Open Source collection
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 7:09 pm
I've been wanting to put together a disk with Open Source programs for events like Software Freedom Day. There were several Open Source collection disks available at one point, but now there just seem to be a few out there. I could just put all the programs I want to share on a CD or DVD and let the users install to their system. However, I've been thinking it might be an interesting alternative to take a ReactOS live CD and add the programs there so anyone could try them out via VirtualBox, Qemu, etc. Just wondering how feasible the idea is. Most of the programs in the collection would be SDL, FLTK, pdcurses or command line based and they're very portable. So, building them for Windows or ReactOS shouldn't be an issue.
Has anyone done something similar? Any suggestions on best approaches? Are there any projects or documentation you'd recommend checking out? I downloaded the ReactOS source and followed the instructions on the wiki to build ReactOS from source. I also tried the live CD and tried installing the boot CD with VirtualBox. Copied a few Windows programs that I've built from source and they seem to run fine on ReactOS in VirtualBox. What are some good next steps? Thanks.
Has anyone done something similar? Any suggestions on best approaches? Are there any projects or documentation you'd recommend checking out? I downloaded the ReactOS source and followed the instructions on the wiki to build ReactOS from source. I also tried the live CD and tried installing the boot CD with VirtualBox. Copied a few Windows programs that I've built from source and they seem to run fine on ReactOS in VirtualBox. What are some good next steps? Thanks.