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ReactOS Updates

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Re: ReactOS Updates

#11

When I followed this link via Chrome, a tool tip popped out of my address bar ("Did you mean reactjs.org?" with some warning about attackers using deceptive URLs). I wonder if there's a way to whitelist URLs with Google to prevent users from seeing this message. Especially since I believe ReactOS has been around long before ReactJS

Stop using Chrome? :D

Re: ReactOS Updates

#12
post #10

The way Microsoft is moving, it's feasible to think that Windows 2000/XP will be open sourced before ReactOS is finished.

There probably is a huge amount of code inside Windows that Microsoft has a license to use, but no right to open.

Re: ReactOS Updates

#14

When I followed this link via Chrome, a tool tip popped out of my address bar ("Did you mean reactjs.org?" with some warning about attackers using deceptive URLs). I wonder if there's a way to whitelist URLs with Google to prevent users from seeing this message. Especially since I believe ReactOS has been around long before ReactJS

Chrome user here - I didn't get any notifications or popups like that. Do you have a third-party Chrome extension installed? I know a lot of AV vendors love to auto-install their own cyber-security browser extensions that report stuff like that, so it could be that?

Re: ReactOS Updates

#15
post #4

NTFS? Impressive.

Looks like the news is related to boot partition work starting to be followed by support for formatting.

That sounds like ntfs worked already if you had an existing non-boot partition.

Re: ReactOS Updates

#16

Is ReactOS capable of running all the Windows software OK already? I'm curious if I can actually use it instead of Windows whenever I need a Windows VM.

Wine tends to have far higher compatibility, and the operating system it runs on top of is mature too.

ReactOS is a cool project, but it's an alpha-stage complete operating system with bugs as basic in nature as you shouldn't even expect the file system to live long without being corrupted, or the OS crashing constantly. Not to mention they primarily focus on Windows XP compatibility, Vista and newer software is generally unlikely to work.

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#17
There was some Quora answer according to which ReactOS is derived from an proprietary MS research code. Doesn't it mean it would have legal issues if ever they decide to use it in anything close to real scenario?

Edit: reference to the question

https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-think-about-ReactOS?share=...

Re: ReactOS Updates

#18

When I followed this link via Chrome, a tool tip popped out of my address bar ("Did you mean reactjs.org?" with some warning about attackers using deceptive URLs). I wonder if there's a way to whitelist URLs with Google to prevent users from seeing this message. Especially since I believe ReactOS has been around long before ReactJS

> I wonder if there's a way to whitelist URLs with Google to prevent users from seeing this message

The best way to avoid having Google interfere with your browsing is to use a non-Google browser.

Re: ReactOS Updates

#19
post #4

NTFS? Impressive.

I gather ReactOS builds upon the work for WINE and other open-source Windows-compatibility libraries - nothing wrong with that, but it isn't as impressive as it sounds - not that ReactOS as-a-whole isn't impressive as it is.

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Dirty rumour + speculation time: I understand that, to an extent, ReactOS is supported by the Russian government to ensure they have options for running their IT systems in the event of US or NATO-led sanctions which would prohibit service and support from Microsoft corporation. Ordinarily I wouldn't be concerned (geopolitics, yey) but given Putin's current direction... I hope ReactOS is getting suitably security audited...

Re: ReactOS Updates

#20

When I followed this link via Chrome, a tool tip popped out of my address bar ("Did you mean reactjs.org?" with some warning about attackers using deceptive URLs). I wonder if there's a way to whitelist URLs with Google to prevent users from seeing this message. Especially since I believe ReactOS has been around long before ReactJS

Stop using Chrome? :D

I wasn't referring to me whitelisting sites, the tooltip wasn't an issue for me.

But for legitimate communities building honest software (or any honest product, really), it can be harmful to have potential users/contributors being scared off by a message like this. At the very least, it can make visitors question the legitimacy of the product. Since ReactOS has been around for decades at this point, it seems as if they're suffering a penalty for not being as popular as ReactJS, which is kind of bullshit, if there's no way for ReactOS (and other legitimate companies which may be affected) to let Google know "hey, we're doing our own thing, would you please mind not scaring potential users away". Whether or not I use Chrome, at least 60% of Internet users do. And I've never seen a warning when visiting reactjs.org asking if I didn't actually mean reactos.org, so the axe doesn't swing both ways here.

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