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WINDOWS spells ReactOS

stitchstitch
edited May 2004 in Software
Anyone try this product. I havent used it ever, and i really dont have something to put it on at the moment.

Any input about it (i expect a lot from Q).

Comments

  • TCPMetaTCPMeta
    I tryed it. Seems like a pretty cool OS. The KERNEL is nothing but the Winodows NT 4 KERNEL. Also the bootloader sucks. I had to installed LILO bootloader for it to boot.
    What I love about ReactOS is that you can use NT4 drivers for your hardware. I waited almost 4 years for it to be released and I thought it would be better.
  • QQ
    Well it's an OpenSrc Windows NT, really. They FINALLY got it to start into a GUI (ROS Explorer ( http://www.sky.franken.de/explorer/ ) (Try it, it works on Windows!)) and right now it's pretty poor. You can try it at http://reactos.com/. or http://reactsoft.com/ for the daily CVS images and some stuff for VMware. It's not good for much now, but keep your eye on it. It's very alive and oneday will KILL WINDOWS BUAHAHAHHAHA!

    -Q

    PS. During setup, try to enter 2 different passwords ;)
  • TCPMetaTCPMeta
    I'm going to compile the source and make it be used as a shell replacement for Windows NT 3.51.
  • IBMWarpsterIBMWarpster
    That would be called NewShellII which is a shell repacment for NT 3.51 that uses the Explorer interface, but its buggy and was never released officially, but in Beta form. I used it and there was no problem.

    The only problem is that once you install NEwshell, NT 3.51 becomes 4.0 (NOT NT 4.0) and you cant upgrade to NT 4.0 becuase it already shows up as 4.0. And it cant be uninstalled.
  • QQ
    Maybe TCP could make it (ROS Explorer) a drop in replacement for PROGMAN?

    -Q
  • IBMWarpsterIBMWarpster
    didnt he just say that?

    Theres also Calmira, but is kinda dumb. Its not an integerated part of Windows. its a program, but you CAN make it the default shell. I dont know if it runs in NT 3.51 or not.
  • QQ
    I think CII is solely for Windows 3.xx. There are different things in NT.

    -Q

    PS. I think Calmira is dead, devwise.
  • IBMWarpsterIBMWarpster
    CII sucks really.
  • TCPMetaTCPMeta
    What i'm going to do is Install NewShell2 and then compile the shell from ReactOS then replace NewShell2's explorer.exe with the ReatOS shell. I'm going to do it on a PC thats running WindowsNT 3.51 Workstation.
  • SlashSlash
    Maybe in future someone will use ReactOS for daily work, but most of all will throw this shit away.
  • QQ
    Considering that they went from a DOS console to a (rough) GUI in under
  • MentalMadnessMentalMadness
    ReactOS is opensource, so we should create our own Operating System called WinboardsOS or something, put mozilla in it and kick Maniasoft ass.

    I mean, we are making fun of maniasoft, so we must prove we can do better :D
  • QQ
    OMGOMGOMG

    WINDOWS FLAVOURS (AKA DISTROS)!!!

    -Q
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