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Release of ReactOS 0.4 Brings Open Source Windows Closer to Reality

posted by martyb on Wednesday February 17 2016, @07:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the making-progress dept.
ReactOS is a free and open source implementation of the Windows NT architecture, which intends to provide support for existing applications and drivers, outside of the control of Microsoft. The release of ReactOS 0.4 brings improved file system support, including native, out-of-the-box support for ext2, ext3, and ext4, as well as read-only support for NTFS. Additionally, the bundled version of UniATA was updated to add better support for SATA and PATA devices. Support was generally improved for third-party device drivers, making it substantially easier to install and use real hardware, as opposed to just virtual machines like VirtualBox.

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  • (Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 17 2016, @08:30PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 17 2016, @08:30PM (#305923)

    No thanks. Win doze is a slur against DOS-based Windows. There hasn't been a version of Windows this century that has needed DOS. Your insult has passed end-of-life. Upgrade to NT, please.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 17 2016, @08:41PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 17 2016, @08:41PM (#305930)

    what a 20 year old snarky joke does not seem funny anymore? the hell you say!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 17 2016, @10:18PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 17 2016, @10:18PM (#305981)

    :) I, amongst countless others, didn't realize 'doze' was for DOS-based versions... maybe it is time to update the slur then to Win-spy.

    For your new computer, would you like to run FruitLock, WinSpy or Penguin?
    Penguin please.
    Ok, but do watch out for icebergs.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 17 2016, @11:48PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 17 2016, @11:48PM (#306021)

      Ok, but do watch out for icebergs.

      I assume you mean systemd.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 18 2016, @08:19AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 18 2016, @08:19AM (#306218)

        I assume you mean systemd.

        Yes. I propose the operating system formerly called by pedants, GNU/Linux, be re-branded as, Systemd/Linux with GNU.

  • (Score: 2) by Sir Finkus on Wednesday February 17 2016, @11:52PM

    by Sir Finkus (192) on Wednesday February 17 2016, @11:52PM (#306023) Journal

    I can still use Micro$oft though right? What about Winblows?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 18 2016, @12:53AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 18 2016, @12:53AM (#306053)

    I've never heard that interpretation before. I always assumed that the implication was that Windows could be so slow that a user could doze off while waiting for the hourglass (or its successor, the spinner) to go away.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_wait_cursor [wikipedia.org]

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 18 2016, @08:39AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 18 2016, @08:39AM (#306228)

    I think you are confusing Windoze with WinDOS. WinDOS was the term used for the old DOS-based Windows versions.