<Cernodile> I'd twist it around that it's impressive it can even use those files.

Hell it's impressive that everything else is stable

<Cernodile> Yes, it is a hack, but it also shows how mature ReactOS is on the kernel side

<Cernodile> It's a intended "hack", you need to be able to change it if you choose so

<Cernodile> Of course this will get attention from people that are enthusiastic about the project and will share success stories of how stable ReactOS is

@LothaireLaBrebis how many years has it been since you ran wine? If you think you need to load literal Windows components to make it work... hasn't been true for a very long time :P

I mean, it's mostly a non issue, but seeing an open source project which needs closed source stuff to work is... Well... Weird, I think

By the way do you know why @x86corez decided to put that on his channel (I assume it's his channel) instead on the main ReactOS YT channel ?

are you mostly here to be a party pooper? as was mentioned, its impressive on its own that the kernel accepts those files

are you mostly here to be a party pooper? as was mentioned, its impressive on its own that the kernel accepts those files

🙄

Now I'll be serious... Shut the fuck up

you also completely forget the fact that ROS doesn't need those files (unless you decide to fuck around, then be my guest and replace files) as it's still being developed you gotta think ahead for the future

<Cernodile> Many versions of Office work fine in ReactOS, there's ton of CAD software that works too, Modern games don't work on XP anyways anymore.

<Cernodile> Many versions of Office work fine in ReactOS, there's ton of CAD software that works too, Modern games don't work on XP anyways anymore.

Let me correct this : "ReactOS doesn't need those files (unless you decide to try installing something big, such as a modern-ish game, or an office suite, CAD app, and so on, then be my guest and replace files) as it's still developed"

<Cernodile> Maybe he didn't need "many stuff" to get it working, maybe 1 file for sound, then install DirectX? Has that crossed your mind.

<Illen> iirc I did not replace anything, just usual redistributables installation, VBox OGL renderer, and it worked. That's what you would do on Windows too

I mean, it's mostly a non issue, but seeing an open source project which needs closed source stuff to work is... Well... Weird, I think

Most Linux distros include nonlibre stuff ootb

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But will ROS be ready when w7 gets eos-ed Jan 2020? 😊 Also, zfs for ROS (on root) planned?

Judging by the current state of ROS I wasn't really expecting ROS to be "ready" in 2020... Just a fantasy I had... 😊 Will leave windows for good probably, so POSReady for w7 might not be needed by me... 😊 Thanks for the input! Re: zfs: I like the boot evironments, especially installing / updating into BEs. Less chance for an update to screw up the system. No more annoying recovery in such an event, just reboot into previous BE, done.

ROS will probably not even be ready for Windows 8.1 eos ZFS is an interesting fs, but it's far from the best outside server environment

<Cernodile> That "emergency support" won't be free, you'll maybe get 1-2 free years for 7 posready, rest is paid support

yes ZFS is the best by far in pretty much every environment :)

I would love if ReactOS had it (there is an experimental Windows port), but it's not likely to happen any time soon :P