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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : ReactOS (open source Windows alternative)

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Tinine
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Posted: 05:07pm 23 Jan 2022
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Anyone tried this?
 
hitsware2

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Posted: 06:06pm 23 Jan 2022
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I tried it long ago, but do not remember
the result. Obviously didn't change my life.
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toml_12953
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Posted: 06:52pm 23 Jan 2022
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  Tinine said  Anyone tried this?


I have. It's like going back to 32-bit XP. While it was a good idea back when it started, progress has been glacial and it hasn't kept up with the times. I wouldn't trust it on a network since security updates are few and far between. For playing around with on a standalone machine, it's kind of fun but not for serious use. Recent builds have been pretty stable but don't expect the broad support for all kinds of hardware that Windows has.
 
JohnS
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Posted: 07:29pm 23 Jan 2022
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Could be great in 2050 or 2100.

John
 
Grogster

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Posted: 12:02am 24 Jan 2022
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I had a play with it a few years ago, but decided that if I needed an XP-type system, I would just use XP as drivers and applications just work and XP is as stable as it is ever going to get at this point, whereas ReactOS was unstable when I tried it.

I still use one XP machine to play music 24/7 on my low-power FM radio station.
This machine is NOT connected to the LAN or internet though, it is a dedicated music player and nothing else is on it except for the station software and an audio processing application.
Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops!
 
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