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ReactOS 0.4.7 Released (reactos.org)
jeditobe writes: OSNews reports that the latest version of ReactOS has been released:
"ReactOS 0.4.7 has been released, and it contains a ton of fixes, improvements, and new features. Judging by the screenshots, ReactOS 0.4.7 can run Opera, Firefox, and Mozilla all at once, which is good news for those among us who want to use ReactOS on a more daily basis. There's also a new application manager which, as the name implies, makes it easier to install and uninstall applications, similar to how package managers on Linux work. On a lower level, ReactOS can now deal with Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, BtrFS, ReiserFS, FFS, and NFS partitions." General notes, tests, and changelog for the release can be found at their respective links. A less technical community changelog for ReactOS 0.4.7 is also available. ISO images are ready at the ReactOS Download page.
I've been following the ReactOS project for a while, and I find it really amazing the amount of progress they've made. Whenever they release a new version, I burn a CD and try it out on a number of old machines I have lying around, and it's improved a lot in the past couple of years. It used to not boot on a number of my machines, and it's gotten better or more stable with each release.
I was not able to find a group of developers that wants to do the same thing for OS/2 Warp :_(
"How far it has come?!" Well seeing as when I started following it it was only a text mode command prompt and today it's a graphic system that can use Windows hardware drivers and actually run a lot of programs that were made for Windows XP, yeah, I would say it's come far and would also say they are making good progress on their goal. It initially started out to clone Windows NT but if you've even skimmed any of the material there you'd know that they're chasing a moving goal. As times change and technology advances, their goals advance with them. Yes, they do use a lot of WINE code, but what's wrong with that? It works and it saves them a shit ton of work having to implement it all themselves, plus when they do make changes to WINE they send the changes back upstream to the WINE project which helps to advance it as well. I fail to see where the real failure is here.
God is real, unless declared integer.
I'm intrigued by this executable named simply "Mozilla", and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Congratulations ReactOS Team!
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The domain stuff...
End users don't need or care about that. Most Windows users aren't joined to a domain.
Even Wine is pretty much dead in practical terms
It is? Funny, because the Wine that I use gets updated often and is so good that I have a hard time finding stuff that won't work on it. Hell, in many instances Wine is MORE compatible with more Windows software than Windows itself.
FreeDOS was a success, but it took 25 years to get the equivalent of DOS up and running
No it didn't. FreeDOS was at parity with MS-DOS ages ago and has long since surpassed it.
they can never do anything but play catch-up
ReactOS doesn't need to play catch up. It just has to be good enough. For most people, that's Windows XP compatibility.
I think perhaps you should stop worrying about what other people are doing. You seem awfully controlling and insecure. Maybe you should try doing something productive instead of sitting around whining like a petulant child.