ReactOS Working On A Community Windows OS

[moilami]

ReactOS, a new mom & pap OS?

[Dukenukemx]

ReactOS, a new mom & pap OS?

It's been around for a long time.

[dee.]

Because GNU/Linux is a mess on the Desktop

Well, going by that logic, FreeBSD is an even worse mess on the desktop.

One version of FreeBSD offers multiple different open source desktops, another is being sold as a semi-proprietary bundle under an entirely different name "OS X" and is entirely incompatible with the FOSS version of FreeBSD, yet another is being bundled on a console named PS4 and is also entirely incompatible with the other two FreeBSD's. Want to build an application that runs on all three of these FreeBSD's? You can't.

[jayrulez]

Well, going by that logic, FreeBSD is an even worse mess on the desktop.

One version of FreeBSD offers multiple different open source desktops, another is being sold as a semi-proprietary bundle under an entirely different name "OS X" and is entirely incompatible with the FOSS version of FreeBSD, yet another is being bundled on a console named PS4 and is also entirely incompatible with the other two FreeBSD's. Want to build an application that runs on all three of these FreeBSD's? You can't.

OS X is not a version of FreeBSD.

[grndzro]

OS X is not a version of FreeBSD.

From Wikipedia
OS X is based upon the Mach kernel. Certain parts from FreeBSD's and NetBSD's implementation of Unix were incorporated in NeXTSTEP, the core of Mac OS X. NeXTSTEP was the graphical, object-oriented, and UNIX-based operating system developed by Steve Jobs' company NeXT after he left Apple in 1985.[16] While Jobs was away from Apple, Apple tried to create a "next-generation" OS through the Taligent, Copland and Gershwin projects, with little success.[17]

[jayrulez]

From Wikipedia
OS X is based upon the Mach kernel. Certain parts from FreeBSD's and NetBSD's implementation of Unix were incorporated in NeXTSTEP, the core of Mac OS X. NeXTSTEP was the graphical, object-oriented, and UNIX-based operating system developed by Steve Jobs' company NeXT after he left Apple in 1985.[16] While Jobs was away from Apple, Apple tried to create a "next-generation" OS through the Taligent, Copland and Gershwin projects, with little success.[17]

Yes...???

[grndzro]

Yes...???

You obviously like to be argumentative.
In essence yes OSX is a version of freeBSD it used the Mach kernel and many other parts.
Just like Linux distro's use different packages. They are all still Linux.

[jayrulez]

You obviously like to be argumentative.
In essence yes OSX is a version of freeBSD it used the Mach kernel and many other parts.
Just like Linux distro's use different packages. They are all still Linux.

Nope and nope.

OS X does use BSD licensed components and components from FreeBSD but it is not a version of FreeBSD

[russofris]

Again though, what advantage is there to ReactOS over WINE? Since ReactOS relies on WINE, it can't run anything that WINE can't run anyway, so really, why even bother?

The two projects complement each other., they do not compete against one another. What is good for one can only make the other stronger as well. That's why we bother.

ReactOS does leverage quite a bit of Wine, but not in the manner you seem to indicate, nor is the software that they are able to run matched in the manner you indicate.

WINE reimplements the Windows APIs
ReactOS reimplements Windows

They are both wonderful things.

[russofris]

Nope and nope.

OS X does use BSD licensed components and components from FreeBSD but it is not a version of FreeBSD

Indeed. We even have a special term in the english language, and in copyright law, for the relationship between OSX and the components that it is 'derived' from.