ReactOS

[Midas]

Major release: ReactOS v0.4.0 released (changelogs at http://reactos.org/wiki/Changelogs).

Official announcement is at www.reactos.org/project-news/reactos-040-released:

Nearly ten years ago the ReactOS Project released version 0.3.0. Today we are proud to announce the formal release of version 0.4.0...

[nickoftime]

They have some some nerve calling me a 'bad gateway'... LMAO

Cheers

[tactictoe]

Love the Live Cd idea here...
So I tried and it did not recognized the wireless mouse, but okay just the time to get another old wired mouse and it was working after relaunching the live CD.
I guess I will have to wait a little bit more longer to have all my hardware recognized.

What a so ambitious project. What an effort. I applaud the team behind this OS for lots of reasons and to not let it go to a dark cupboard. Respect for the work and the people there too. Thanks guys, you are doing a great job.

On MIDAS provided link you can download two flavours of this OS: to install on the PC or live CD (try before install is best). I cannot describe too much the OS as I am sure it does react differently then the install version. If someone does I would like to hear result about it... how was the installation, recognition of hardware... this sort of stuff. I wonder if it is possible to run it under VMWare Workstation 12 player. To little documentation given,fair enough; better a superb software with little starter documentation then a crappy one with 400 pages no one will read anyway or when all fails blah blah. However, on the same provided link there is a list of hardware recognized by the OS. It sounds it can handle old PC very well and might also be a way to give them a second live chance with this OS even it is not the primary goal of this OS obviously. The OS is NOT demanding in RAM and CPU cycle at all, check it out by yourself. Actually it's amazing how they manage the hardware resources. Lessons new software developer should learn but most will never do because too lazy, don't care for any reason or under pressure, IMHO. Where is the time a byte won was an achievement? I am losing myself in an academic monologue so let's return to the task at hand.

If you choose to try the live CD download link from the authors site you will be ask for a donation, and it's more then understandable. That is up to you guys regarding your finance. Consider the hard HARD work behind this OS and the time and effort given away from family and relative... just to offer a product for free. A big sacrifice hidden behind a passion. I am not doing a lecture but you get my drift, I stop here.

If you want a direct link to this Live CD, here it is: https://sourceforge.net/projects/reacto ... p/download

[tactictoe]

They have some some nerve calling me a 'bad gateway'... LMAO

Cheers

Hahahaha. I will keep this one,

[nickoftime]

Thanks for the direct link, tictactoe... I'll download and take it out for spin sometime this week.

At least I'm not a 'bad gateway' again

Cheers!

[rbon]

ReactOS v0.4.12 released (September 23, 2019)
- web site: https://www.reactos.org/
- Sourceforge dowload page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/reacto ... OS/0.4.12/
- Direct download BootCD: https://sourceforge.net/projects/reacto ... p/download
- Direct download LiveCD: https://sourceforge.net/projects/reacto ... p/download
- Direct download sources (9.000.000+ lines of code!): https://sourceforge.net/projects/reacto ... p/download
- List of changes in this version: https://www.reactos.org/project-news/re ... 2-released

List of Changes for argument in v0.4.12:
- Kernel improvements
- Windows snapping
- Font improvements
- Intel e1000 NIC driver
- New themes
- User mode DLLs
- Misc improvements
- Testing
- Third Party Syncs
- Statistic

The official changelog: https://reactos.org/wiki/ChangeLog-0.4.12

[bitcoin]

is React OS usable yet?

[rbon]

is React OS usable yet?

ReactOS at the moment is in alpha phase and is highly unstable.
With version 0.5.x.xx it will go to the beta phase.
It is aimed at developers (or whoever has more than one PC, or who can temporarily replace their hard disk with a new one).

Only if You are a developer You can use it:
- Use only 'BootCD' ISO
- do not use it with VMware, VirtualBox or QEMU (it crash)

Documentation:
- DistroWatch.com: https://www.distrowatch.com/table.php?d ... on=ReactOS
--> - more details about this distro
--> - list of packages contained
- Wikipedia (eng.): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReactOS
- YouTube 'ReactOS Community': https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMo8NP ... auon-Duc9Q
--> browse the Playlist: Software, Games, Misc Stuff, Tutorials, Announcements, Hardware, Testing Transformation Packs in ROS, Themes in ReactOS, etc. etc.
- YouTube.com -> look for 'ReactOS

I will wait for the project to become more stable.'