![]() ![]() The NT Driver model is a good base because I feel it's more streamlined than having a monolithic kernel with linux and I think having the kernel and the drivers on the side of HAL is a cool idea. I couldn't comprehend why the buyers decided to go with a single dominant vendor in the 1990s while mostly ignoring the others. The single defining aspect of the PC-clone ecosystem was full compatible choice in hardware and software vendors (PC-DOS, MS-DOS, DR-DOS, multiuser and niche DOSes, and later FreeDOS). Multiple NT Vendors that have the same APIs and ABIs like we did in the DOS days As a long time Linux user, I gently suggest that you take RMS and FSF propaganda with some more salt. ![]() The only GNU OS is Hurd, it's not finished, and it uses Carnegie-Melon's Mach kernel. It took Stallman and like a dozen people like 8 years to finish the GNU OS and even today, they still don't have a stable system without Linus' Kernel. Well, that's why I like ReactOS and I'd like to hear why you like ReactOS from the same motivation of "I want an NT-based Distro, I'm not expecting a version of Windows I don't have to pay for". Yeah, I know by the time ReactOS reaches 1.0, there won't be new drivers for NT 5.x made by hardware vendors and hell, they're starting to stop making them now, but that just means there would be a little extra work and somebody would have to port the Linux Drivers. The NT Driver Model: I'm not talking about use of the NT 5.x Driver ABI though if that's all it ever became, it wouldn't be ideal, but even if it never works with NT 6.x, (or even 7.x or 8.x by the time ReactOS hits 1.0) the NT Driver model is a good base because I feel it's more streamlined than having a monolithic kernel with linux and I think having the kernel and the drivers on the side of HAL is a cool idea. ![]() So, if we could have NT Distros like we have Linux Distros, that would be pretty awesome, we could have Redhat Enterprise NT and we could make our own Windows 7.5 LTS even if MS won't make it. A lot of Unix people downplay NT, but NT is actually good and the only reason why your grandma gets viruses is because your grandma gets socially engineered and she's using the most mainstream OS and NT was designed to be a server and most of the problems have been MS' implementation of NT like requiring IE back in the day and fun stuff like ActiveX, but their newer implementations are really good with a GUI-Free Server with Micro Server (of which they should have had as an option since NT 3.1) and they have an error correcting version of NTFS with ReFS though I'd rather use BtrFS if RAID 6 didn't melt your Btr, but we could get that one day with ReactOS. Having an alternative OS: Not to say Linux isn't an alternative already, but it's nice to have options. Legacy support: It's not going anywhere, there are people today that still use DOS for industrial machines and big iron mainframes and I think the print shop that uses a $50,000 Vinyl Printer that only has drivers for Windows XP will be very appreciative when the day come when they can throw out their 30-year-old computer.Įmbedded: FreeDOS is used by some engineers that do embedded development and it could be put on those Windows XP ATMs and POS Systems Considering NT is way more complicated than Unix and they're aiming for driver and binary compatibility, the ReactOS project is doing a good job.īut, here's why ReactOS will be awesome at 1.0 even if it takes another 15 years: Sure, there's Hurd, but that's not ready yet. I'm a Linux user and I used to naysay about this project and think "It's a bad idea because it's only made for people that want windows for free making there not much of a motivation because it's just easier to pay for windows or use less legit methods" and some may say something like "even if it reaches 1.0 tomorrow, Windows XP is 16 years old and it's a day late and a dollar short, it will be like having a clone of OS/2 5 years ago".īut now, I feel NT is awesome not because windows is the standard, but because NT is awesome and it's a shame we don't have multiple NT Vendors that have the same APIs and ABIs like we did in the DOS days and I figure if we have multiple libre Unix Clones, why not a libre NT Clone? I think the devs are doing a fantastic job considering the scale of the ambition. ![]()
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