Mon, 01 Dec 2008
ReactOS free replacement of Microsoft XP
No it is not Linux or a flavor of Unix.It aims to be an OS , which is
binary equivalent to Windows.
I downloaded the live CD iso image and played with a little.
I booted with it on my laptop but it did not boot.
Then I tried it in VirtualBox and was pretty impressed with how much progress has been made by these developers.
I played with for some time and unfortunately it is not ready for prime-time as it is alpha software.Some of the main bottlenecks are limited or no network/wireless support at this point.
Also there is no support for USB/SATA.
But in future I will definitely look forward to using this especially in situations where in there are no viable alternatives to some software on Windows .
More details about ReactOS is @ http://www.reactos.org/
I downloaded the live CD iso image and played with a little.
I booted with it on my laptop but it did not boot.
Then I tried it in VirtualBox and was pretty impressed with how much progress has been made by these developers.
I played with for some time and unfortunately it is not ready for prime-time as it is alpha software.Some of the main bottlenecks are limited or no network/wireless support at this point.
Also there is no support for USB/SATA.
But in future I will definitely look forward to using this especially in situations where in there are no viable alternatives to some software on Windows .
More details about ReactOS is @ http://www.reactos.org/
posted at: 05:13 | category: /cuttingedge | permanent link to this entry
