Star osFree Publishes First Screenshot
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 24th Nov 2005 19:29 UTC
OS/2 and eComStation The osFree project has published its first screenshot. "osFree is an open source free (non-commercial) software development project. Goals of the projects are to replace all (or most) of OS/2's subsystems with open-source analogues. The base compatibility system is OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin), but that doesn't mean we won't be supporting features of newer versions of OS/2 like OS/2 WarpServer for e-business and eComStation by Serenity Systems."
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Why not work with ReactOS team
by on Fri 25th Nov 2005 11:17 UTC

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I know that the reactos project intend to add other compatiblity layers other than just Win32, and I'm sure they'd welcome volunteers to work on an OS/2 subsystem. *perhaps* their efforts might be more worthwhile there?

Best Regards,
Toonie.

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Sparrowhawk Member since:
2005-07-11

From memory, the NT4 OS/2 subsystem was:

a) text mode apps only
b) 16-bit only

So it's use was rather limited.

Happy to be corrected if that's not the case.

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Rowan Lewis Member since:
2005-10-13

I don't think the point is to copy the system that NT had, (although they will have to do that also), but to create complete OS/2 program compatability.

And, correct me if I'm wrong ;)

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rhyder Member since:
2005-09-28

Perhaps it could be done but for me, the brilliance of OS/2 was the OS and the GUI itself rather than any app in particular. It would be a LOT of effort required just get a couple of nice apps running.

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