Exactly, that's the point of Reactos: an open-source OS that could run all your applications, even the non-free ones.

If you want an all free package, use linux.

linooxlee wrote:the git repository of LUK had been open to public:

http://124.160.109.237:8080/?p=unifiedk ... ;a=summary

git it by:

git clone git://124.160.109.237/unifiedkernel.git

Who cares about LUK?

Nope, it cant. We wont overwrite the existant subsystem. I thought this is clear already... No it is not clear. From the pdf http://www.reactos.org/media/docs/2010/arwinss.pdf it seems clear that Fireball intend to replace the existing system with arwinss. And I thought that other developers agreed.

Can you see if there is better application support with Arwinss?

Why not just removing the note on the main page? These kind of endless/useless discussions would stop?

Or put an further date (e.g. November)? Maybe 2 months is not enough... Maybe 4 months would be more realistic and people would stop whining.

if you don't like the direction this project is taking, go find something else better to do with your time than whining. I never meant that. Sorry if I offended you. :oops: I mean it might take 2 or more years to raise $50000 enough to employ someone full time Indian developers could be hired for m...

But more releases gives more visibility to the project. Which would attract new users/testers/developers. :roll: Also Reactos team should try to find a sponsor or another way to raise funds. Then a system of 'bounties' could be implemented, which would lead to more developer work. It works well for ...

Davy Bartoloni wrote:the fully functional future-version of ROS .. will be infectable by windows-viruses... ( if everything works fine )

No. Obviously, ReactOS won't have the same security holes as Windows, since they do not share code.

Yuck! This is ugly!

I never saw an UI that lacks that much consistency as this one!

Source code is there:
http://people.freedesktop.org/~jrfonseca/gallium/

2nd place in 2 categories (and by few votes) it's not bad!!

Really?
Why would Microsoft ever develop linux drivers? That doesn't make any sense.

Microsoft releases Open-source code http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4528 Microsoft’s decison to release 20,000 lines of device driver code under GPLv2 is viewed as a big deal but not that surprising given the context. After all, the only technology Microsoft fears more than Linux is VMware’s b...

I voted for ReactOS. I'm sure you'll win the award!

By the way, I loved your video! Especially Aleksey's pronounced Russian accent!

I prefer if you name it just "Paint"