#reactos — Public Fediverse posts

Little shout out to the #FOSS worlds underdog #opensource OS projects:
- #illumos
- #HaikuOS
- #DragonFlyBSD
- #Redox
- #GNUHurd
- #ReactOS

All cool projects that always need some extra hands.

Little shout out to the #FOSS worlds underdog #opensource OS projects:
- #illumos
- #HaikuOS
- #DragonFlyBSD
- #Redox
- #GNUHurd
- #ReactOS

All cool projects that always need some extra hands.

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-10-26

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-08-10-26/

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-10-26

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-08-10-26/

Anyone around here keeping up with #ReactOS?

Anyone around here keeping up with #ReactOS?

Hey guess i should make a introduction post

, I’m Val! I’m an admin assistant, software developer, writer, and political commentator.

I’m into obscure and alternative operating systems—especially Haiku, ReactOS, Linux, and OpenBSD—and I created my own minimalist Linux-based OS, V‑O‑S‑2. I also enjoy breaking software, tinkering with Source games, analog horror, and VTubers—especially Nerissa Ravencroft and Himemori Luna.

Politically right-wing but im not the type to be rude i like talking in a productive manner with people who think differently from myself . Always happy to talk tech, media, politics, or weird internet rabbit holes.

#Introduction #Linux #BSD #HaikuOS #ReactOS #VTubers #AnalogHorror

Hey guess i should make a introduction post

, I’m Val! I’m an admin assistant, software developer, writer, and political commentator.

I’m into obscure and alternative operating systems—especially Haiku, ReactOS, Linux, and OpenBSD—and I created my own minimalist Linux-based OS, V‑O‑S‑2. I also enjoy breaking software, tinkering with Source games, analog horror, and VTubers—especially Nerissa Ravencroft and Himemori Luna.

Politically right-wing but im not the type to be rude i like talking in a productive manner with people who think differently from myself . Always happy to talk tech, media, politics, or weird internet rabbit holes.

#Introduction #Linux #BSD #HaikuOS #ReactOS #VTubers #AnalogHorror

I mean at least we got wine and proton...

#reactos #meme #os

(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

OpenProject 17.6 brings XWiki integration and new agile planning features for backlogs:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/7/openproject-17-6-brings-xwiki-integration-and-new-agile-planning-features-for-backlogs/

Zed Editor Ships v1.10.0 With llama.cpp, Local AI, and Format-on-Save Turned Off:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/zed-editor-1100-released-llamacpp-support-and-formatonsave-off-by-default/

OpenClaw mobile updated with iOS redesign and Hugging Face support:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/7/openclaw-mobile-updated-with-ios-redesign-and-hugging-face-support/

Rust 1.97 brings symbol mangling enabled by default and Cargo support for denying warnings:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/7/rust-1-97-brings-symbol-mangling-enabled-by-default-and-cargo-support-for-denying-warnings/

TypeScript 7.0 launches with Go-based compiler and up to 12x faster performance:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/7/typescript-7-0-launches-with-go-based-compiler-and-up-to-12x-faster-performance/

OpenSSH 10.4 released with critical SFTP fixes and experimental post-quantum signatures:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/openssh-104-released-critical-sftp-scp-fixes-and-postquantum-signatures/

LineageOS introduces web flashing tools, revamped stats page, Android 17 plans, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/7/lineageos-introduces-web-flashing-tools-revamped-stats-page-android-17-plans-and-more/

CalyxOS is back with version 7.2.2, bringing SHIFTphone 8 support and HSM-based signing:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/7/calyxos-is-back-with-version-7-2-2-bringing-shiftphone-8-support-and-hsm-based-signing/

LibrePhone progress report: Ensuring freedom, one blob at a time:
https://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2026/summer/ensuring-freedom-one-blob-at-a-time

Redox OS Gets GTK3 Backend For Orbital Desktop, Fractional Scaling & USB Gamepads:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Redox-OS-June-2026

ReactOS implements first Windows NT6 system call for Vista compatibility:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/7/reactos-implements-first-windows-nt6-system-call-for-vista-compatibility/

This E-Paper PDA Wants You to Ditch Your Smartphone for a Keyboard and Two Tiny Screens:
https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17374265/pocketmage-campaign

Another German State Just Kicked Out Microsoft... Kind Of:
https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17375382/german-state-ditches-sharepoint

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #OpenSourceNews #FOSS #News #OpenProject #Zed #OpenClaw #Rust #TypeScript #OpenSSH #LineageOS #CalyxOS #LibrePhone #RedoxOS #ReactOS #PocketMage #PDA #Dev #Development #Programming #OS #OperatingSystem #CustomRom #FosseryTech

(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

OpenProject 17.6 brings XWiki integration and new agile planning features for backlogs:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/7/openproject-17-6-brings-xwiki-integration-and-new-agile-planning-features-for-backlogs/

Zed Editor Ships v1.10.0 With llama.cpp, Local AI, and Format-on-Save Turned Off:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/zed-editor-1100-released-llamacpp-support-and-formatonsave-off-by-default/

OpenClaw mobile updated with iOS redesign and Hugging Face support:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/7/openclaw-mobile-updated-with-ios-redesign-and-hugging-face-support/

Rust 1.97 brings symbol mangling enabled by default and Cargo support for denying warnings:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/7/rust-1-97-brings-symbol-mangling-enabled-by-default-and-cargo-support-for-denying-warnings/

TypeScript 7.0 launches with Go-based compiler and up to 12x faster performance:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/7/typescript-7-0-launches-with-go-based-compiler-and-up-to-12x-faster-performance/

OpenSSH 10.4 released with critical SFTP fixes and experimental post-quantum signatures:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/openssh-104-released-critical-sftp-scp-fixes-and-postquantum-signatures/

LineageOS introduces web flashing tools, revamped stats page, Android 17 plans, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/7/lineageos-introduces-web-flashing-tools-revamped-stats-page-android-17-plans-and-more/

CalyxOS is back with version 7.2.2, bringing SHIFTphone 8 support and HSM-based signing:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/7/calyxos-is-back-with-version-7-2-2-bringing-shiftphone-8-support-and-hsm-based-signing/

LibrePhone progress report: Ensuring freedom, one blob at a time:
https://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2026/summer/ensuring-freedom-one-blob-at-a-time

Redox OS Gets GTK3 Backend For Orbital Desktop, Fractional Scaling & USB Gamepads:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Redox-OS-June-2026

ReactOS implements first Windows NT6 system call for Vista compatibility:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/7/reactos-implements-first-windows-nt6-system-call-for-vista-compatibility/

This E-Paper PDA Wants You to Ditch Your Smartphone for a Keyboard and Two Tiny Screens:
https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17374265/pocketmage-campaign

Another German State Just Kicked Out Microsoft... Kind Of:
https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17375382/german-state-ditches-sharepoint

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #OpenSourceNews #FOSS #News #OpenProject #Zed #OpenClaw #Rust #TypeScript #OpenSSH #LineageOS #CalyxOS #LibrePhone #RedoxOS #ReactOS #PocketMage #PDA #Dev #Development #Programming #OS #OperatingSystem #CustomRom #FosseryTech

أنجز مشروع ReactOS خطوة مهمة نحو التوافق مع أنظمة Windows NT6، بدءًا من Windows Vista. فقد قام بتطبيق أول استدعاء لنظام NT6، وهو NtGetCurrentProcessorNumberEx، مما يمثل إنجازًا بارزًا. يهدف هذا التحديث إلى توسيع دعم ReactOS لهياكل معالجات Windows الأحدث، وذلك بإضافة وظائف معالج NT6 جديدة. هذه الخطوة تعزز قدرة ReactOS على تشغيل التطبيقات والبرامج المصممة لأنظمة تشغيل Windows الحديثة، مقربًا إياه من هدف محاكاة بيئة ويندوز بالكامل.

#ReactOS #Windows

@leo One Valve game a month would be a great proof of concept for ReactOS. One, two! One, two!

August: Half-Life 2 Episode 1
September: Half-Life 2 Episode 2
October: Portal
November: Portal 2

#ReactOS #LeaveWindows #Valve #HalfLife

@leo One Valve game a month would be a great proof of concept for ReactOS. One, two! One, two!

August: Half-Life 2 Episode 1
September: Half-Life 2 Episode 2
October: Portal
November: Portal 2

#ReactOS #LeaveWindows #Valve #HalfLife

ReactOS implements very first NT6 system call

A fairly big moment for the ReactOS project: it has just received its very first system call from NT6.

The system call that has been added is NtGetCurrentProcessorNumberEx, which is used for returning the processor number of the logical processor that a caller is running on. It’s unclear how long it will take ReactOS to become compatible wit

https://www.osnews.com/story/145428/reactos-implements-very-first-nt6-system-call/

#ReactOS

ReactOS implements very first NT6 system call

A fairly big moment for the ReactOS project: it has just received its very first system call from NT6.

The system call that has been added is NtGetCurrentProcessorNumberEx, which is used for returning the processor number of the logical processor that a caller is running on. It’s unclear how long it will take ReactOS to become compatible wit

https://www.osnews.com/story/145428/reactos-implements-very-first-nt6-system-call/

#ReactOS

Das Open-Source-Projekt ReactOS macht einen ersten Schritt Richtung NT6-Architektur. Mit dem ersten Systemaufruf beginnt die Arbeit an der Kompatibilität zu Windows Vista und neueren Systemen. #ReactOS #Windows https://winfuture.de/news,159762.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

Das Open-Source-Projekt ReactOS macht einen ersten Schritt Richtung NT6-Architektur. Mit dem ersten Systemaufruf beginnt die Arbeit an der Kompatibilität zu Windows Vista und neueren Systemen. #ReactOS #Windows https://winfuture.de/news,159762.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

ReactOS: Half-Life läuft erstmals unter 'Open-Source Windows' - mit niedriger Auflösung und scheinbar nur im Fenster. Dennoch haben die Entwickler damit einen Meilenstein erreicht. #ReactOS #HalfLife #Windows https://winfuture.de/news,159361.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

ReactOS: Half-Life läuft erstmals unter 'Open-Source Windows' - mit niedriger Auflösung und scheinbar nur im Fenster. Dennoch haben die Entwickler damit einen Meilenstein erreicht. #ReactOS #HalfLife #Windows https://winfuture.de/news,159361.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

Intel's Open Image Denoise 2.5 Delivers Solid Performance Improvements For GPUs:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Open-Image-Denoise-2.5

VideoLAN Announces dav2d as an Open-Source and Super Fast AV2 Decoder:
https://9to5linux.com/videolan-announces-dav2d-as-an-open-source-and-super-fast-av2-decoder

GrapheneOS user reported to authorities by age verification company Yoti for using this OS:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/6/grapheneos-user-reported-to-authorities-by-age-verification-company-yoti-for-using-this-os/
(And of course they are playing the innocent, they think they can fool us to believe it was just a "mistake". An age verification company reporting the users of an OS which openly refused to implement any age attestation/verification measures. That must be an accident, right? RIGHT?)

Haiku OS Now Enables AVX-512 Support, Other Hardware Improvements:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Haiku-OS-May-2026

ReactOS Runs Windows Half-Life In-Game on Real Hardware—NT Kernel Driver Win32 Progress:
https://windowsforum.com/threads/reactos-runs-windows-half-life-in-game-on-real-hardware-nt-kernel-driver-win32-progress.425367/

This Month in Redox - May 2026 - XFCE and COSMIC Monitor ported, new package file browser, terminal font customization, etc.:
https://www.redox-os.org/news/this-month-260531/

Asterinas 0.18 Released For Rust-Written, Memory Safe Linux Alternative OS:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Asterinas-0.18

Open-Source RISC-V GPU Vortex 3.0 Adds Full 3D Pipeline, Vulkan, ASIC Flows:
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/318156/20260610/open-source-risc-v-gpu-vortex-30-adds-full-3d-pipeline-vulkan-asic-flows.htm

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #OpenSourceNews #News #Intel #Denoise #OpenImageDenoise #Dav2d #AV2 #Decoder #GrapheneOS #Haiku #HaikuOS #OS #OperatingSystem #ReactOS #Redox #RedoxOS #Asterinas #Vortex #RISCV #Multimedia #FosseryTech

(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

Intel's Open Image Denoise 2.5 Delivers Solid Performance Improvements For GPUs:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Open-Image-Denoise-2.5

VideoLAN Announces dav2d as an Open-Source and Super Fast AV2 Decoder:
https://9to5linux.com/videolan-announces-dav2d-as-an-open-source-and-super-fast-av2-decoder

GrapheneOS user reported to authorities by age verification company Yoti for using this OS:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/6/grapheneos-user-reported-to-authorities-by-age-verification-company-yoti-for-using-this-os/
(And of course they are playing the innocent, they think they can fool us to believe it was just a "mistake". An age verification company reporting the users of an OS which openly refused to implement any age attestation/verification measures. That must be an accident, right? RIGHT?)

Haiku OS Now Enables AVX-512 Support, Other Hardware Improvements:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Haiku-OS-May-2026

ReactOS Runs Windows Half-Life In-Game on Real Hardware—NT Kernel Driver Win32 Progress:
https://windowsforum.com/threads/reactos-runs-windows-half-life-in-game-on-real-hardware-nt-kernel-driver-win32-progress.425367/

This Month in Redox - May 2026 - XFCE and COSMIC Monitor ported, new package file browser, terminal font customization, etc.:
https://www.redox-os.org/news/this-month-260531/

Asterinas 0.18 Released For Rust-Written, Memory Safe Linux Alternative OS:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Asterinas-0.18

Open-Source RISC-V GPU Vortex 3.0 Adds Full 3D Pipeline, Vulkan, ASIC Flows:
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/318156/20260610/open-source-risc-v-gpu-vortex-30-adds-full-3d-pipeline-vulkan-asic-flows.htm

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #OpenSourceNews #News #Intel #Denoise #OpenImageDenoise #Dav2d #AV2 #Decoder #GrapheneOS #Haiku #HaikuOS #OS #OperatingSystem #ReactOS #Redox #RedoxOS #Asterinas #Vortex #RISCV #Multimedia #FosseryTech

Resilience
WindowsNT clone
ReactOS is not linux

This year ReactOS turned 30 🥹
https://reactos.org/blogs/30yrs-of-ros/

> Progress on ReactOS was very slow at first. Contributors had to first build a very basic NT-like kernel before they could develop drivers for it, then continue developing the kernel; not too dissimilar to the process of bootstrapping a new programming language.

#ReactOS #opensource #foss #resilience

Resilience
WindowsNT clone
ReactOS is not linux

This year ReactOS turned 30 🥹
https://reactos.org/blogs/30yrs-of-ros/

> Progress on ReactOS was very slow at first. Contributors had to first build a very basic NT-like kernel before they could develop drivers for it, then continue developing the kernel; not too dissimilar to the process of bootstrapping a new programming language.

#ReactOS #opensource #foss #resilience

🎉 Wow, stop the presses! 🎉 #ReactOS finally joins the 1998 party by running Half-Life. 🚀 Next milestone: Minesweeper! 🔥
https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Running-Half-Life #HalfLife #GamingNews #Milestone #RetroGaming #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated

🎉 Wow, stop the presses! 🎉 #ReactOS finally joins the 1998 party by running Half-Life. 🚀 Next milestone: Minesweeper! 🔥
https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Running-Half-Life #HalfLife #GamingNews #Milestone #RetroGaming #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated

ReactOS (FOSS "Windows") achieves 3D-accelerated Half-Life on real hardware

https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Running-Half-Life

#HackerNews #ReactOS #FOSS #gaming #HalfLife #3Daccelerated #openSource

ReactOS (FOSS "Windows") achieves 3D-accelerated Half-Life on real hardware

https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Running-Half-Life

#HackerNews #ReactOS #FOSS #gaming #HalfLife #3Daccelerated #openSource

｢ ReactOS has been in development for 28 years now and today its developers are noting on X the ability to run the Windows version of Half-Life. Some years ago were reports of the Half-Life game at least initializing under ReactOS while given today's X coverage, it seems to be the first time reported of the game successfully running on ReactOS and handling it in-game. ｣

https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Running-Half-Life

#reactos #halflife #osdev #opensource

｢ ReactOS has been in development for 28 years now and today its developers are noting on X the ability to run the Windows version of Half-Life. Some years ago were reports of the Half-Life game at least initializing under ReactOS while given today's X coverage, it seems to be the first time reported of the game successfully running on ReactOS and handling it in-game. ｣

https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Running-Half-Life

#reactos #halflife #osdev #opensource

Lilbits: Half Life on ReactOS, a mouse with a horizontal scroll wheel, and MS PowerToys 0.100

These days you can play plenty of Windows games on Linux PCs thanks to Valve’s proton software. And a growing number of games that were originally made for Windows have also been ported to run natively on Linux.

All of which is to say that if you really want to run an older PC game like Half Life on an open source operating system, you have plenty of options for doing that. But it’s still […]

ReactOS is an open source operating system designed to let you run Windows applications without installing Windows. Under development for nearly 3 decades, it's still in Alpha. But now you can run Half-Life on it (a game from 1998). https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Running-Half-Life #ReactOS #HalfLife #OpenSource

ReactOS is an open source operating system designed to let you run Windows applications without installing Windows. Under development for nearly 3 decades, it's still in Alpha. But now you can run Half-Life on it (a game from 1998). https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Running-Half-Life #ReactOS #HalfLife #OpenSource

There are benchmarks … and then there are BENCHMARKS:

“#ReactOS, the open-source operating system working for binary compatibility with Microsoft #Windows computer programs and drivers, has reached the milestone of being able to enjoy the classic game Half-Life running on this open-source platform.“

https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Running-Half-Life

#HalfLife #retrogaming

There are benchmarks … and then there are BENCHMARKS:

“#ReactOS, the open-source operating system working for binary compatibility with Microsoft #Windows computer programs and drivers, has reached the milestone of being able to enjoy the classic game Half-Life running on this open-source platform.“

https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Running-Half-Life

#HalfLife #retrogaming

#ReactOS "Open-Source Windows" Reaches The Milestone Of Being Able To Run Half-Life

https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Running-Half-Life

@phoronix If #Microsoft really embraced "open source" they would have got involved in #ReactOS, migrating all their libraries to it.

Un traguardo inatteso per uno dei progetti più ambiziosi del software libero: ReactOS compie i primi passi su ARM64 #ReactOS #ARM64 #WindowsCompat #Linux

https://www.linuxeasy.org/reactos-avvia-kernel-arm64/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

#ReactOS Now Running On ARM64 In Experimental Form

https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-On-ARM64-Experiment

@ShadSterling @Athena This is why communities like #ReactOS that when asked about permissible behavior they merely point at the Rust CoC and I'm like "But how is that interpreted and enforced?"

It looks good on paper, but here is the Rust project itself saying ethics do not drive their decisions.