![]() ![]() Identical, some parts are very different. Little patching of the nVidia driver binaries. It should be noted, however, that this can only be managed with a Things like nVidia’s display drivers can be used to provide 3DĪcceleration to applications, as shown off by running Unreal Tournament on Strengths of Windows is that there is a plethora of third-party driver support. Use any of the Microsoft-supplied drivers for generic hardware, one of the To be a functional clone of Windows NT 4.0, it now incorporates some featuresįrom Windows 2000 (NT 5.0), XP (NT 5.1), and 2003 (NT 5.2).īecause ReactOS always aimed to be binary-compatible with Windows, a lot ofĭevice drivers can be used directly without modification. Over the years, the focus of ReactOS kept slowly shifting. Legacy-compatibility cruft that it never really had a chance to show off its Unfortunately, it was buried under so much The ability to plug in different personalities and support different userspace It made some very interesting design decisions, such as Haven’t used Windows seriously for a few years, but I am still rather fond Over the years, ReactOS has periodically impinged on my consciousness. Windows NT 4.0, I decided to keep an eye on it. Microsoft is still using it in Vista), this seemed more promising. Roadmap showed that it would be sticking with the NT kernel for a while (and Time, it aimed to produce a clone of Windows NT. In 1998, the project was relaunched with the name ReactOS. It seemed somewhat interesting, but in order to have aĬhance at being useful, it needed a working release and at the time it A little more than a decade ago, I came across a little project calledįreeWin95, aiming to create a clone of Windows 95 in much the same way ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |