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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. Re:The fonts! by frik85 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ReactOS does NOT use MSFT fonts! The fonts are "Bitstream Vera fonts" from http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/ttf-bitstre am-vera/1.10/ So do not spread BS around.

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  2. Re:Too late? by BecomingLumberg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I agree- at least they went somewhere. Ubuntu could really learn something from this. It is very easy to use, yes, but would items like mp3 support out of the box hurt them? Sure, to a current linux user who has tons of .oggs, it makes sense, who needs mp3. But to a new Joe-schmoe convert with gigs of mp3s, having to figure it out is going to be a tough first day when he wants some tunes to listen to as he downloads his nvidia driver.

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    If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.-TJ