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This should not be needed, but this is a layman's guide, so I will describe where to get your ReactOS iso from.
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This should not be needed, but this is a layman's guide, so I will describe where to get your ReactOS ISO from.
  
 
The release build ISOs have lots of bugs squashed (fixed) and are the most stable at the point of release. They come out about every 3 months, but soon become outdated for testing purposes. If all you want to do, is to see how ReactOS looks and performs, then go for one of these.
 
The release build ISOs have lots of bugs squashed (fixed) and are the most stable at the point of release. They come out about every 3 months, but soon become outdated for testing purposes. If all you want to do, is to see how ReactOS looks and performs, then go for one of these.
  
The trunk build ISOs are the very latest versions and are created every time code is committed to the source tree. These are the ones to go for, if you want to test ReactOS and give feedback for the developers to be able to fix bugs.  
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The trunk build ISOs are the very latest versions and are created every time code is committed to the source tree. These are the ones to go for, if you want to test ReactOS and give feedback for the developers to be able to fix bugs.
  
===Release ISO===
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==Release ISO==
On the front page at '''<nowiki>https://www.reactos.org/</nowiki>''' on the right hand side of the navigation bar, you will find two download buttons <sup>[<span style="color:#600080">'''No1'''</span>]</sup>, click on either button and it will take you to the '''Download''' page for the release ISOs, where you have a choice of down loading a bootcd or a livecd, but there is also a link to the daily build ISOs page, further down this page <sup>[<span style="color:#600080">'''No2'''</span>]</sup>.
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On the front page at '''<nowiki>https://www.reactos.org/</nowiki>''' on the right hand side of the navigation banner, you will find the download link, or there is a large green '''Download ReactOS x.x.x''' button further down the page. Click on either the link or the button and it will take you to the '''Download''' page, where you have a choice of down loading the release '''bootcd''' or a '''livecd'''.   
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File:Download-No1a-FrontPage.png|[<span style="color:#600080">'''No1'''</span>] Front page links.
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File:Banner.png ‎| Download link on the '''Front Page'''.
File:Download-fromNo1a-frontpage.png |[<span style="color:#600080">'''No2'''</span>] The Release ISO download page, with a link to the daily builds page.
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File:Button-1.png | Front page, download release ISOs, big button link.
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File:ReleaseISOlink.png | The Release ISO '''Download''' page link button for the install '''bootcd''' and underneath, the link for the '''livecd'''.
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If you click on either the '''Download Boot CD''' button or the download '''LiveCD''' link, a drop down overlay window will appear, asking you to make a donation. You can either make a donation or scroll down and find the link text
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'''No, thanks. Let's proceed with the download!''' and click on it, you will then be taken to Sourceforge for the down load.
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File:Donate-new.png | Donation ‎drop down overlay window.
 
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If the latest release ISOs, are more then a week old, it is better not use them for testing, because they very quickly become out of date, due to the continual development of ReactOS.</div>
 
If the latest release ISOs, are more then a week old, it is better not use them for testing, because they very quickly become out of date, due to the continual development of ReactOS.</div>
  
===Latest build ISO===
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==Latest build ISO==
On the front page, if you scroll down a little, you will see over on the right side of the page, underneath <span style="font:normal 200% monospace">&nbsp;and more...</span>, the box shown in image <span style="color:#600080">'''No3a'''</span>.
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From the [https://reactos.org/ front page], look for the heading '''Development''' (which is on the left side of the page) and click the link '''ReactOS Builds''' which is just underneath or if you are on the '''download''' page, scroll down the page and click on the '''Get nightly builds''' button. Which ever one you use, you will be taken to the '''get builds''' page.
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File:Download-Nob1-FrontPage.png |[<span style="color:#600080">'''No3a'''</span>] ?
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File:Download-Nob2-FrontPage.png |[<span style="color:#600080">'''No3b'''</span>] Download link.
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File:Download_Trunk_Builds.png | '''getbuilds''' page for the latest (trunk) builds.  
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If you click on the <span style="color:#0050c0">'''Daily builds'''</span> button, it will close the <span style="color:#0050c0">'''Gallery'''</span> section and open the <span style="color:#0050c0">'''Daily builds'''</span> section <sup>[<span style="color:#600080">'''No3b'''</span>]</sup>, to reveal the '''Download here!''' button.
 
If you then click on the '''Download here!''' button, it will take you to the Trunk Builds page <sup>[<span style="color:#600080">'''No4'''</span>]</sup>.
 
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File:Download_Trunk_Builds.png |[<span style="color:#600080">'''No4'''</span>]? Page for the ?daily (trunk) builds.  
 
 
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'''Get Builds page explained:
'''Trunk Builds page explained <small>[<span style="color:#600080">'''No4'''</span>]</small>''':
 
  
 
'''Revision''' - The input box shows the number of the last created ISO. The left and right arrows decrease or increase the number. You can also type a number into the box and press Enter on your keyboard or press the '''Search''' button. This is useful when you want to find a ISO from the past. '''Browse all created Builds''' button with take you away from this page to https://iso.reactos.org/, where there are folders for bootcd and livecd ISOs. Bootcd ISOs go back to Mid Jan 2008, newest at the bottom and the oldest at the top. Livecd ISOs currently only go back to April 2017 (this may alter each year).
 
'''Revision''' - The input box shows the number of the last created ISO. The left and right arrows decrease or increase the number. You can also type a number into the box and press Enter on your keyboard or press the '''Search''' button. This is useful when you want to find a ISO from the past. '''Browse all created Builds''' button with take you away from this page to https://iso.reactos.org/, where there are folders for bootcd and livecd ISOs. Bootcd ISOs go back to Mid Jan 2008, newest at the bottom and the oldest at the top. Livecd ISOs currently only go back to April 2017 (this may alter each year).
  
'''Image Types''' - The check boxes here are only useful when you are searching for a particular build from the past. You can uncheck the types you do not want. The '''Search''' button updates the list of files.
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'''ISO image Types''' - The check boxes here are only useful when you are searching for a particular build from the past. You can uncheck the types you do not want. The '''Search''' button updates the list of files.
  
 
'''<span style="color:#600080">Debug Boot CDs</span>'''
 
'''<span style="color:#600080">Debug Boot CDs</span>'''
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*reactos-livecd-0.4.7-dev-575-g48b2714-x86-gcc-lin-rel.7z
 
*reactos-livecd-0.4.7-dev-575-g48b2714-x86-gcc-lin-rel.7z
  
'''Size''' and '''Last changed''', are self explanatory.
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'''Size''' and '''Date''', are self explanatory.
  
  
<div style="border:1px solid #dd0000;padding:5px">'''Note:''' On the website there are several possibly confusing words, such as '''Trunk Builds''', '''Daily Builds''', '''Nightly Builds''', '''CDs''' and on a link button '''Latest Build!''', these all refer to the 7zipped ISO files that can be down-loaded at the page shown in image <span style="color:#600080">'''No4'''</span>.
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<div style="border:1px solid #dd0000;padding:5px">'''Note:''' On the website there are several possibly confusing words, such as '''Trunk Builds''', '''Daily Builds''', '''Nightly Builds''', '''CDs''' and on a link button '''Latest Build!''', these all refer to the 7zipped ISO files that can be down-loaded from the '''getbuilds''' page.
 
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[[User:Oldman/A_layman's_guide | Layman's guides]]
 
[[User:Oldman/A_layman's_guide | Layman's guides]]

Latest revision as of 01:25, 19 April 2021

A Layman's Guide

By Oldman

List of guides
  1. Testing Requirements
  2. Getting an ISO to Test
  3. How to Compile ReactOS
  4. How to Get a debug log
  5. How to Create a JIRA Issue
  6. How to Use log2lines
  7. Regression Testing
Supplementary guides
  1. ReactOS Installation Stages
  2. Installing from a USB memory stick
  3. Altering files in an ISO
  4. Making wallpaper available in an ISO image
  5. Freeloader boot options
  6. Miscellaneous

This should not be needed, but this is a layman's guide, so I will describe where to get your ReactOS ISO from.

The release build ISOs have lots of bugs squashed (fixed) and are the most stable at the point of release. They come out about every 3 months, but soon become outdated for testing purposes. If all you want to do, is to see how ReactOS looks and performs, then go for one of these.

The trunk build ISOs are the very latest versions and are created every time code is committed to the source tree. These are the ones to go for, if you want to test ReactOS and give feedback for the developers to be able to fix bugs.

Release ISO

On the front page at https://www.reactos.org/ on the right hand side of the navigation banner, you will find the download link, or there is a large green Download ReactOS x.x.x button further down the page. Click on either the link or the button and it will take you to the Download page, where you have a choice of down loading the release bootcd or a livecd.

If you click on either the Download Boot CD button or the download LiveCD link, a drop down overlay window will appear, asking you to make a donation. You can either make a donation or scroll down and find the link text No, thanks. Let's proceed with the download! and click on it, you will then be taken to Sourceforge for the down load.

Note: If the latest release ISOs, are more then a week old, it is better not use them for testing, because they very quickly become out of date, due to the continual development of ReactOS.

Latest build ISO

From the front page, look for the heading Development (which is on the left side of the page) and click the link ReactOS Builds which is just underneath or if you are on the download page, scroll down the page and click on the Get nightly builds button. Which ever one you use, you will be taken to the get builds page.

Get Builds page explained:

Revision - The input box shows the number of the last created ISO. The left and right arrows decrease or increase the number. You can also type a number into the box and press Enter on your keyboard or press the Search button. This is useful when you want to find a ISO from the past. Browse all created Builds button with take you away from this page to https://iso.reactos.org/, where there are folders for bootcd and livecd ISOs. Bootcd ISOs go back to Mid Jan 2008, newest at the bottom and the oldest at the top. Livecd ISOs currently only go back to April 2017 (this may alter each year).

ISO image Types - The check boxes here are only useful when you are searching for a particular build from the past. You can uncheck the types you do not want. The Search button updates the list of files.

Debug Boot CDs

64 bit OS

  • reactos-bootcd-0.4.14-dev-881-gf32e1ac-x64-msvc-win-dbg.7z

32 bit OS

  • reactos-bootcd-0.4.7-dev-575-g48b2714-x86-gcc-lin-dbg.7z
  • reactos-bootcd-0.4.7-dev-575-g48b2714-x86-msvc-win-dbg.7z

Debug Live CDs

64 bit OS

  • reactos-livecd-0.4.14-dev-881-gf32e1ac-x64-msvc-win-dbg.7z

32 bit OS

  • reactos-livecd-0.4.7-dev-575-g48b2714-x86-gcc-lin-dbg.7z
  • reactos-livecd-0.4.7-dev-575-g48b2714-x86-msvc-win-dbg.7z

Release Boot CDs

32 bit OS

  • reactos-bootcd-0.4.7-dev-575-g48b2714-x86-gcc-lin-rel.7z

Release Live CDs

32 bit OS

  • reactos-livecd-0.4.7-dev-575-g48b2714-x86-gcc-lin-rel.7z

Size and Date, are self explanatory.


Note: On the website there are several possibly confusing words, such as Trunk Builds, Daily Builds, Nightly Builds, CDs and on a link button Latest Build!, these all refer to the 7zipped ISO files that can be down-loaded from the getbuilds page.

Layman's guides