Windows replacement?

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Bill Turner

A couple of months ago I came across a website where an alternative to
Windows was being developed, one that would run Windows programs
directly. Not Linux+Wine, but a built-from-scratch OS.

Google as I might, I can not find it again. Does anyone know the
address or name of the OS?

Thanks in advance,

Bill T.
 
Bill said:
A couple of months ago I came across a website where an alternative to
Windows was being developed, one that would run Windows programs
directly. Not Linux+Wine, but a built-from-scratch OS.

Google as I might, I can not find it again. Does anyone know the
address or name of the OS?

Thanks in advance,

Bill T.
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Perhaps...

www.lindows.com/

Runs Windows and Linux applications
Regards
Lee in Toronto
 
William said:
ReactOS

http://www.reactos.com/
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The most important objective for this reactos should be *GAMES*!


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Bill said:
A couple of months ago I came across a website where an alternative to
Windows was being developed, one that would run Windows programs
directly. Not Linux+Wine, but a built-from-scratch OS.

Google as I might, I can not find it again. Does anyone know the
address or name of the OS?

Thanks in advance,

Bill T.
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afaik none of them work anywhere near properly.

NT
 
Bill said:
A couple of months ago I came across a website where an alternative to
Windows was being developed, one that would run Windows programs
directly. Not Linux+Wine, but a built-from-scratch OS.

Google as I might, I can not find it again. Does anyone know the
address or name of the OS?

Thanks in advance,

Bill T.
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afaik none of them work anywhere near properly. (Or should I say
anywhere near as crankily as ms windows?)

NT
 
A couple of months ago I came across a website where an alternative to
Windows was being developed, one that would run Windows programs
directly. Not Linux+Wine, but a built-from-scratch OS.

Google as I might, I can not find it again. Does anyone know the
address or name of the OS?
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Are you thinking of this one?

http://www.reactos.org/en/index.html
 
spoon2001 said:
wow ... it seems impossible. I wonder they can possibly succeed. It would
be great. Imagine if a lot of that Linux development effort went into
ReactOS instead. Odd name for an OS, though.
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Yea;

It is a pretty amazing project, no doubt. What really gets me, after
reading on the project's history, is the /tenacity/ of the people
involved. This project has been going on for years and, currently,
they're going through a source code audit.

Considering that MS continues to change API's at breakneck speed, I'd be
daunted but the reactos people keep plugging away! When they get to
beta, I'll be there!

-Craig
 
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Perhaps...

www.lindows.com/

Runs Windows and Linux applications
Regards
Lee in Toronto
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The last time I checked - a year or so ago - Lindows cost about as much
as WinXP. What would be the point?

Bill T.
 
Bill Turner skrev:
The last time I checked - a year or so ago - Lindows cost about as much
as WinXP. What would be the point?
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That's funny, since there was no Lindows a year ago. However, it was
replaced by Linspire about two years ago.

There is a free live-CD available
(http://media.linspire.com/cnr_linspirelive/index.html). But either way,
I believe Linspire is one example of what the OP specifically did _not_
ask for, i.e. Linux with some Windows compatibility layer.
 
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Morten said:
That's funny, since there was no Lindows a year ago. However, it was
replaced by Linspire about two years ago.
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A feeble candidate for Nitpick of the Year. Try again.

Bill T.
 
It is a pretty amazing project, no doubt. What really gets me, after
reading on the project's history, is the /tenacity/ of the people
involved. This project has been going on for years and, currently,
they're going through a source code audit.

Considering that MS continues to change API's at breakneck speed, I'd be
daunted but the reactos people keep plugging away! When they get to
beta, I'll be there!
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Many years ago I was convinced that the WINE project was going nowhere
and they would never keep pace with the fast past of Windows
development being driven by MS.

I was pleasantly suprised when they finally delivered code capable of
running recent verions of Office with fairly decent stability.

It should certainly encourage the ReactOS developers. Just keep
coding!
 
wow ... it seems impossible. I wonder they can possibly succeed. It would
be great. Imagine if a lot of that Linux development effort went into
ReactOS instead. Odd name for an OS, though.
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Impressive...
Bye for now.

Clive.
 
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