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ReactOS 0.4.10 released

sfilargi 8y ago
Every time I see ReactOS in the news I get reminded of sometime in 2004 the young me telling my PC-store supervisor how commercial Windows versions will be a thing of the past now that ReactOS is around the corner.
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doener 8y ago
Does anyone here use ReactOS as a productive system? Is this even possible?
- Elv13 8y ago
  Well, it depends how you view it. > Does anyone here use <s>ReactOS</s> WINE as a productive system? Yes: a lot. More recently Valve started to ship Windows games on Linux and macOS based on it. > Does anyone here use <s>ReactOS</s> Windows_hardware_drivers as a productive system? Historically, NDISWrapper was a thing. These days alternative OS have support for wireless chips on day 0 because Android exists. Not to the extent of being free software on day zero, but being designed for Linux and then "ported" to Windows. Beside that a dedicated Windows VM work better if the device is USB/RS232/Ethernet. > Does anyone here use <s>ReactOS</s>Windows_software_not_on_native_windows as a productive system? Either in the Cloud or with Virtual machine, sure. With applications moving to the Web, desktop applications is less and less a thing. The legacy will live on, but there is better alternatives to ReactOS to keep them running. > Does anyone here use ReactOS as a productive system? I don't think so. When it try it, stability isn't there. Plus if your hardware drivers are proprietary, good luck installing it on real modern hardware. > Is ReactOS useful I think it will eventually find its niche in the same way FreeDOS is/was hugely successful "commercially". Some hardware systems rarely change over the decades. Many still ship with floppy parallel cable as the main data storage bus. I have been a consultant for a while and can confirm OS/2, eComStatation, COBOL and obscure/ancient real-time OS are common in the industrial world. Eventually ReactOS will be good enough for those and it will make business sense to use it. * It support Windows drivers * Run barely modified win32 applications * Don't take that much more resource than the original * There is people to pay when you need a bug fixed Just as FreeDOS is here is stay on DOS era industrial hardware, WinNT 4-5.1 era industrial hardware is also here to stay. On the other hand, it's getting a bit late and it may miss it's window (pun intended) of opportunity and all hardware that could use it will die first and all the spare parts the manufacturer has will also run out. In that case the hardware will move to QNX/VxWorks/Embedded_Linux/FreeDOS.
  - edwinyzh 8y ago
    Re. the WINE part I found this link: https://fossbytes.com/wine-based-proton-windows-games-on-linux/ https://fossbytes.com/wine-based-proton-windows-games-on-lin... This is useful to me, thanks.
nawfalhasan 8y ago
Can someone briefly tell me what is the main USP/focus of this OS?
- shakna 8y ago
  Windows compatibility. It reuses a lot of WINE's core, and so on. The intent is a FOSS OS which can run Windows drivers and applications.
- amaccuish 8y ago
  It's an open-source NT kernel and Windows userland, relying on Wine primarily where it can for userland, and their own kernel implementation.
- godDLL 8y ago
  I use it as a Windows compatible VM in VirtualBox for dev, testing and general Windowsy things
Endy 8y ago
I just wish that ReactOS or Freedos would install successfully on my IBM desktop, which runs Win7 fine.
Koshkin 8y ago
An insanely cute project, I keep trying to build/install/play with almost every new release, with mixed success (e.g. the previous release wouldn’t even install, in QEMU).
- Koshkin 8y ago
  OK, posting this using D+ on ReactOS - looks good!
SyneRyder 8y ago
Is anyone able to get this working with Parallels Desktop, especially v13? The OS itself installs and is extremely fast to install and use, but it doesn't seem to recognize the Ethernet or Sound in Parallels Desktop this time around. I've tried changing the VM from "Other Windows" to "Windows XP" and installing Parallels Tools, but the installer hangs the VM at the 74% point. EDIT 2: Apologies for my repeated edits & postings. To get networking in Parallels Desktop, you need to use the advanced settings to choose the Realtek driver emulation and then it is automatically detected, as outlined in this post: https://www.reactos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17056&p=130494&hilit=Parallels+Desktop#p130494 https://www.reactos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17056&p=13...

Every time I see ReactOS in the news I get reminded of sometime in 2004 the young me telling my PC-store supervisor how commercial Windows versions will be a thing of the past now that ReactOS is around the corner.

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doener 8y ago

Does anyone here use ReactOS as a productive system? Is this even possible?

Elv13 8y ago
Well, it depends how you view it. > Does anyone here use <s>ReactOS</s> WINE as a productive system? Yes: a lot. More recently Valve started to ship Windows games on Linux and macOS based on it. > Does anyone here use <s>ReactOS</s> Windows_hardware_drivers as a productive system? Historically, NDISWrapper was a thing. These days alternative OS have support for wireless chips on day 0 because Android exists. Not to the extent of being free software on day zero, but being designed for Linux and then "ported" to Windows. Beside that a dedicated Windows VM work better if the device is USB/RS232/Ethernet. > Does anyone here use <s>ReactOS</s>Windows_software_not_on_native_windows as a productive system? Either in the Cloud or with Virtual machine, sure. With applications moving to the Web, desktop applications is less and less a thing. The legacy will live on, but there is better alternatives to ReactOS to keep them running. > Does anyone here use ReactOS as a productive system? I don't think so. When it try it, stability isn't there. Plus if your hardware drivers are proprietary, good luck installing it on real modern hardware. > Is ReactOS useful I think it will eventually find its niche in the same way FreeDOS is/was hugely successful "commercially". Some hardware systems rarely change over the decades. Many still ship with floppy parallel cable as the main data storage bus. I have been a consultant for a while and can confirm OS/2, eComStatation, COBOL and obscure/ancient real-time OS are common in the industrial world. Eventually ReactOS will be good enough for those and it will make business sense to use it. * It support Windows drivers * Run barely modified win32 applications * Don't take that much more resource than the original * There is people to pay when you need a bug fixed Just as FreeDOS is here is stay on DOS era industrial hardware, WinNT 4-5.1 era industrial hardware is also here to stay. On the other hand, it's getting a bit late and it may miss it's window (pun intended) of opportunity and all hardware that could use it will die first and all the spare parts the manufacturer has will also run out. In that case the hardware will move to QNX/VxWorks/Embedded_Linux/FreeDOS.
- edwinyzh 8y ago
  Re. the WINE part I found this link: https://fossbytes.com/wine-based-proton-windows-games-on-linux/ https://fossbytes.com/wine-based-proton-windows-games-on-lin... This is useful to me, thanks.

nawfalhasan 8y ago

Can someone briefly tell me what is the main USP/focus of this OS?

shakna 8y ago
Windows compatibility. It reuses a lot of WINE's core, and so on. The intent is a FOSS OS which can run Windows drivers and applications.
amaccuish 8y ago
It's an open-source NT kernel and Windows userland, relying on Wine primarily where it can for userland, and their own kernel implementation.
godDLL 8y ago
I use it as a Windows compatible VM in VirtualBox for dev, testing and general Windowsy things

Endy 8y ago

I just wish that ReactOS or Freedos would install successfully on my IBM desktop, which runs Win7 fine.

Koshkin 8y ago

An insanely cute project, I keep trying to build/install/play with almost every new release, with mixed success (e.g. the previous release wouldn’t even install, in QEMU).

Koshkin 8y ago
OK, posting this using D+ on ReactOS - looks good!

SyneRyder 8y ago

Is anyone able to get this working with Parallels Desktop, especially v13? The OS itself installs and is extremely fast to install and use, but it doesn't seem to recognize the Ethernet or Sound in Parallels Desktop this time around. I've tried changing the VM from "Other Windows" to "Windows XP" and installing Parallels Tools, but the installer hangs the VM at the 74% point. EDIT 2: Apologies for my repeated edits & postings. To get networking in Parallels Desktop, you need to use the advanced settings to choose the Realtek driver emulation and then it is automatically detected, as outlined in this post: https://www.reactos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17056&p=130494&hilit=Parallels+Desktop#p130494 https://www.reactos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17056&p=13...