![]() Wise wikipedians explain further how this is done: “Typically, a clean room design is done by having someone examine the system to be reimplemented and having this person write a specification. They had to start with something though, in order to know how to produce an operating system that looks, feels and is compatible with Microsoft Windows. Wikipedians say that this term “implies that the design team works in an environment that is ‘clean’, or demonstrably uncontaminated by any knowledge of the proprietary techniques used by the competitor. What React OS does is a process commonly called “clean room reverse engineering”. Isn’t all Windows code owned by Microsoft? Well you’re not far from the truth there, but React OS indeed is legal, or at least they are doing the best they possibly can to ensure that it is legal. You may be wondering about the legality of the React OS project. Rest assured both will have a nice Blue Screen Of Death to accompany the event. What crashes more often, Windows XP or React OS, is the judgement I will leave to you. ![]() Of course, however, in this early stage it cannot be recommended for daily use and occasional crashes and instability shouldn’t come as surprise. ![]() On React OS website you will find many screenshots and even videos showing what you can already do with React OS. If you think that Windows was a true gaming platform (although that is very arguable if you ask me), then React OS will sure be one as well. It can run alot of well known applications such as and AbiWord, and even supports OpenGL allowing you to play some 3D games. React OS developers indeed say that React OS wont need those annoying badly integrated third party tools for desktop customizations as that will be implemented natively.Įven in its rather early 0.3.0 release React OS is quite capable. Some obvious evidence showing that React OS wont be just an exact clone of Windows is its native implementation of workspaces (as you can see in the above shot) and dettachable menus (as you can see below). As a Free OS it can grow with the community growing around it, without unnecessary restraints that proprietary licensing imposes. Some day, React OS may be something we might call “Windows done right”.Īnd the fact that it is free, that its source code is out on the open and that everyone (yes my curious friend, even you) can contribute to its development, eye the code for imperfections, submit bug reports and fixes, only adds up to the potential that React OS has for the future. It would not be unreasonable to assume that at some point React OS will fix the flaws today so frequently exhibited by the Windows platform. As its developers will tell you, and prove with their hard work and dedication over the last 10 years, React OS will not only track progress of the Windows NT-based platform, but at some point exceed its capabilities. React OS doesn’t intend to lack behind though. It essentially gives you a windows-like experience and freedom at the same time. But since Windows is a proprietary operating system completely dependable on Microsoft and its whims, it lacks freedoms that those remaining Windows users may need. Why develop React OS when we already have GNU/Linux and BSD? Well, because React OS developers believe that there are some which will simply never switch to GNU/Linux as they will, for some reason, never find what they believe they have with Windows. In the same sense, React OS is not Windows, although it is very much like it. GNU Project aimed to develop an UNIX compatible operating system that is free (as in freedom) and yet *Not UNIX* as the name itself suggests (GNU’s Not Unix). You may compare the goals of React OS project with the goals of the GNU Project in its early days. Setting up partitions, only FAT32 is supported at this point
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