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ReactOS 0.1.0 Released

Posted by timothy on from the and-for-your-39th-os dept.

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.

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  1. Re:We have an embarrassment of riches here by Subcarrier · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  2. Sheeesh.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you thought Mono was a legal minefield, this is has to be akin to strinking and flicking matches in dynamite wharehouse.

    1. Re:Sheeesh.. by 21mhz · · Score: 5, Funny

      ...in dynamite wharehouse.

      It's properly spelled worehouse.

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  3. Re:screenshots? by sheean.nl · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, you can see the ads already:

    ReactOS..

    Windows, but without the pretty windows to click on.

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  4. Re:legal trouble ahead? by mentin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't worry. By the time ReactOS reaches version 1.0, those patents will expire. Remember, patent is valid for 20 years only.

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  5. Re:legal trouble ahead? by hobuddy · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!

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