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ReactOS Reviewed in Depth

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the reactionary-seems-a-fair-description dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NeoSmart Technologies has an incredibly detailed (6 long pages!) and mostly positive review of ReactOS, The Open Source Windows. The review covers the goals of ReactOS and how well it meets them, system stability, application compatibility, kernel design and development, and the networking stack. It discusses the use of WINE in ReactOS' kernel and the effect on both its compatibility and development times." For the visual learners, here are some screenshots."

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  1. Picture gallery toasted by flynns · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yep, it's a Windows clone alright. Slashdotted before a single comment ;)

    Warning: mysql_pconnect(): Link to server lost, unable to reconnect in /home/neosmart/public_html/gallery/lib/adodb/drive rs/adodb-mysql.inc.php on line 373
    Error
    Error (ERROR_STORAGE_FAILURE) :

            * in modules/core/classes/GalleryStorage.class at line 236 (gallerycoreapi::error)
            * in modules/core/classes/GalleryStorage.class at line 465 (mysqlstorage::_getconnection)
            * in modules/core/classes/Gallery.class at line 239 (mysqlstorage::search)
            * in modules/core/classes/helpers/GalleryFileSystemEnti tyHelper_simple.class at line 110 (gallery::search)
            * in modules/core/classes/GalleryCoreApi.class at line 1968 (galleryfilesystementityhelper_simple::fetchchildi dbypathcomponent)
            * in modules/core/classes/helpers/GalleryFileSystemEnti tyHelper_simple.class at line 62 (gallerycoreapi::fetchchildidbypathcomponent)
            * in modules/core/classes/GalleryCoreApi.class at line 1911 (galleryfilesystementityhelper_simple::fetchitemid bypath)
            * in modules/rewrite/classes/RewriteSimpleHelper.class at line 48 (gallerycoreapi::fetchitemidbypath)
            * in ??? at line 0 (rewritesimplehelper::loaditemidfrompath)
            * in modules/rewrite/classes/RewriteUrlGenerator.class at line 96
            * in modules/rewrite/classes/parsers/modrewrite/ModRewr iteUrlGenerator.class at line 48 (modrewriteurlgenerator::_onload)
            * in init.inc at line 111 (modrewriteurlgenerator::init)
            * in main.php at line 71

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    1. Re:Picture gallery toasted by Macthorpe · · Score: 5, Funny

      You obviously have used Myspace, which disqualifies you from rational argument.

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  2. What is there to ReactTo? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am ReactIng right now to the fact the servers are down...

  3. BSOD too... by William+Robinson · · Score: 5, Funny
    It has BSOD too

    Now I call that 100% compatible;)

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  4. The one time! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The one time i plan to read the article the server is down who would of thought it.

  5. Re:Ars is less positive by Adelbert · · Score: 4, Funny

    They basically say it runs Firefox and Solitaire I reckon the vast majority of Windows users use a web browser and a solitaire game more than any other applications.

  6. ReactIIS by _Pablo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Doesn't look like their build of ReactIIS 1.0 is quite up to the load...

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  7. The fonts! by karji · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why didn't they use Microsoft's fonts?

  8. Ya but... by keith_nt4 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Will it run LiteStep

    No, LiteStep

    I said...litestep...ah forget it.

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  9. Re:Ars is less positive by Smidge204 · · Score: 5, Funny

    No Freecell? Screw that.

    =Smidge=

  10. Re:ReactOS and WINE by toleraen · · Score: 3, Funny

    WGA?

  11. Viruses? by suggsjc · · Score: 2, Funny

    I mean most all of them were designed for windows anyway...

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  12. ReactOS - VirtualPC - Debian by bigredradio · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is great. I just got Debian installed! I used ReactOS, then installed the free version of VirtualPC from microsoft, then installed Debian Sarge. Now I can use nano instead of that crappy notepad.

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  13. Re:Too late? by chad.koehler · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not that I disagree, but WINE is not an emulator.

  14. Article offline 2:06pm EST by Brit_in_the_USA · · Score: 2, Funny

    Jumping from page 3 to 4 of the article I got

    This Account Has Been Suspended
    Please contact the billing/support department as soon as possible.
    BR Which is a shame as it was a good read and very interesting (as I had not previously heard of ReactOS).