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Since they doesn't go into any specifics, i suspect the same as wine?

M2Ys4U 13y ago
It's been some time since I've looked at ReactOS, but it's a bit more than that. ReactOS actually uses some of the wine libs, and the two projects work together. IIRC, ReactOS actually aims for driver compatibility, so you should be able to completely replace Windows with React.
- josh-wrale 13y ago
  I'm glad I read this comment. Maybe my basically driver-defunct M-Audio Firewire 410 can be revived using ReactOS. Cool.
- davidgerard 13y ago
  Well, they don't "work together" - Wine devs avoid ReactOS code and devs like the plague. However, Wine is happy for ReactOS to use their DLLs - so Wine does Win32 and ReactOS does the lower, weirder layers that Wine doesn't bother with.
  - uaygsfdbzf 13y ago
    Actually they kind of do, though not as directly as the term "work together" seems to imply. There are a few Wine Devs who actively check (and post comments, advice, etc. on) the ReactOS bug reporting system ( http://jira.reactos.org http://jira.reactos.org ) and most of the Wine patches I've seen from ReactOS Devs get included in Wine pretty quick. Note: There was a time when ReactOS Devs and Wine Devs were not on good terms, but for the most part at least those days are gone.
  - pritambaral 13y ago
    > Wine devs avoid ReactOS code and devs like the plague Is this due to any patent/copyright issues?
    - davidgerard 13y ago
      Copyright worries, I believe. Wine is paranoid of contributors who may have looked too closely at Windows or reverse-engineered it in potentially risky ways. I am vague on details. Also, Wine is LGPL and ReactOS is GPL, so no code can flow in that direction.
      - uaygsfdbzf 13y ago
        ReactOS uses only "clean-room" reverse engineering, so this is not a concern. Also Wine Patches from ReactOS Devs are always sent to Wine first, thus they get Wine's LGPL license, then the ReactOS Devs do a "Wine Sync" to get the code into ReactOS; thus code-flow due to Licensing is also a non-issue.
      - VoiceOfWisdom 13y ago
        uaygsfdbzf, you are marked as dead. I believe this is due to a somewhat brusk comment you made earlier, but your other comments deserve to be seen.
        uaygsfdbzf 13y ago
        ... hmmm, off the top of my head I'm not sure what I did to get 'killed'. ... Is there [anything I can do / anyone I can ask] to get ... 'resurrected'?
iso8859-1 13y ago
Wine works better. For example, it has better 3D support since it can leverage the host stack. Some non-3D apps like Java run better under Wine too.

It's been some time since I've looked at ReactOS, but it's a bit more than that. ReactOS actually uses some of the wine libs, and the two projects work together. IIRC, ReactOS actually aims for driver compatibility, so you should be able to completely replace Windows with React.

josh-wrale 13y ago
I'm glad I read this comment. Maybe my basically driver-defunct M-Audio Firewire 410 can be revived using ReactOS. Cool.
davidgerard 13y ago
Well, they don't "work together" - Wine devs avoid ReactOS code and devs like the plague. However, Wine is happy for ReactOS to use their DLLs - so Wine does Win32 and ReactOS does the lower, weirder layers that Wine doesn't bother with.
- uaygsfdbzf 13y ago
  Actually they kind of do, though not as directly as the term "work together" seems to imply. There are a few Wine Devs who actively check (and post comments, advice, etc. on) the ReactOS bug reporting system ( http://jira.reactos.org http://jira.reactos.org ) and most of the Wine patches I've seen from ReactOS Devs get included in Wine pretty quick. Note: There was a time when ReactOS Devs and Wine Devs were not on good terms, but for the most part at least those days are gone.
- pritambaral 13y ago
  > Wine devs avoid ReactOS code and devs like the plague Is this due to any patent/copyright issues?
  - davidgerard 13y ago
    Copyright worries, I believe. Wine is paranoid of contributors who may have looked too closely at Windows or reverse-engineered it in potentially risky ways. I am vague on details. Also, Wine is LGPL and ReactOS is GPL, so no code can flow in that direction.
    - uaygsfdbzf 13y ago
      ReactOS uses only "clean-room" reverse engineering, so this is not a concern. Also Wine Patches from ReactOS Devs are always sent to Wine first, thus they get Wine's LGPL license, then the ReactOS Devs do a "Wine Sync" to get the code into ReactOS; thus code-flow due to Licensing is also a non-issue.
    - VoiceOfWisdom 13y ago
      uaygsfdbzf, you are marked as dead. I believe this is due to a somewhat brusk comment you made earlier, but your other comments deserve to be seen.
      - uaygsfdbzf 13y ago
        ... hmmm, off the top of my head I'm not sure what I did to get 'killed'. ... Is there [anything I can do / anyone I can ask] to get ... 'resurrected'?

iso8859-1 13y ago

Wine works better. For example, it has better 3D support since it can leverage the host stack. Some non-3D apps like Java run better under Wine too.