The only thing worse than its compatibility with Windows programmes in
comparison with Windows itself (which sadly is what actually matters, no?)
is its compatibility with non-virtualised hardware.
What does that mean, specifically?
This is from the front page of the ReactOS website:
The main goal of the ReactOS® project is to provide an operating system
which is binary compatible with Windows. This will allow your Windows®
applications and drivers to run as they would on your
It's not that it allows this use, it's that it's designed for it. I don't
know if there are any libre Windows drivers for anything, but in general,
they're proprietary, and the ReactOS project doesn't aim to correct this.
That being the case, ReactOS used as a completely libre system is
onp...@riseup.net wrote:
ReactOS is designed to use proprietary drivers made for Windows, so I
don't know if it's possible to use it as a completely libre system in
practice. Besides, most Windows applications are built with proprietary
software (e.g. Visual C++), so even if you do get libre
ReactOS doesn't work all that well yet, but when it does, you'll have an OS
that can run less libre programs than GNU/Linux, and probably worse than
GNU/Linux.
Just stick with Trisquel, or some other such FSDG distro.
I always React badly to that OS!
ReactOS is designed to use proprietary drivers made for Windows, so I don't
know if it's possible to use it as a completely libre system in practice.
Besides, most Windows applications are built with proprietary software (e.g.
Visual C++), so even if you do get libre drivers for your
Oh okay.
Down with ReactOS then.
ReactOS is an Free Software and open-source operating system that is trying
to be compatible with Windows applications. And it does just that.
Of course it is its own OS of its own, and runs very well. It's better than
Windows, if course as it follows my love of Freedom.
Windows has libre programs but not many.
Lol. That made my day. Thank. My day has been quite miserable. Edam
studying...
True DAT.
good luck!
Trisquel is awesome.
onp...@riseup.net wrote:
It's not that it allows this use, it's that it's designed for it.
What does that mean, specifically?
I don't know if there are any libre Windows drivers for anything, but
in general, they're proprietary, and the ReactOS project doesn't aim
to correct this.
Do they
Thanks. :D
I also don't recall anything about software freedom that would favor
convenience, or favor one set of APIs over another set of APIs (as might
affect building programs with a Free C++ compiler versus some non-free C++
compiler) without some clear adverse effect on a user's freedoms to run,
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