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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: 3, Informative) by Gravis on Wednesday February 17 2016, @10:41PM

    by Gravis (4596) on Wednesday February 17 2016, @10:41PM (#305993)

    I'm surprised that ten minutes of google searching and I can't find a compatibility list.

    maybe you just suck at internet. https://www.reactos.org/wiki/PC_ROS_Rigs [reactos.org]

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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Thursday February 18 2016, @01:43PM

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Thursday February 18 2016, @01:43PM (#306314)

    Close; something like this

    https://www.reactos.org/wiki/Games_ROS_Testing [reactos.org]

    But not for games.

    • (Score: 2) by Gravis on Thursday February 18 2016, @02:54PM

      by Gravis (4596) on Thursday February 18 2016, @02:54PM (#306337)

      wait, you want a software compatibility list?! not terribly difficult to find but out of date. https://www.reactos.org/wiki/Testing_Central [reactos.org]

      • (Score: 2) by VLM on Friday February 19 2016, @01:14PM

        by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Friday February 19 2016, @01:14PM (#306859)

        Ugh, look at that name. You can tell its a microsoft emulator. Right out of the same ecosystem that thinks "Excel" is the first word that comes to mind when you're looking for a spreadsheet program.