the development of this project will speed up.
4. 
   madmike

   Reviewing 0.3.8 (Feb 6, 2009)

   Well done to the dev team, but personally I cant see the point at all.. Win XP is on most peeps pcs, then there is Vista and soon Win 7.. Whats the point of this program?
5. 
   mackintire

   Reviewing 0.3.7 (Nov 25, 2008)

   Its getting better. I do see a day when ReactOS will be usable. Unfortunately it needs to speed up the development process before it becomes outclassed.
   
   It needs to get to 1.0 before 2013 when XP support is 1 year from being dropped.
   
   If they can get this OS up and running with security and enough compatibility, it should survive and possibly thrive.

Discuss ReactOS

1. Feb 6, 2009 - 7:46 AM
   bobad

   @DeadFly,
   
   90% of all computer users disagree with you. Only a few geeks care to learn a new OS, and give up (or have a hassle running) the software they have been relying on for years. You may dream that Linux will make the average computer user happy, but that's not reality.
   
   ReactOS would be much more acceptable to the masses. Too bad development is so slow. Because of the slow development, it will probably fail.
2. Feb 5, 2009 - 10:56 PM
   DeadFly

   In the reviews, mackintire suggests that ReactOS could be a replacement for XP when it is retired. I think given the comparatively huge development effort behind Linux, ReactOs has little chance of going mainstream. Linux + Wine + Samba could be a better solution.