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Watch: Mac OS X 10.4 Running in Windows Alternative ReactOS via PearPC Emulator

posted by martyb on Thursday May 10 2018, @08:26PM   Printer-friendly
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The ReactOS project recently showcased on YouTube [that it's] possible to virtualize the Mac OS X 10.4 operating system on their free and open-source Windows alternative operating system.

Our "Watch" series of articles continues today with a very interesting one where you can see Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger running inside the ReactOS computer operating system, which we believe has come a long way, and it's beginning to look like a viable alternative to Microsoft's Windows 7 or Vista operating systems, perfect for desktop computers and laptops.

The latest release, ReactOS 0.4.8, showed us last month that it's now possible to use Windows 10, Windows 8, and Windows Vista software on the free and open-source operating system that's binary compatible with computer programs and device drivers made for Windows.

It also introduced initial support for reading data from NTFS formatted drives, a new app similar to the DrWatson32 software for Windows, some user-visible changes like support for balloon notifications in the system tray area, and support for unmounting network drives directly from the file explorer.

The video is available on YouTube

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @11:25PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @11:25PM (#678172)

    Here's hoping that 5 years from now, Microsoft will have competition from a free open source Windows compatible OS.

    Yeah, let's populate all of our FOSS boxes with a bunch of misc. blackbox programs.

    No thanks.

    You can wait, while most of us have just moved on.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @11:42PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @11:42PM (#678181)

    Here in the really real world where you live, the exact opposite of your FOSS utopia is happening right now. The Internet of Things is all around you and all the Things are proprietary black boxes with your precious FOSS software trapped inside. You can't modify your precious FOSS software. The proprietary firmware of your Things won't allow you access.

    • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @11:52PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @11:52PM (#678188)

      silly wabbit, /r/stallmanwasright

  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Friday May 11 2018, @05:27PM (1 child)

    by Freeman (732) on Friday May 11 2018, @05:27PM (#678493) Journal

    Please note that ReactOS is open source. "Blackbox programs" exist in the Linux world too. Nowadays you can get many open source programs for Windows PCs too. React OS + open source programs would fit the bill. The only reason I still use Windows is because I am a PC gamer. At least with a computer I can still use it for other things as opposed to whatever XYZ console. There's also this awesome place called GoG that essentially lets you own your games. Sure there are some Open Source games, but for the most part they're casual, released after they were "useless" to their owner (Doom, is an example I think), or just really bad games. Also, VR is cool.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 12 2018, @05:09PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 12 2018, @05:09PM (#678876)

      The only reason I still use Windows is because I am a PC gamer. [...] Also, VR is cool.

      "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
      entertainment safety deserve neither liberty nor entertainment safety."
                                      -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759