[ros-dev] Re: New OS built on ReactOS and WinuxOS technology!

Rafal Kupiec betacomp at gmail.com
Sun Jun 5 15:22:42 CEST 2005


We're wandering from topic. I only wanted to inform poeople about new
Operating System based on ReactOS and you attacked me why can't we
develop ReactOS. I think at this time it's end of topic, just for me.
What I said you can use our sources and we'll use your sources. It's in
my opinion some help for ReactOS and HostiliX too.


Maarten Bosma wrote:
> Rafal Kupiec wrote:
> 
>> What we don't like in ReactOS? What disturb us?
>> 1) New XML build system. I heared that it should be faster, but it
>> isn't. After compilation files have 2-3x more size. Standard makefiles
>> was better.
> 
> You can set DBG=0 in cofig.xml and every thing will be as before.
> 
>> 2/3) You want to do Windows clone, becouse the most poeple use it. So,
>> you want to do free Widnows. But we want to do completelly new OS, that
>> what I said it will be able to run Widnows apps and load windows
>> drivers. That's all. Of course we can cooperate if you want. You can get
>> our patches from HostiliX's SVN and we can get your patches from
>> ReactOS's SVN.
> 
> 
> What you want to do sound to me like a ReactOs distro. (with fixed
> taskmgr, another shell, 7zip insteed of cab.) But there is no real
> difference.
> 
> The only thing is that have your own driver format, but could you tell
> me what is the improvement here ?
> 
> 
> Maarten Bosma
> 
> PS: Did you try our current task manager under windows ? It really works
> perfectly.



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