ReactOS Forum

dizt3mp3r wrote: ↑Sat Nov 24, 2018 1:08 pm The 64bit version is not a priority at the moment.

njlyf2011 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 24, 2018 12:14 pm I really want to know when ReactOS x64 can run as well as ReactOS x86.
ReactOS MSVC x64 in the Daily Build page does not work properly.

dizt3mp3r wrote: ↑Sat Nov 24, 2018 1:08 pm There is no date for the 64bit version of ReactOS. The 64bit version is not a priority at the moment.

njlyf2011 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 25, 2018 5:17 am Why not give priority to the x64 version? 64-bit operating systems have become mainstream, and some operating systems such as Ubuntu have abandoned 32-bit system images in the new default desktop version. If don't support x64, ReactOS may not have a chance to run directly on the new hardware platform.

theuserbl wrote: ↑Sun Nov 25, 2018 6:13 am

njlyf2011 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 25, 2018 5:17 am Why not give priority to the x64 version? 64-bit operating systems have become mainstream, and some operating systems such as Ubuntu have abandoned 32-bit system images in the new default desktop version. If don't support x64, ReactOS may not have a chance to run directly on the new hardware platform.

Because the goal of ReactOS 1.0 is to be Windows XP / Windows Server 2003 compatible.
Although there exists a 64bit Windows XP, it wasn't used much. The most user used the 32bit Windows XP.

After ReactOS 1.0, there comming new goals like 64bit, support of Win7 and Win10 driver, compatiblity to Win7 and Win10, etc.

But currently ReactOS is still on the way to 1.0.

Greetings
theuserbl

Lloyd499 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 29, 2018 8:09 am When do you think ROS will be working for daily use?

Ancient wrote: ↑Fri Nov 30, 2018 2:14 am Under the current development modality, probably never. However, my hope is a shift in development initiative will come. There is nothing wrong with the developers, there aren't enough of them, and they lack time to do a lot of the work. Interest by a corporate or academic sponsor could be helpful. Maybe MIT or some such. It can't just be cash, flooding even a million dollars into ROS would probably not help it as digesting that much cash would cause other issues. Organic reorganization may occur with different thinking about development over time, which may eventually allow ROS development to flower. That no academic institution is interested in ROS and is adopting it, seems odd to me. Even WINE got cash from Valve to develop Proton. Why invest only in WINE when this is an entire operating system which with similar investment could be made to surpass WINE for Valve's purposes. Even SONY may find ROS useful in a future console, everything is Ryzen 64 bit in future consoles.

My hope is ROS eventually attracts useful attention from someone in business or an academic who can help imbue it with the development resources it is starved for without substantially changing it's mission or disrupting current contributors. My attendance here is to witness and see which way ROS goes, it is at a point that within a few years it will be dead, or the most interesting thing since Linux.

Zombiedeth wrote: ↑Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:01 am
I believe Valve is supporting WINE because it's ready to play games now with the long term goal of making Linux a viable gaming platform. ReactOS is not at that point yet. A hardware compatible USB stack will go a long way towards drawing more man power to the project i'm sure that will be a turning point.

Ancient wrote: ↑Fri Nov 30, 2018 7:24 am

Zombiedeth wrote: ↑Fri Nov 30, 2018 4:01 am

The developers here seem to believe USB boot isn't a priority or is too difficult to implement at this time. Personally my belief is not having this is about the most harmful decision made at this time.