Submitted by 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.”
Thats fantastic, I hope you guys on the ReactOS team keep up the good work. I cant wait for the final release. Now I’m off to see what has changed.
Edited 2007-07-23 13:33
This is not an official release and wasn’t really intended to be made public yet.
However, it is a vast improvement over the previous release for any curious OS fans. It’s worth waiting for the official release though.
The ReactOS ChangeLog looks impressive see: http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/ChangeLog-0.3.3
Hi.
The changelog is no where near finished yet, there were many many more changes than is currently listed there.
This was sorta my point about this not being an official release.
good to see the signs of stepping forward with the development
and yes, it would be great to know the whole list of changes so another vote goes for the claim “Developers! Finally, those who still didn’t bother to summarise your
changes – please do!”
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!)
On the desktop side, keep in consideration also Haiku (open BeOS)…
Sort of a war, between two destkop computing worlds.
didn’t they loose one of these core developers, infact the most important one if i recall, to MS? has this hindered development greatly? or are they getting by just fine?
you’re talking about alex ionescu – he didn’t go to MS, but instead gives seminars about the inner workings of windows (which he knows pretty well, given that he’s recreated much of it in ReactOs code)
ah my mistake thank you for teh correction
OK, so now I am wondering: How many people really use ReactOS?
I mean really use it.
I have a bowl of Reactos every morning – usually with some Wine.
Now that’s an unfair question. ReactOS is still in an alpha phase and the developers warn every user that it’s not suitable for every day use by now. For now ReactOS is only interesting for testing purposes.
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 🙂
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.
Just imagine how much faster development will go when these gents get their basic framework finished. The detail work will only flow that much faster.
Just imagine how much faster development will go when they finally get the source code auditing done.
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.
doh! I misread the release number. thought it said “3.3”. my bad.
Thanks for the reply.