![]() ![]() ![]() The project stalled in discussions of the design of the system. History Early development Īround 1996, a group of free and open-source software developers started a project called FreeWin95 to implement a clone of Windows 95. ReactOS, as part of the FOSS ecosystem, re-uses and collaborates with many other FOSS projects, most notably the Wine project, which presents a Windows compatibility layer for Unix-like operating systems. ![]() The project partially implements Windows API functionality and has been ported to the AMD64 processor architecture. ReactOS is primarily written in C, with some elements, such as ReactOS File Explorer, written in C++. However, many Windows applications are working, such as Adobe Reader 9.3, GIMP 2.6, and LibreOffice 5.4. As of February 2022, it is still considered feature-incomplete alpha software, and is therefore recommended by the developers only for evaluation and testing purposes. ReactOS has been in development since 1996. ReactOS has been noted as a potential open-source drop-in replacement for Windows and for its information on undocumented Windows APIs. ReactOS is a free and open-source operating system for amd64/ i686 personal computers intended to be binary-compatible with computer programs and device drivers developed for Windows Server 2003 and later versions of Microsoft Windows. ReactOS 0.4.14 running the Firefox Web browser Hybrid (designed to be compatible with Windows NT family) My suggestion to developers is, if you find it interesting & worthy then take your time and contribute to the project at your best.CD-ROM ISO image, QEMU image, VirtualBox image, VMware image, or source code.ReactOS is in development stage now and is not suitable for daily use!.I would really like to use this OS if it works great, but let’s wait for some more time until they say ReactOS is ready for daily use. See them hereīelow is a video of screen-shots to show you how it looked at my end!Īccording to me, this is a great beginning of something that I never thought will ever exist. ReactOS website has plenty of screen-shots to show you. ReactOS definitely needs more robust development to be able to reach to the practicality benchmarks & improvements set by popular open-source operating systems we know. It also offers multiple desktops as we see in Ubuntu or Fedora. The installation process and post installation user interface look very similar to Windows. I purposely avoided installing it on my current hardware so that I do not disturb any ongoing projects, just in case anything goes wrong! Unfortunately because of this, I could not install any device driver nor any Windows software I am using. You can download installation ISO of ReactOs here. Final release size may vary as the project develops. You may download ReactOs Live cd here.Īs of now the ReactOS seems very lightweight and fast! Installation ISO which I downloaded is only 46.5 MB in size. But somehow I could not preview completely as few areas are yet to be implemented in a live cd version. I first downloaded the ReactOS Live CD to preview prior to the installation. Click here to know more.Īccording to ReactOS website, ReactOS® is an effort to create a Free Software replacement for Microsoft Windows® that is compatible with existing hardware and software! ReactOS is a free and open-source operating system based on the Windows NT architecture, providing support for existing applications and drivers, and an alternative to the current dominant consumer and server operating systems. So if you’re a software developer then you too can contribute for development of this OS. Sometimes a developer may feel like doing something about it, but one can not (unless works for MS). It happens so many times & we hate Windows for frequently annoying us. I am specifically writing this post to let all software developers know about it and take part in this project development if they can. Recently when I checked, I found that the development has come a long way since I first saw. Which means that you can install your existing Windows device drivers & softwares on this OS. This OS is based on Windows NT architecture. It also means for better quality, higher reliability, flexibility, lower cost, reviewing & contributing to the development process!įew days back I came across this new OS called ReactOS. We all know about free Linux based operating systems, free open-source office and graphics softwares, and so on! Open-source softwares are future of computing software! No doubt! But open-source does not only mean Free. This is a guest post by Tushar, if you like to write for Devils’ Workshop, do read Devils’ Workshop revenue sharing program. ![]()
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