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They stopped releasing, I think the project dies.

by mathfailure 3y ago

ghusto 3y ago
They have a release from a few hours ago?
- debugnik 3y ago
  They specifically meant release, not commit. Latest release Dec 16, 2021.
  - ghusto 3y ago
    So these builds happen even if there's no change? https://reactos.org/getbuilds/ https://reactos.org/getbuilds/
    - jeditobe 3y ago
      There are A LOT OF changes!
      - ghusto 3y ago
        I'm so confused! So there are changes, there are releases, there are builds, but "they stopped releasing" is still accurate?!
        jeditobe 3y ago
        They did NOT stop releasing. The are preraring the next release with version number 0.4.15. The changelog of this version will look really huge! There was a delay because of regressions to be fixed
- orra 3y 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).
Tozen 3y ago
They do have nightly builds, so they are continuing: https://reactos.org/getbuilds/ https://reactos.org/getbuilds/ https://iso.reactos.org/livecd/ 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.
Kwpolska 3y ago
And no news on the main page since March 2022: https://reactos.org/ https://reactos.org/
_joel 3y ago
Eh? how can it be dead with daily commits? Just because there's not been a release in a while doesn't mean it's dead. They could probably be releasing more often but you can also build it yourself if required. https://github.com/reactos/reactos/commits/master https://github.com/reactos/reactos/commits/master
sebazzz 3y ago
It is a weird niche. If you want no Linux and no Windows but want to run Windows applications it is for you, or maybe if you need a legacy-compatible system without (hopefully) the same security issues? Otherwise it is either Windows, or Wine on some flavour of Linux.

They stopped releasing, I think the project dies.

ghusto 3y ago

They have a release from a few hours ago?

debugnik 3y ago
They specifically meant release, not commit. Latest release Dec 16, 2021.
- ghusto 3y ago
  So these builds happen even if there's no change? https://reactos.org/getbuilds/ https://reactos.org/getbuilds/
  - jeditobe 3y ago
    There are A LOT OF changes!
    - ghusto 3y ago
      I'm so confused! So there are changes, there are releases, there are builds, but "they stopped releasing" is still accurate?!
      - jeditobe 3y ago
        They did NOT stop releasing. The are preraring the next release with version number 0.4.15. The changelog of this version will look really huge! There was a delay because of regressions to be fixed
orra 3y 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).

Tozen 3y ago

They do have nightly builds, so they are continuing: https://reactos.org/getbuilds/ https://reactos.org/getbuilds/ https://iso.reactos.org/livecd/ 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.

Kwpolska 3y ago

And no news on the main page since March 2022: https://reactos.org/ https://reactos.org/

_joel 3y ago

Eh? how can it be dead with daily commits? Just because there's not been a release in a while doesn't mean it's dead. They could probably be releasing more often but you can also build it yourself if required. https://github.com/reactos/reactos/commits/master https://github.com/reactos/reactos/commits/master

sebazzz 3y ago

It is a weird niche. If you want no Linux and no Windows but want to run Windows applications it is for you, or maybe if you need a legacy-compatible system without (hopefully) the same security issues? Otherwise it is either Windows, or Wine on some flavour of Linux.