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RemixOS for PC released

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Re: RemixOS for PC released

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

It works fine for me, be sure to choose guest mode though. Virtualbox on a W10 host. edit: screenshot http://i.imgur.com/Ev7Kvil.png

Strangely, it didn't work at all on VirtualBox on Ubuntu, but worked on a Windows 7 host. Thanks for the hint!

If you've got the OSE (free) version of VirtualBox on Ubuntu, it might be missing chipset support.

Re: RemixOS for PC released

#112

Just booted it. The EULA is frightening to say the least. 1. "You agree that you irrevocably waive any and all ownership, legal and moral rights to your user content." 2. You're also not allowed to oppose "the basic principles determined in the Constitution of the People's Republic of China", harm it's "national honor and interests", or undermine it's "national religious policy, promoting cults and superstitions". 3.…

I just booted this up in a virtual machine and I managed to copy the EULA to the clipboard:

http://pastebin.com/t9E3SUQP

I'm posting this from within RemixOS, so I can't say any bad things about China right now :)

Re: RemixOS for PC released

#113

Just booted it. The EULA is frightening to say the least. 1. "You agree that you irrevocably waive any and all ownership, legal and moral rights to your user content." 2. You're also not allowed to oppose "the basic principles determined in the Constitution of the People's Republic of China", harm it's "national honor and interests", or undermine it's "national religious policy, promoting cults and superstitions". 3.…

If this is really true [1] and not an exaggeration, there is no way on Earth I will touch this or let anyone I care about touch it with a 100-foot pole. Closed source? Waive legal rights? to my own content? Not criticize China? Not in 100 million years. Glad I switched to 100% Ubuntu. Donated and anticipating 16.04 LTS in April. It's one thing to get pressured into a gray area w/r/t freedoms in exchange for some perc…

Check my sibling post:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10891284

Re: RemixOS for PC released

#114

Just booted it. The EULA is frightening to say the least. 1. "You agree that you irrevocably waive any and all ownership, legal and moral rights to your user content." 2. You're also not allowed to oppose "the basic principles determined in the Constitution of the People's Republic of China", harm it's "national honor and interests", or undermine it's "national religious policy, promoting cults and superstitions". 3.…

Thanks for the heads up, no way I'm touching this.

Re: RemixOS for PC released

#115

Just booted it. The EULA is frightening to say the least. 1. "You agree that you irrevocably waive any and all ownership, legal and moral rights to your user content." 2. You're also not allowed to oppose "the basic principles determined in the Constitution of the People's Republic of China", harm it's "national honor and interests", or undermine it's "national religious policy, promoting cults and superstitions". 3.…

From the EULA, point 1 applies to anything you upload to their site or to "Jide services". Jide services require registration and are necessary to some functionality within the OS. This could be a horrible interpretation of giving up certain rights to content you share on a social network or site.

It's awful, yes, but it may not apply to everything you do within ReactOS. The other 2 points do apply to everything you do in ReactOS, so you're supposed to censor yourself based on Chinese government censorship policies whenever you use it.

Re: RemixOS for PC released

#116
post #2

Awesome. It's much easier to make Android (with it's massive app ecosystem) a desktop OS than it is than to build an app ecosystem for traditional Linux desktops. Interestingly enough it doesn't look like there's an installer - they want you to run it from USB for now.

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Re: RemixOS for PC released

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Awesome. It's much easier to make Android (with it's massive app ecosystem) a desktop OS than it is than to build an app ecosystem for traditional Linux desktops. Interestingly enough it doesn't look like there's an installer - they want you to run it from USB for now.

Except that the android apps almost all suck. I'd far rather have the Debian repository on my phone than Google play on my laptop.

Re: RemixOS for PC released

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post #97

Just booted it. The EULA is frightening to say the least. 1. "You agree that you irrevocably waive any and all ownership, legal and moral rights to your user content." 2. You're also not allowed to oppose "the basic principles determined in the Constitution of the People's Republic of China", harm it's "national honor and interests", or undermine it's "national religious policy, promoting cults and superstitions". 3.…

If this is really true, wtf. I wonder why we see RemixOS for the third time on HN frontpage within days. On the other side Win10 eula is almost as bad. The difference is they really enforce their things and even backported some to Win7/8 disguised as security updates. Why do they get away with this? Why do we occasionally see "positiv comments" about it on HN.

> On the other side Win10 eula is almost as bad.

This must reach some sort of high point for satirically awful comments here. Really? Can you point to the bit of the Win 10 EULA that allows Microsoft to claim anything you create with it as theirs?

Re: RemixOS for PC released

#119
I would love to add my comments as a tester, but I can't get the PC version to boot successfully after Linux and Windows install attempts. I thought the USB 3 interface specification was only desirable, but it seems it's a requirement.

I have ordered some USB 3 memory devices, I'll post again if I see a successful boot.

Re: RemixOS for PC released

#120

Just booted it. The EULA is frightening to say the least. 1. "You agree that you irrevocably waive any and all ownership, legal and moral rights to your user content." 2. You're also not allowed to oppose "the basic principles determined in the Constitution of the People's Republic of China", harm it's "national honor and interests", or undermine it's "national religious policy, promoting cults and superstitions". 3.…

Interested in getting off Win 10 because of the legal issues or because you don't like the UX?
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