I've not tested the above condition yet, but even rebooting today's 29 build would leave my Links with no icon, the Computer etc has it's Icons, just not custom .exe, I'll update my SVN tomorrow and see how it all goes for me.
Thank you for your time.
I'll get involved in the Code side of things soon, I really wanted to see how far things had gotten with ReactOS by testing the games packs. It's clear to me that it's still a grueling process to make a whole OS, I am amazed at the work that has already been done, as I am not an advanced C coder, I'll work more on the things I am good at, Packaging/testing and ideas
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Bit of Raving from me * (Not relating to the thread but some impressions and opinions if anyone's interested):
I am looking forward to the day ReactOS is able to use all the windows drivers and be compatible with all win32 Sub Systems. It's a big job to add each feature, but to make it compatible - I thought that would be near impossible, well done!
Obviously you guys may not be interested in my opinions yet but I'll share the focal points I feel should be addressed sooner rather than later:
Read/Write NTFS (doesn't need to be boot level yet)
USB Mountable file systems (Fat/Fat32/NTFS)
USB WiFi (Webcam and other devices would be nice but not as nice as WiFi)
GUI LAN & WiFi Manager
Windows Driver support for (LAN) Network
Windows Driver support for Audio Hardware and the Mixer functional on real hardware.
Without Connectivity any OS is rendered obsolete in today's world/use EXCEPT:-
if ReactOS could be made to boot from a USB drive and be able to access NTFS then more people would be drawn to use ReactOS as a recovery method, this would of cause boost interest and bug reporting, not to mention the prospects of new advanced members joining in the development side of it.
The main things people want to do on a PC/OS:
Browse the Internet
Listen To Music
Watch Video
Now ReactOS is not quite at a level to offer the above of cause, but in terms of what is most important to get functional first I hope that the focus is on these things, even over File management and GUI customization, I feel these 3 things would open ReactOS up to be suitable for everyday use, I am aware that many of the core features are incomplete, I just want to nudge the development on either of the two options - Recovery environment (including File Management and Mountable file systems) or the use of Multimedia. Trying to split the work up would produce results a lot faster now that ReactOS is semi-stable and has partial complete API/dll core systems.
I understand that even the Device Manager and other core systems are still incomplete, but if you can put a bunch of FixMe's in when you can and focus on all the things to bring a new feature in, it would make the news letters a lot more interesting for people who are wanting to follow ROS progress to the degree they would be more likely to try new versions just to check out how well the newly implemented features are working for them, most people are just trying to help and to make a difference - that means testing and reporting.
I know you guys are avoiding designs and discussions as much as possible, not to mention the team is very small (considering it's a whole freakin OS), but that's what the public want, I mean the rewrites you guys have done over the last few years do not interest the public at all, they don't care what the code looks like, they just want something to use/try.
That brings me to your release schedule, it's too far between public versions to be of any use, this is the annoyance of working with a small team, you can't juggle all the work that needs doing, I've seen so many people on these forums come to ReactOS out of frustration, but many of them aren't able to gain a working relation with the ReactOS Team because they are windows users and many of them are too used of getting what they want with as little effort as possible, I find that is boring for me now, I can't stand to sit and use my PC for mundane tasks that any monkey can do and for the times I have to do them, I try my best to write my own tools to automate them as much as possible. ReactOS isn't complete enough to get the public involved as much as it should be (for it's own good), but it's nearing it now and I just hope it all falls in to place sooner rather than later.
I just wish more devs could be sponsored to work on completing this instead of them usually getting involved in Linux and Android type projects. These two have enough hype and developers to go far, but a Free/Open Sourced Windows compatible OS, for anyone not using OSX, that's gotta be the best option right? Nothing against Linux or android I use them everyday, but I use Windows much more!
Here's to your future
Here's to our future
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