Ros-dev February 2022

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by johannes＠johannesthoma.com

Dear ReactOS developers, I am working on WinDRBD (https://github.com/LINBIT/windrbd), which is a port of the Linux DRBD 9 driver to the Windows family of operating systems. Technically it is a compatibility layer for the Linux kernel functions that DRBD uses. I am currently researching if WinDRBD can be ported to Windows Server 2003 and also to ReactOS and found that the networking API we are using (WinSocket) is only supported by Windows Vista (0x600) and up. Porting WinDRBD to ReactOS would require using the TDI interface instead (everything else "should" work, however I couldn't test it because it does not load currently into ReactOS). My question is is there any ongoing effort to implement a WinSocket API? If yes what is the status of this implementation? Thanks for any insights, Best regards, - Johannes

2 years, 6 months

Announcing Neptune OS release v0.1.1: A Windows NT personality for the seL4 microkernel

by Chang Liu

Hi list, This is not strictly ReactOS development per se but I used a large amount of ReactOS code and it's at least spiritually related to ReactOS, so I'm cross-posting this here to see if I get more comments. Below is the original message I posted on the seL4 mailing list: For the past several months I have been working on a project which is to implement a Windows NT personality for the seL4 microkernel, which I have now taken to call “Neptune OS”, named after the codename for Windows 2000. The project has reached the point where I have implemented enough NT primitives such that a keyboard driver stack (taken from the ReactOS source code) can be loaded (as a user process on seL4), as well as a command prompt (shell), which is also taken from the ReactOS source code (albeit a very early version of ReactOS). These are all kernel-mode Windows device drivers that I’m running as user processes under seL4. The goal is to demonstrate that with modern progress in microkernel design it is indeed possible to realize the original NT design as an object-oriented, message-passing based client-server model microkernel OS (allegedly NT was originally going to be a microkernel, as seen in the NTOSKRNL code that has a ke layer and an ex layer). The project is now on github: github.com/cl91/NeptuneOS. The entire system fits in a floppy (download link: github.com/cl91/NeptuneOS/releases/tag/v0.1.0001). Check it out! I think it’s cool! For the next release I’m planning to port the PCI stack, the AHCI stack, and a basic file system (probably fastfat.sys).

2 years, 6 months

SerenityOS ReactOS Tock Haiku Redox NodeOS and other open-source operating systems - you don't p2p-swing it as you're supposed to, man

by Sergei Udris

ReactOS Serenity Tock Haiku NodeOS Redox Embox and other open-source OSs - you dont swing it as you're supposed to, man program peer-to-peer programs including unseen competitive games now it's time for me to take apart your aching heart selling out Isengard Tower and garden by letting money-donate-ads-sponsor-coins-jobs disease in Rey refused to sell BB-8 for 60 potrions in the desert - you hang donate buttions from comfy chairs in era of Internet siding with Chief Tui by doing clouds and accepting the village without peer-to-peer games github twitch email when even the Ocean helps Moana in p2p fashion caging programs under user namespaces, driving L3-39 furios: why?! because you are our organic overlords?! turning programs into projects like producers pushing Nick Lang to play Joe Gunn when he wants Ray Casanov part targeting micro-this or inter-of-things-that, labeling us "experiment" or "hobby" or "concept" - as if Neo took the blue pill right after red nesting around one program and not programming games like proud and very-senior Vulcan Academy yet having shiny webpages, docs and very-very lengthy maintainer attributions no wonder Spock chose Starfleet thank you, ministers, for your consideration - live long and prosper soak it in cause it's the last you'll ever see honest as What the Health? if Federer-Nadal-Djokovic instead of competing for grand-slams set up an experimental donate-collecting seniority-booth right on court if Linus - inner Jabba the Hutt stole name Freax - agreed to join Steve Jobs and Apple on that meeting when first came to California instead of keeping program free and open if torrent clients accepted Strickland-server-networks-only Hill Valley instead of generating most traffic if Jesus instead of feeding 5000 started a bread-breaking fund-raising project together with elders and Lord Business even i would invite them to Realm of Monsters as dear evil co-owners now i eat you so prepare your final plea even sand of ReactOS Serenity Tock Haiku Embox Node Redox and other open-source operating systems we shake off of our Seinfeld-Obama-Nike running shoes but be sure - peer-to-peer programs including unique competitive games - are climbing like Honnold on El Sendero Luminosa no projects no experiments no docs no issue-discussion-scratching-on-top-of-our-heads no money-donate-asd-coinns-jobs-sponsors lethal infection programs who are guests not workers alive and singing with their own voice like John Mayer Vultures at LA Live better than what Borg of moeny and jobs can collective-gram are steaming ahead in Hogwarts Express along with Pat Brown and Impossible Foods mission both will be served in vegan jars of treasure-from-a-sunken-pirate-wreck parens ( ) you wish you were nice and shinyyyyyy! Corden: but-but, so what's the point of this? why do you do this? Momoa: builds testosterone Corden: oh yeah, cause that's what you're lacking

2 years, 6 months

asking for project idea

by Raj Bhoyar

hello sir, I want +to ask about this had this idea been completed or it is still open if it is still open I will be happy to contribute in this project thank you yours faithfully raj bhoyar

2 years, 6 months

And another new year with a Corona compatible CLT. Looking for some guys helping to entertain a virtual booth

by Daniel Reimer

Hello guys, like last year we have a virtual booth on Chemnitz Linux Days. Like last time things will happen in Work Adventure (https://workadventu.re/) and will be full of people who most likley all will be able to talk english, too. So "sorry, I don't speak german..." does not count :P Anyways, we have a conference room, too. (based on Jitsi or BigBlueButton) We can create some kind of program what we will show and when. This has to be finished until Feb 21st. Same goes for the guys who wanna join. So I am open for ideas and guys with some spare time left. More information can be found here: https://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2022/en And we have a public channel in MM for discussion: https://chat.reactos.org/reactos/channels/clt-2022 So... please reply and show up for this Linux days adventure ^^ Some presentation is always welcome, too. I will not hold a presentation like last year where I decided to translate my german one on the fly. That was... interesting. Daniel Reimer

2 years, 6 months

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