ok,
i'm done asking,,,thanks for your replies,,,i'm still stuck, but i'll ask somewhere else,,

well, I have to say,, it's interesting, but maybe I'm asking the wrong questions? Lets say I wanted the shell from ReactOS. Linux has desktop environments or managers KDE,XFCE GNOME and so on, can ReactOS shell or interface,or desktop , i'm not sure what you would call it, be used on a linux system?...

SDC,
thanks for that reply,,,I was thinking it was possible to run linux apps on ReactOS,,,i'm all good now,,,I just need to find a programmer who will do the porting!! or is that something I can do? i'm no programmer
Trailboss

wine is so linux can run windows apps. I don't need wine. Since ReactOS uses wine, ReactOS is linux,,,right? if thats the case,,it should be able to run linux apps. I don't understand why I can't get a straight answer. What is ReactOS kernel,,linux? Wine is used heavenly to run windows apps, I'm say...

Well i'm not saying for the ReactOS team to do anything, i'm just asking questions. No I don't mean a OS that runs windows and linux apps. My whole point is ReactOS theme is just like windows. The shell or API,,,i'm guessing is what linux needs. Windows API runs almost all apps, and I believe ReactO...

I just wanted to know if ReactOS can run linux apps, threw porting and if anyone has done any porting. What about the API could it be used on a linux system?

As stated before, i'm not a programmer, but I read if any Operating System is POSIX ,,than it can be ported,,,, if ReactOS is POSIX,,, porting may not be easy, but porting linix apps can happen...is this right?
thanks
Trailboss

but I did not ask that, I asked if it's possible for the ReactOS base or kernel, to run linux apps? I don't think the question is crazy and the idea is good. WHY? well ReactOS is not linux, but it is a clone of windows, Since windows is still the best user friendly Operating System and the most used...

so your saying get the windows drivers, for my audio and ethernet card and all drivers not loaded,,, and than I would have to put on cd or floppy and than try and install on ReactOS?

I am wondering, can the ReactOS kernel be used with linux apps? Could a person port to run linux apps and not windows apps?

thats my problem, It did not load the driver for my ethernet card. What do I do to get online? I know dialup is not supported yet.
thanks

what about getting on the internet, threw ethernet?

hi, I tried a older version before and I been waiting on 3.7 to try again, but I went an downloaded 3.6. I got it installed, but no internet or sound. DID I miss something? It's running nicely on everything thats installed, but with no internet, i'm stuck. I think this will be the most used OS behin...

hi,
I am wanting to know if anyone made their own build from ReactOS? I did not see any posting and wanted to know if there are custom builds or forks? please post here.
thanks
Trailboss

the reason I asked that, is I tried ReactOS and I have had problems with it, but still, when it's done and working, why would anyone want to make a OS from any other base than ReactOS? It's fast and very different from linux. I just see ReactOS as the model for any new distro, once it's done. I trie...