Internetling

Wow, the ReactOS developer team is really something. When I first heard about ReactOS, I was fairly sceptical. An open source, reverse-engineered Windows? Well, looks like the developer team is on schedule. They actually have a release road-map and are working closely with the WINE project, which ensures an even faster development phase. The alpha OS is available as a LiveCD for download, you can even try it in a virtual machine or just check out the screenshots on the main site.

ReactOS is a descendant of the late FreeWIN95 project. Even though it isn’t a beauty contest winner, it’s the inside that counts. There’s even a DirectX compatibility subproject called ReactX. Will they succeed? I don’t know, but they already have something very cool for us to play with, right?