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ReactOS – A free Windows-compatible Operating System

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Re: ReactOS – A free Windows-compatible Operating System

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Post by Tozen »

mathfailure wrote: post #2

They stopped releasing, I think the project dies.

They do have nightly builds, so they are continuing:

https://reactos.org/getbuilds/

https://iso.reactos.org/livecd/

Though I would agree with the sentiment that the project needs to speed it up to reach a point of greater usability or needs more help in doing so, to remain relevant and be seen as a viable alternative.

Re: ReactOS – A free Windows-compatible Operating System

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Post by orra »

ghusto wrote: post #3
mathfailure wrote: post #2

They stopped releasing, I think the project dies.

They have a release from a few hours ago?

There are daily commits to the repo. But in terms of tags in git (or mailing list announcements), there hasn't been a release for a couple years (AFAICT).

Re: ReactOS – A free Windows-compatible Operating System

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Post by slindsey »

"ReactOS™ is an Open Source effort to develop a quality operating system that is compatible with applications and drivers written for the Microsoft® Windows™ NT family of operating systems (NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 7).

The ReactOS project, although currently focused on Windows Server 2003 compatibility, is always keeping an eye toward compatibility with Windows Vista and future Windows NT releases."

I always felt that they should have focused on one, probably Windows XP, and tried for almost 100% compatibility, rather than moving the target toward later releases.

Re: ReactOS – A free Windows-compatible Operating System

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Post by zokier »

slindsey wrote: post #7

"ReactOS™ is an Open Source effort to develop a quality operating system that is compatible with applications and drivers written for the Microsoft® Windows™ NT family of operating systems (NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 7). The ReactOS project, although currently focused on Windows Server 2003 compatibility, is always keeping an eye toward compatibility with Windows Vista and future Windows NT releases." I always felt…

> I always felt that they should have focused on one, probably Windows XP, and tried for almost 100% compatibility, rather than moving the target toward later releases.

But isn't that what they are doing by focusing on 2003 (which is almost the same as XP)?

Re: ReactOS – A free Windows-compatible Operating System

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Post by jeroenhd »

slindsey wrote: post #7

"ReactOS™ is an Open Source effort to develop a quality operating system that is compatible with applications and drivers written for the Microsoft® Windows™ NT family of operating systems (NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 7). The ReactOS project, although currently focused on Windows Server 2003 compatibility, is always keeping an eye toward compatibility with Windows Vista and future Windows NT releases." I always felt…

More and more software has quickly lost XP compatibility. I'm already finding myself struggling to download software I want to try on ReactOS itself because modern browsers are essentially unsupported.

If it wants to remain relevant, it'll need SOME Windows 7 APIs at least. It doesn't need full compatibility like I think it should with older releases, but it needs to be compatible enough to run a few nice to haves as well.

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