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Re: ReactOS 0.4.5 Released

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Post by JCharante » Mon, May 29, 2017, 4:50 AM UTC

StevePerkins wrote: post #17

I tried installing this on the latest VirtualBox release. It installed cleanly, but the VM would not fully boot. It just hangs on the startup splash screen, with the progress bar about three-quarters of the way across. I found a wiki page advising VirtualBox users to disable "I/O APIC", and to change the virtual network adapter to "PCnet-FAST III". But this made no difference. Just to be thorough, I re-installed comp…

> So if you don't have an up-to-date and accurate list of instructions for installing ReactOS on VirtualBox, prominently displayed near the download page, then you might consider prioritizing that.

If you scroll down while on the downloads page, you'll find preloaded images for QEMU, VMWare, and VirtualBox under the "Advanced Downloads" section header.

Re: ReactOS 0.4.5 Released

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Post by _b8r0 » Tue, May 30, 2017, 4:24 PM UTC

walterbell wrote: post #25

_b8r0 wrote: post #21

I wonder how practical ReactOS could be as a small business server? With Microsoft's changes in Licensing, it seems there's a demand for an OS as straightforward as Windows, obviously with some degree of compatibility, but without all of the telemetry garbage. Could ReactOS (or a distribution derived from it) plug this gap?

What apps/workloads would such a server run?

I was thinking conventional small business type stuff, a bit like SBS in the old days. I guess what it'd need to do is:

* Provide a directory service (a la AD, could be done with OpenLDAP and Kerberos)

* Handle Mail with a webmail and mobile service

* Remote Desktop via RDP

* Act as a backup server with a backup client (e.g. crashplan over a fileshare)

* Network reimaging and install server over PXE/TFTP etc. (Clonezilla across network).

I-want-a-pony-options:

* Wiki

* Chat

* VPN

Re: ReactOS 0.4.5 Released

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Post by _b8r0 » Tue, May 30, 2017, 4:25 PM UTC

snvzz wrote: post #37

_b8r0 wrote: post #21

I wonder how practical ReactOS could be as a small business server? With Microsoft's changes in Licensing, it seems there's a demand for an OS as straightforward as Windows, obviously with some degree of compatibility, but without all of the telemetry garbage. Could ReactOS (or a distribution derived from it) plug this gap?

If you're looking for AD, samba4 can do it on Linux.

I think the two main things such a thing could bring to the table is graphical "familiar" (for the windows admin) administration. Something that abstracts the files.

That and a free RDP interface would be nice.