Expound 58 and 60 please so we have the full information before I add them.erkinalp wrote: ↑Sat Dec 22, 2018 9:05 am 58. ReactOS will not suddenly deactivate like Windows does just because it missed a phone home.
59. Atom looks cooler than flat-design windows.
60. Unlike Microsoft, ReactOS team will not have to reverse engineer Linux to implement WSL-like functionality. Instead, they will be able to use Linux source code directly.
67 specific reasons for wanting ReactOS:
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Re: 60th specific reason for wanting ReactOS:
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60 specific reasons for wanting ReactOS
58: There is a famous incident happened to Windows activation servers. As usual, Windows 10 system software phoned home to ask whether the software is genuine or counterfeit and assumed counterfeit as he got no reply.
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60: Simple license compatibility issue. We can directly link NTOSKRNL and user-mode Linux together with a simple translator as both Linux and ReactOS are under GPL2. No need to reverse engineer Linux system calls.
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60: Simple license compatibility issue. We can directly link NTOSKRNL and user-mode Linux together with a simple translator as both Linux and ReactOS are under GPL2. No need to reverse engineer Linux system calls.
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Re: 60th specific reason for wanting ReactOS:
60 does not make any sense?erkinalp wrote: ↑Sat Dec 22, 2018 9:05 am 58. ReactOS will not suddenly deactivate like Windows does just because it missed a phone home.
59. Atom looks cooler than flat-design windows.
60. Unlike Microsoft, ReactOS team will not have to reverse engineer Linux to implement WSL-like functionality. Instead, they will be able to use Linux source code directly.
Re: 60 specific reasons for wanting ReactOS:
It does to me. It is related to ENIW. Do you not want ENIW (backwards Wine) implemented on ReactOS?
ENIW would bring you an additional userland. UROP(Unified ReactOS Platform) would be the third.
ENIW would bring you an additional userland. UROP(Unified ReactOS Platform) would be the third.
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Re: 57 specific reasons for wanting ReactOS:
58. Already largely mentioned in the list, I will adapt one of the existing entries to incorporate.
59. Explain, expound please without using a subjective term such as 'cool' which in my mind, means less than warm. If something is better it needs to be proven using something called a fact.
60. Needs a thorough explanation so we don't have to do any research ourselves. Straight-forward easy language please as if from/for a layman.
59. Explain, expound please without using a subjective term such as 'cool' which in my mind, means less than warm. If something is better it needs to be proven using something called a fact.
60. Needs a thorough explanation so we don't have to do any research ourselves. Straight-forward easy language please as if from/for a layman.
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Re: 60 specific reasons for wanting ReactOS
59. You are expecting me to explain a statement on artistic impression of logo in objective facts.
60. Windows is proprietary and Linux is under GPL2. To avoid potential intellectual property issues, Microsoft staff had to reverse engineer Linux system calls to implement WSL. We will not have to reverse engineer, because we can call GPL2 code from GPL2 code without legal issues. We will need to spend fraction of the effort that Microsoft spent to implement WSL. ENIW will be superior to WSL with less effort. Two userlands in one operating systems (Win32, Linux)
60. Windows is proprietary and Linux is under GPL2. To avoid potential intellectual property issues, Microsoft staff had to reverse engineer Linux system calls to implement WSL. We will not have to reverse engineer, because we can call GPL2 code from GPL2 code without legal issues. We will need to spend fraction of the effort that Microsoft spent to implement WSL. ENIW will be superior to WSL with less effort. Two userlands in one operating systems (Win32, Linux)
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-favors open source of Windows 10 under GPL2
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Re: 60 specific reasons for wanting ReactOS
No, I am giving you the reason why I won't include it. I may have been too subtle.
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Re: 60 specific reasons for wanting ReactOS
I'll find an easier description and see if it will then fit the list.erkinalp wrote: ↑Sat Dec 22, 2018 5:01 pm 60. Windows is proprietary and Linux is under GPL2. To avoid potential intellectual property issues, Microsoft staff had to reverse engineer Linux system calls to implement WSL. We will not have to reverse engineer, because we can call GPL2 code from GPL2 code without legal issues. We will need to spend fraction of the effort that Microsoft spent to implement WSL. ENIW will be superior to WSL with less effort. Two userlands in one operating systems (Win32, Linux)
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Re: 57 specific reasons for wanting ReactOS:
Why would we use WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) at all? From what I read in searches, and I could be wrong, that is installed in Linux to add certain Win32 calls to Linux. We are not Linux, and we don't need to provide WSL because Microsoft already has, and Linux users is the audience. WSL is of no consequence to us if my understanding is correct.
Re: 57 specific reasons for wanting ReactOS:
This is really a superb list of letting the unknown users the use of reactos
Re: 57 specific reasons for wanting ReactOS:
WSL adds Linux userland to Windows NT kernel. It is an OS personality like Win32.
ENIW would double our userbase.
ENIW would double our userbase.
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Re: 57 specific reasons for wanting ReactOS:
35. Modified.
No need ever to call Microsoft to re-enable software I have already purchased. ReactOS will never call home to check whether your licence is valid.
51. - Also covers your complaint about Windows phoning home
No need ever to call Microsoft to re-enable software I have already purchased. ReactOS will never call home to check whether your licence is valid.
51. - Also covers your complaint about Windows phoning home
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Re: 57 specific reasons for wanting ReactOS:
I'm not going to add the use of GPL code as a benefit in the context of the WSL-like functionality. It is not clear to me that the ReactOS developers will ever add this functionality. Secondly, as the whole concept of ReactOS is built upon the creation and re-use of open-source code it does not make a lot of sense to re-state this as a particular benefit. I may modify an existing entry to be more clear on open source code and its benefits.
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Re: 57 specific reasons for wanting ReactOS:
I hope nobody minds that I created a loose version of this in paragraph and section format:
https://reactos.org/wiki/Reasons_for_ReactOS
With some polishing, it could be of use to end users who wonder why we want ReactOS.
https://reactos.org/wiki/Reasons_for_ReactOS
With some polishing, it could be of use to end users who wonder why we want ReactOS.
Re: 57 specific reasons for wanting ReactOS:
No, that's lovely, well done - I'll keep this for a while longer and then perhaps migrate myself across.
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