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ReactOS is an open source effort to create a Windows NT 4/2000/XP+ compatible operating system licensed under the GNU public license. In partnership with the WINE project, ReactOS also supports drivers which work under Microsoft Windows.
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Latest Changes
- Fixed inability to work with partitions bigger than 8Gb
- Added possibility of installing into any of four primary partitions
- Initial support for SerialATA controllers along with enhanced ATA support
- Initial USB keyboards and mice support
- Greatly improved network cards support (20 different NICs were tested successfully)
- Increased stability in networking
Reviews of ReactOS
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bobadReviewing 0.3.10 (Jul 6, 2009)
Interesting, but irrelevant. Development is simply too slow, and people will lose interest as new Windows and Linux refreshes are released.
Too bad,,, the world needs a platform on which Windows apps will run natively. -
Aegis69
Reviewing 0.3.10 (Jul 6, 2009)
I like this idea, but I'm not sure if the niche they are trying to fill is large enough. As some others have stated, ubuntu + wine does a lot of what this does, and since gnome is customizable so you can make it look exactly like windows if you want, I believe most people will go that route before using React.
A for effort tho. -
johnuw225Reviewing 0.3.10 (Jul 6, 2009)
NT design is very strong and the fundementals haven't changed since its early days. Unless Microsoft drops the NT architecture, then ReactOS will always be relevant.
"by the time they are usable, the world will be by Windows 11..."
Ha... who needs Win11 ! For example the audit company where I work, still runs on NT4 machines, and there are even no considerations about upgrading to something newer. -
bittermannReviewing 0.3.10 (Jul 6, 2009)
Development is too slow to be worth considering. A good idea at a monolithic development pace. Linux + Wine is done in almost all versions of Linux and BSD so I don't see what the point of this OS is? You want free updated OS get Ubuntu...
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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?
Discuss ReactOS
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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.
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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.
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.
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.