Re: [ros-dev] New Webserver System

[reactos]

This makes it totally perfect for embedded applications like Set-top-boxes or Routers or why not game consoles right?

/Jaix

----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
From: Emanuele Aliberti [e-mail]
Date: Thu,  1 Sep 2005 06:37:19 +0200
To: ReactOS Development List [e-mail]
Subject: Re: [ros-dev] New Webserver System
> Richard Campbell wrote:
> > Well, i don't know about other devs around here, but i don't WANT 
> > ReactOS to become another XP.
> >
> > Windows XP typically consumes over a GB of space.
> >
> > Remember NT4?  It took between 30 and 100 mb of space depending on 
> > features.  Windows 95?  About 15 MB.  If users want additional apps, 
> > they can either download them, or use a custom ROS distro that will 
> > include such things.  The source tree is cluttered enough as it is.  
> > ReactOS should only include the basic software that earlier versions 
> > shipped with...a notepad clone, possibly a wordpad clone, basic net 
> > utils, etc.
>
> Also the Win32 subsystem is not technically necessary. All Win32 pieces 
> could be moved off the main reactos tree and included as optional 
> linking them from modules. I proposed it years ago. It is not an easy 
> task, though, because setup should know that, if the user asks for no 
> personalty at all, it should install none (now win32 is by default in). 
> Personalities (win, posix, os2, vms, ...) should come on the cd-rom as 
> separate cab files and post install procedures add registry entries, 
> create directoryes etc. A no-personality ReactOS will be a really light 
> OS, perfect for custom text/graphics boxes (you just need writing an 
> entry in the registry for the session manager to start your native 
> program, which will be the only user program in the box (excluding the 
> sm itself).
>
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> :Emanuele Aliberti
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Yours sincerely,
Jaix Bly

[Andrew Murphy]

On 01/09/05, reactos [e-mail] wrote:
> This makes it totally perfect for embedded applications like Set-top-boxes 
> or Routers or why not game consoles right?
>
> /Jaix

ROS is developing an XBOX port :)

Andrew

----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> From: Emanuele Aliberti [e-mail]
> Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 06:37:19 +0200
> To: ReactOS Development List [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: [ros-dev] New Webserver System
> > Richard Campbell wrote:
> > > Well, i don't know about other devs around here, but i don't WANT
> > > ReactOS to become another XP.
> > >
> > > Windows XP typically consumes over a GB of space.
> > >
> > > Remember NT4? It took between 30 and 100 mb of space depending on
> > > features. Windows 95? About 15 MB. If users want additional apps,
> > > they can either download them, or use a custom ROS distro that will
> > > include such things. The source tree is cluttered enough as it is.
> > > ReactOS should only include the basic software that earlier versions
> > > shipped with...a notepad clone, possibly a wordpad clone, basic net
> > > utils, etc.
> >
> > Also the Win32 subsystem is not technically necessary. All Win32 pieces
> > could be moved off the main reactos tree and included as optional
> > linking them from modules. I proposed it years ago. It is not an easy
> > task, though, because setup should know that, if the user asks for no
> > personalty at all, it should install none (now win32 is by default in).
> > Personalities (win, posix, os2, vms, ...) should come on the cd-rom as
> > separate cab files and post install procedures add registry entries,
> > create directoryes etc. A no-personality ReactOS will be a really light
> > OS, perfect for custom text/graphics boxes (you just need writing an
> > entry in the registry for the session manager to start your native
> > program, which will be the only user program in the box (excluding the
> > sm itself).
> >
> > --
> > :Emanuele Aliberti
> >
> > Ros-dev mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > http://reactos.com:8080/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
>
> Yours sincerely,
> Jaix Bly
>
> Ros-dev mailing list
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