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by Konata
Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:33 am
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Can I programatically detect if running on ReactOS?
Replies: 8
Views: 5090

Re: Can I programatically detect if running on ReactOS?

Maybe check the file properties of a system file for ReactOS could be an idea. Do you have a specific file/property in mind I could check? I'd really be interested in a reliable method that would be promised by the developers to always be in the OS. I'm assuming that doesn't yet exist. Would the te...
by Konata
Tue Jan 16, 2018 6:25 am
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Can I programatically detect if running on ReactOS?
Replies: 8
Views: 5090

Can I programatically detect if running on ReactOS?

To quell the concerns of the developers, I am not looking to do this to write a "ReactOS-specific" version of my software, it's purely for survey/logging reasons. I'm doing the same for WINE. Is there a reliable way to actually detect if my software is running on ReactOS? I tried searching...
by Konata
Thu Jan 04, 2018 11:20 am
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Intel processor design flaw requiring ROS kernel mode change
Replies: 45
Views: 25105

Re: Intel processor design flaw requiring ROS kernel mode ch

Don't get comfy. Link AMD , Arm also affected by data-leak design blunders, Chipzilla hit hardest kek! The vulnerability only results in a segfault because AMD does actual security checking, Intel chips do no security checking for their instruction prediction and thus are actually vulnerable to arb...
by Konata
Sun Dec 31, 2017 1:33 pm
Forum: Development Help
Topic: Can development focus be switched from XP to Windows 10?
Replies: 12
Views: 12056

Re: Can development focus be switched from XP to Windows 10?

learn_more wrote:i love the win7 and win10 explorer tbfh :D
I'm glad at least one developer likes 10, lol. I thought they all hated it.
I like 7's too. It feels really cheesy by today's standards, but it's still beautiful.
by Konata
Sun Dec 31, 2017 1:29 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: What would you do when ReactOS would cross XP?
Replies: 7
Views: 12424

Re: What would you do when ReactOS would cross XP?

I'd use it for embedded stuff, if it ever makes it to ARM. Unfortunately XP's API is just way too outdated now, nothing even works on it anymore. I'll still be eagerly watching the project as it transitions to targeting Vista+. I'm actually more interested in the project for embedded/dedicated syste...
by Konata
Tue Dec 26, 2017 12:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Community Changelog: 0.4.8 (Work-in-progress)
Replies: 47
Views: 30605

Re: Community Changelog: 0.4.8 (Work-in-progress)

aw sweet, we can build with clang now?
by Konata
Fri Dec 15, 2017 9:56 am
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: roadmap and priorities
Replies: 31
Views: 19949

Re: roadmap and priorities

I think the only real issue is funding. Like what ThFabba said, it really all boils down to who can do what and wants to do what. ReactOS' life blood is volunteers, which, obviously, cannot be controlled. What ReactOS really needs is funding, whether that be donations or actual funds through corpora...
by Konata
Wed Dec 13, 2017 2:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Please add the modified Lautus-theme of GreenteaOS
Replies: 38
Views: 18836

Re: Please add the modified Lautus-theme of GreenteaOS

What ? We can not use the logo freely(libre) ? Isn't the logo under GPL ? The ReactOS Foundation is (quite understandably) very protective of it's intellectual property. Yes, the source is free and you can do whatever you want with it under the restrictions of the GPL, but the branding of ReactOS a...
by Konata
Tue Dec 12, 2017 6:55 am
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Please add the modified Lautus-theme of GreenteaOS
Replies: 38
Views: 18836

Re: Please add the modified Lautus-theme of GreenteaOS

They're not violating the GPL, GPL only says you have to share your changes, which they are doing. And yes, the issue is they're not giving ReactOS any credit whatsoever, even giving the vague statement "written from scratch", which is implying that they, the Greentea OS Team, wrote it. Th...
by Konata
Sun Dec 10, 2017 11:27 am
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Please add the modified Lautus-theme of GreenteaOS
Replies: 38
Views: 18836

Re: Please add the modified Lautus-theme of GreenteaOS

This is about as deep as their "issues" get, what should they steal and how should they rename it: https://github.com/GreenteaOS/Greentea/issues/97 . I'd be mad, but this "project" is probably going to putter out in, probably a year, my guess :roll: Shame these kids can't do some...
by Konata
Sat Dec 09, 2017 1:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Please add the modified Lautus-theme of GreenteaOS
Replies: 38
Views: 18836

Re: Please add the modified Lautus-theme of GreenteaOS

Checking the website and what do I see? a complete lie. "Greentea OS is a free Windows-compatible operating system, written from scratch, but more user and production oriented. We would first make it *actually* usable for day-to-day use." You are WHAT??! WRITTEN FROM SCRATCH??! LOLOLOLOLO...
by Konata
Fri Dec 08, 2017 4:32 am
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Please add the modified Lautus-theme of GreenteaOS
Replies: 38
Views: 18836

Re: Please add the modified Lautus-theme of GreenteaOS

I like it, I hope it gets added.
You might want to make this a JIRA report
by Konata
Fri Dec 08, 2017 4:30 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Question about Audio !
Replies: 4
Views: 4672

Re: Question about Audio !

Sound in general in ReactOS is horribly incomplete right now, last I checked it only supported one specific bitrate or something. After sound is actually complete the team can probably begin to actually make it work out of the box.
by Konata
Thu Dec 07, 2017 3:32 am
Forum: General Discussion and Feedback
Topic: Filesystems support in FreeLdr
Replies: 4
Views: 2917

Re: Filesystems support in FreeLdr

http://wiki.osdev.org/Ext2

A lot.
It's not going to be something you do in a weekend.
by Konata
Thu Dec 07, 2017 3:26 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: How many of you still use Windows XP?
Replies: 71
Views: 105907

Re: How many of you still use Windows XP?

Keep in mind that the Microsoft Windows XP Point of Sale edition is STILL SUPPORTED. And for such purposes, there is nothing wrong with that. I get so sick and tired of idiots parroting marketoid FUD about "security" and how anything oooold is magically "insecure". Newsflash: Yo...