The ReactOS project has released the first release candidate for version 0.3.3 of their Windows NT-inspired operating system. "We just released the first pre-release (RC1) of the upcoming 0.3.3. Certainly, it contains even more bugs than the alpha-quality software could contain, but we are still doing our best to reduce amount of certain glitches and misbehaviour."
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The ReactOS ChangeLog looks impressive see: http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/ChangeLog-0.3.3
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the guys of the react os team are doing stunning work,
i think ReactOS is one of the most (maybe the most) interessting project in our days, and I can't wait to try out every new version.
it's amazing and I really really hope they continue that great work!
(if some reactos developers read OSNews: congrats!)
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Dude, it's an alpha replacement of the most pirated piece of software ever. Of course nobody uses it! At least not right now...
Give it a good 5 years, let it grow, become sable and compatible enough hardware and applications (Office 200X, DirectX games latter on) and the users will come.
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Give it a good 5 years, let it grow, become sable and compatible enough hardware and applications (Office 200X, DirectX games latter on) and the users will come.
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The only problem is that we've been hearing this (from ReactOS *promoters*, not developers, mind you) for the past 10 years. Indeed, what I usually hear is "in just two more years..."
I wish them luck. They're chasing a moving target and only Microsoft's Lawyers know what will happen if they actually release something that works. It would be cool if they get away with it, but I personally can't see how they won't be trampling all over MS' IP (patents, mind you, not copyrights; the clean room reverse engineering doesn't deal with patents). OTOH, by the time something really appears, maybe all the pertinent patents will have expired :-)
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This is not the final release. And so an unimportant news.
But a new Newsletter is out:
http://www.reactos.org/de/newsletter_28.html
and that isn't mentioned.
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What would be really cool is to port this to Solaris Zones - have a Windows "BrandZ" zone to allow people to run their Windows applications on *NIX :-)
For me, I think the most interesting part is what it can contribute in terms of Windows compatibility rather than it being a standalone operating system.
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