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ReactOS 0.1.0 Released
JasonFilby writes "ReactOS 0.1.0 has been released! ReactOS is an Open Source effort to develop a quality operating system that is compatible with Windows NT applications and drivers. In this release, among other new features and fixes, especially worth mentioning are the ability to boot from CD and self-hosting capabilities (ReactOS can be compiled on ReactOS)." ReactOS has been in progress for a while, often tied to other projects with the aim of seamlessly replacing Windows: you can download an image of Bochs 2.0 with ReactOS 0.1.0 preloaded from the download and changelog page.
How many Operating Systems do we actually need?
Three OS for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Redmond where the Shadows lie.
One OS to rule them all, One OS to find them,
One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Redmond where the Shadows lie.
"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them." -- George H. W. Bush
If you thought Mono was a legal minefield, this is has to be akin to strinking and flicking matches in dynamite wharehouse.
Where are the screenshots?
Oh, that's why.
This isn't going to replace Windows anytime soon if it doesn't have a graphical interface of any sort.
Anyone that wants NT4 with a GUI front end could always try NT4 from Microsoft.
I love stacking my barbecues in the shed at the end of summer - you can't beat a bit of grill on grill action.
Yeah, because every news portal in the world has to repeat every small detail given by the same 5 sources. Not doing so is just callous and rude. I really need Slashdot to be my portal to CNN. CNN doesn't have Thinkgeek ads.
I guess it's just best to drop everything, and go back to bed. It's true that if Slashdot posted more information about the space tragedy and the war, both war and space tragedy would be averted in the future, and the world would be safe and happy again.
Stopping development of operating systems would help too; most space tragedies and wars are indeed caused by announcements of early point releases of free OS code.
Mod this parent up. It's some really deep stuff.
Microsoft Word XP, watch your back!
Don't forget to visit *nix.org.
Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate. Ex-O'Reilly/MIT employee, now a full-time Google employee.
How many Operating Systems do we actually need?
IKIGTGMDFTB:
Just one good one.
(Still waiting...)
Good analogy... especially with the x-y axis as a measurement of the relationship between linux and windows. Now, expand the game of Go into the third dimension, with 19 levels of 19x19 square GO boards. (19^3 instead of 19^2). Perhaps this new stone is being played in the opposite corner from linux and windows, which is currently mostly vacant, and the rest of the world will ignore it until it reaches version 1.0...
Orthogonality, folks... use it; love it...
Also, that would be helping the terrorists.
Don't worry. By the time ReactOS reaches version 1.0, those patents will expire. Remember, patent is valid for 20 years only.
MSDOS: 20+ years without remote hole in the default install
Don't worry. By the time ReactOS reaches version 1.0, those patents will expire. Remember, patent is valid for 20 years only.
Haha! We've already thought of this; here's our plan for accelerated development:
Implement the ReactOS kernel as a GNU Hurd daemon, with built-in 3d graphics support based on the Duke Nukem Forever engine (running on top of WINE's DirectX layer).
The built-in 3d engine will be used as the basis for an implementation of the Berlin windowing API, the suggested application interface to which is the Perl 6 virtual machine. We should have all of this up and running on the Indrema console within a mere three months!
Then, we plan to hire Loki games to implement an X-Windows compatibility layer, and we've arrived!
Erlang.org: wow
I'm still trying to figure out 1 dimensional go.
If tits were wings it'd be flying around.
...No paint, no minesweeper...
I guess that means no solitaire. Sorry guys, i've just lost all interest in your silly project - it can never be a *real* windows clone. Sorry...
: ) In all serious this looks like a lot of fun, and I wish you guys the best.
Who is this Anonymous Coward character, how does he post so much, and why is he always such a whore?
Ahh, you realise most of the stuff in your comment is either Vaporware or stuff in progress. Implement the ReactOS kernel as a GNU Hurd daemon, with built-in 3d graphics support based on the Duke Nukem Forever engine (running on top of WINE's DirectX layer). What version of the Duke Nukem Foreven engine (1st DOOM engine based, 2nd Quake 1 Alpha based or the 3rd ?? Based) Then, we plan to hire Loki games to implement an X-Windows compatibility layer, and we've arrived! You realise Loki games is in Chapter 7 liquidation.
Slashdot needs a new kind of mod point:
+1 Unintentionally hilarious
If moderation could change anything, it would be illegal.