ReactOS Is An Open Source Windows-Inspired Operating System DistroTube
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Date: 2022-03-30
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I have been using the newest version of ReactOS in the Oracle VirtualBox. When using ReactOS one has to think of Windows 2000 w/ Service Pack 2, and not to go the latest and greatest Programs. There are great themes and wallpaper included. I am using an old Toshiba A215, AMD X64 Duo Core 2.0 GHz, updated to 4 GB RAM, updated to 120 SSD, and ZorinOS Lite as the Host. Since ZorinOS Lite works super with 3 1/2 GB RAM, I allocated 512 GB to ReactOS, and 4 GB to the Hard Drive, (the Hard Drive has 2 GB of programs with the below, 2 GB Free) for ReactOS. I am not using audio or video, will use Zorin for that. I was only able to install one of my programs from a CD, and that was Kasparov Chess 2003, so that is my game program. ReactOS can crash if you overload it so, the following programs in the Applications Manager run too slowly, and crashed, or too slow for me: Libre, GNU Cash, CCleaner and Firefox 48. Thunderbird is not my cup of tea. The Opera 9.6 and Firefox 3.6 are too old, in my opinion. I am not going to use those. Open Office, and Abi Word work fantastic as Office Programs. DosBox works OK, (for DosBox). Browsers are a great category for ReactOS. I tried two outside the Applications Manager, SeaMonkey 2.9.1, any newer will not work. The problem with SeaMonkey 2.9.1 is that Mozilla no longer has kept up on SSL's, so I cannot access Wikipedia. The other lightweight, not in the Applications Manager, that works well is QT Web Browser 3.8.5, not only is it lightweight like the D+ Browser in the Applications Manager, it will access Wikipedia. The following Web Browsers work super, are found in the Applications Manager, do not overload the system, and can access Wikipedia: Lightweight D+, MyPal 27.9.4, Firefox 28, (the one I will go with), K-Meleon 75.1, and Opera 12.18. I find this works very well as a VirtualBox with this set-up. In other computers I have Windows 2000, and XP, and I use Erpman's Main Page, and Essential Downloads to update those systems. ReactOS can be stable if one does not try to overload it.
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I have been using the newest version of ReactOS in the Oracle VirtualBox. When using ReactOS one has to think of Windows 2000 w/ Service Pack 2, and not to go the latest and greatest Programs. There are great themes and wallpaper included. I am using an old Toshiba A215, AMD X64 Duo Core 2.0 GHz, updated to 4 GB RAM, updated to 120 SSD, and ZorinOS Lite as the Host. Since ZorinOS Lite works super with 3 1/2 GB RAM, I allocated 512 GB to ReactOS, and 4 GB to the Hard Drive, (the Hard Drive has 2 GB of programs with the below, 2 GB Free) for ReactOS. I am not using audio or video, will use Zorin for that. I was only able to install one of my programs from a CD, and that was Kasparov Chess 2003, so that is my game program. ReactOS can crash if you overload it so, the following programs in the Applications Manager run too slowly, and crashed, or too slow for me: Libre, GNU Cash, CCleaner and Firefox 48. Thunderbird is not my cup of tea. The Opera 9.6 and Firefox 3.6 are too old, in my opinion. I am not going to use those. Open Office, and Abi Word work fantastic as Office Programs. DosBox works OK, (for DosBox). Browsers are a great category for ReactOS. I tried two outside the Applications Manager, SeaMonkey 2.9.1, any newer will not work. The problem with SeaMonkey 2.9.1 is that Mozilla no longer has kept up on SSL's, so I cannot access Wikipedia. The other lightweight, not in the Applications Manager, that works well is QT Web Browser 3.8.5, not only is it lightweight like the D+ Browser in the Applications Manager, it will access Wikipedia. The following Web Browsers work super, are found in the Applications Manager, do not overload the system, and can access Wikipedia: Lightweight D+, MyPal 27.9.4, Firefox 28, (the one I will go with), K-Meleon 75.1, and Opera 12.18. I find this works very well as a VirtualBox with this set-up. In other computers I have Windows 2000, and XP, and I use Erpman's Main Page, and Essential Downloads to update those systems. ReactOS can be stable if one does not try to overload it.
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Marcin
I have some corrections/tips:
1. You don't need to enable neither 2D nor 3D hardware acceleration in VirtualBox, but this can come in handy if you install VirtualBox Additions with hardware Direct3D support and want to play video games.
2. ReactOS doesn't include any Microsoft licensed fonts, the included fonts are free replacements, with just the same names as Microsoft ones (for compatibility sake).
3. To get audio working in VirtualBox you need first to download drivers from ReactOS Applications Manager (-AC'97 Driver for VirtualBox- in -Drivers- section), then copy the contents of -inf- and -system32\drivers- directories to the exact same directories in C:\ReactOS, and then restart the virtual machine once and install driver from ReactOS Device Manager (unknown multimedia device -> Properties -> Reinstall driver) then after completing driver wizard the driver should be installed, it may take another restart for it to take effect.
4. For native (your computers display) resolution support and another usefull virtual machine stuff install VirtualBox additions (also mentioned above). In the virtual machine window menu select Devices -> Mount disk image with guest additions. Then go to -My computer- in guest machine, open CD Drive directory and run -VBoxWindowsAdditions.exe-. Simply proceed with it to get it working and then after rebooting simply resize the virtual machine window or enter full screen (right ctrl + F).
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I have some corrections/tips:
1. You don't need to enable neither 2D nor 3D hardware acceleration in VirtualBox, but this can come in handy if you install VirtualBox Additions with hardware Direct3D support and want to play video games.
2. ReactOS doesn't include any Microsoft licensed fonts, the included fonts are free replacements, with just the same names as Microsoft ones (for compatibility sake).
3. To get audio working in VirtualBox you need first to download drivers from ReactOS Applications Manager (-AC'97 Driver for VirtualBox- in -Drivers- section), then copy the contents of -inf- and -system32\drivers- directories to the exact same directories in C:\ReactOS, and then restart the virtual machine once and install driver from ReactOS Device Manager (unknown multimedia device -> Properties -> Reinstall driver) then after completing driver wizard the driver should be installed, it may take another restart for it to take effect.
4. For native (your computers display) resolution support and another usefull virtual machine stuff install VirtualBox additions (also mentioned above). In the virtual machine window menu select Devices -> Mount disk image with guest additions. Then go to -My computer- in guest machine, open CD Drive directory and run -VBoxWindowsAdditions.exe-. Simply proceed with it to get it working and then after rebooting simply resize the virtual machine window or enter full screen (right ctrl + F).
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Foxy
no-one uses VMware.... even though it's free...... atleast the player is, but that's all you need....
ok... I'll try not to be insulting..... you were quite dumb here....
1st Step: Install ReactOS
2nd Step: Install D R I V E R S
3rd Step: Install Software
you skipped step 2..... that's why it is unstable
also it's NOT just an OS that clones 2K, If you read the ReadMe on the desktop you would know that it supports up to Win7 Software with some loose issues with .DLL files....
IE was not that bad... I still use it from time-to-time for Google things Firefox won't do
I HATE Notepad++, Useless proprietary spyware
you didn't choose the correct aspect ratio for your resolution.... the one you were running was 4 : 3 not 16 : 10.
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no-one uses VMware.... even though it's free...... atleast the player is, but that's all you need....
ok... I'll try not to be insulting..... you were quite dumb here....
1st Step: Install ReactOS
2nd Step: Install D R I V E R S
3rd Step: Install Software
you skipped step 2..... that's why it is unstable
also it's NOT just an OS that clones 2K, If you read the ReadMe on the desktop you would know that it supports up to Win7 Software with some loose issues with .DLL files....
IE was not that bad... I still use it from time-to-time for Google things Firefox won't do
I HATE Notepad++, Useless proprietary spyware
you didn't choose the correct aspect ratio for your resolution.... the one you were running was 4 : 3 not 16 : 10.
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ReactOS
Hello from the ReactOS team! Thank you for the nice video!
We want to mention that we already started the development of the next version of ReactOS.- More features and bug fixes will be available this summer.
P.S. We will be very grateful for any donations to support our project. The project is being developed almost only on donations of private individuals.
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Hello from the ReactOS team! Thank you for the nice video!
We want to mention that we already started the development of the next version of ReactOS.- More features and bug fixes will be available this summer.
P.S. We will be very grateful for any donations to support our project. The project is being developed almost only on donations of private individuals.
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Vincent
We shouldn't forget that Microsoft have thousands of developers, and reactos is being done by ... no more than 10 people... what they are doing is epic. Microsoft has billions to continue doing Window as more complicated, innaccesible (a black box) to make people dependent of them (for ever). This is more difficult than decipher egipt jeroglifics...
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We shouldn't forget that Microsoft have thousands of developers, and reactos is being done by ... no more than 10 people... what they are doing is epic. Microsoft has billions to continue doing Window as more complicated, innaccesible (a black box) to make people dependent of them (for ever). This is more difficult than decipher egipt jeroglifics...
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Aftersun
It's to my understanding that the current version of React OS is now equivalent to Windows XP x64 release (in Alpha). For classic PC gamers, this could be worth a low cost PC build for old Windows based games that won't run on Win 10 or virtual box (or WINE). Would be willing to try old games on React OS with modern budget hardware.
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It's to my understanding that the current version of React OS is now equivalent to Windows XP x64 release (in Alpha). For classic PC gamers, this could be worth a low cost PC build for old Windows based games that won't run on Win 10 or virtual box (or WINE). Would be willing to try old games on React OS with modern budget hardware.
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steve5090406
The only hope I see for ReactOS is, 1) to be more secure and antiviral than Microsoft's windows, meaning to change the way the module hooks work so it can be made to be as attack proof as possible, 2) to become a PE environment to replace miniXP on HIREN'S type rescue disks, only offering greater capability.
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The only hope I see for ReactOS is, 1) to be more secure and antiviral than Microsoft's windows, meaning to change the way the module hooks work so it can be made to be as attack proof as possible, 2) to become a PE environment to replace miniXP on HIREN'S type rescue disks, only offering greater capability.
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M!ke_y
I want a stable alternative to Windows98. If it weren't for the BSODs and the -illegal operation-, I would still have used Windows98 and not switched to XP after a while.
Now I am about to try Windows98 with KernelEX.
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I want a stable alternative to Windows98. If it weren't for the BSODs and the -illegal operation-, I would still have used Windows98 and not switched to XP after a while.
Now I am about to try Windows98 with KernelEX.
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Magtrometer
>old school
The UI is not the main issue, the issue is stability and compatibility.The primary feature of this OS is that it is intended to be compatible with Windows executables.
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>old school
The UI is not the main issue, the issue is stability and compatibility.The primary feature of this OS is that it is intended to be compatible with Windows executables.
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spatrick1964
Have you ever seen the fake iphones out of China that look like the Iphones but are not?? This ReactOS reminds me of just that. Kudos for them to develop it but errr no.
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Have you ever seen the fake iphones out of China that look like the Iphones but are not?? This ReactOS reminds me of just that. Kudos for them to develop it but errr no.
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