![]() System development started as a Windows 95 clone, which was discontinued in early 1998 as ReactOS, and has continued with the gradual incorporation of features from the latest versions of Windows. Therefore, it is important to highlight and understand at this point that ReactOS is not a system that uses the Linux Kernel, it is a system created from scratch that follows the FLOSS development model as an alternative to Windows. The ultimate goal of ReactOS is to allow people to use it as an alternative to Windows, without having to replace the software they are familiar with. In addition, the perception of the Windows operating system is also used, so when you are familiar with the Windows user interface, you can use ReactOS directly. This allows Windows applications and drivers to function as they do on Windows systems. The purpose of the ReactOS project is provide a binary compatible operating system with Windows. ReactOS it is written entirely from scratch, it is not based on Linux system and it has nothing in common with the UNIX architecture. In that case the hardware will move to QNX/VxWorks/Embedded_Linux/FreeDOS.ReactOS is a free and open source operating system, is based on the Windows NT architecture reflected in the best design concept. On the other hand, it's getting a bit late and it may miss it's window (pun intended) of opportunity and all hardware that could use it will die first and all the spare parts the manufacturer has will also run out. Just as FreeDOS is here is stay on DOS era industrial hardware, WinNT 4-5.1 era industrial hardware is also here to stay. * There is people to pay when you need a bug fixed * Don't take that much more resource than the original Eventually ReactOS will be good enough for those and it will make business sense to use it. I have been a consultant for a while and can confirm OS/2, eComStatation, COBOL and obscure/ancient real-time OS are common in the industrial world. Many still ship with floppy parallel cable as the main data storage bus. Some hardware systems rarely change over the decades. ![]() I think it will eventually find its niche in the same way FreeDOS is/was hugely successful "commercially". ![]() Plus if your hardware drivers are proprietary, good luck installing it on real modern hardware. > Does anyone here use ReactOS as a productive system? The legacy will live on, but there is better alternatives to ReactOS to keep them running. With applications moving to the Web, desktop applications is less and less a thing. > Does anyone here use ReactOSWindows_software_not_on_native_windows as a productive system?Įither in the Cloud or with Virtual machine, sure. Not to the extent of being free software on day zero, but being designed for Linux and then "ported" to Windows.īeside that a dedicated Windows VM work better if the device is USB/RS232/Ethernet. ![]() These days alternative OS have support for wireless chips on day 0 because Android exists. > Does anyone here use ReactOS Windows_hardware_drivers as a productive system? More recently Valve started to ship Windows games on Linux and macOS based on it. Does anyone here use ReactOS WINE as a productive system? ![]()
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