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Aloone_Jonez:
ReactOS has similar memory requirements to XP because it has to effectively emulate XP.
I think there should also be a project to help Linux use Windows printer and scanner drivers using a wrapper. I'm sure it's possible as it's already been done with Wi-Fi and even the NTFS file system driver. Enabling Linux to use more Windows drivers would help combat the lack of hard ware support in some areas.
--- Quote ---Fuck FreeDOS for being too old.
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I wouldn't say that, FreeDOS already has a home on my PC under DOSEmu which can run most DOS games and Windows 3.1 faster than DOSBox.
EDIT:
Here's a screen shot.
There seems to be a bug which causes graphics to be overwritten if a window is placed over another window which is being updated.
Installing Inkscape took about five hours to complete and it doesn't even work, clicking on the icon doesn't do anything no error, no BSOD nothing.
ReactOS has a long way to go.
reactosguy:
Wow, ReactOS has a lot of glitches.
If it takes a long time for them to release the software, why not rework an LXDE esque GUI and simplify it?
davidnix71:
Worker, you can get XP with the expensive versions of 7 if your chipset supports virtualization.
http://www.petri.co.il/installing-windows-xpm-on-windows-7.htm
worker201:
^ Or I could pay $80 and install Windows XP virtually on my Mac. According to live reports, ArcGIS Desktop 9.2 runs better on a Mac running Parallels and Windows XP than it does on Windows Vista or Windows 7. Proving once again that the best PC to run Windows is a Mac.
Calum:
hmm, the main issue for me is that buyers of a computer set (ie: computer plus all the peripherals, software together etc) should always be given the choice of NOT paying for the software. ie: if i buy a computer, i do NOT want to pay for a copy of MS Windows on a new PC for example, because i am likely to just wipe it off the drive anyway.
re: FreeDOS and Linux preinstalled, yes, it's a free country, what the market will bear etc, but here's what i think: any linux user should be able and willing to install it him/herself anyway, so getting linux preinstalled is not helpful. Controversial, possibly, but in my opinion computer users need to be more informed than the average windoid. If you can't even install the system yourself, what with the easy peasy installers they have now, then you probably shouldn't be allowed near a computer unsupervised anyway (let alone with an open wallet!)
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