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Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2025

by Frank Tornack

Hi all I saw that Daniel Reimer had quite a bit of trouble finding enough supporters for the event in 2024 and that things must have gone pretty wrong in 2023. So this year I would like to take over the reminder and the announcement. I was always happy to see the ReactOS booth in Chemnitz. I usually support projects in Chemnitz myself (mostly Yacy) or am there to help with the event itself. If the Yacy exhibition doesn't work out this year, I would be happy to offer my help. I have already done a few installations of ReacOS, but would certainly need more in-depth "training". But above all I would like to motivate you with this mail to register again for Chemnitz. -- Frank Tornack <frank(a)3server.de> https://do3eet.pages.dev/

2 days, 21 hours

Chemnitz Linux Days 2024

by Daniel Reimer

And the 2nd try, now on general ML, too. Hello guys, I still look for one or two ppl joining us to Chemnitz Linux Days 2024. Somone interested? Of course I prefer these ppl who know the project, like devs and long time community members. https://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2024/en If you wanna take part, ping me here or on https://chat.reactos.org/reactos/channels/clt-2024 please. P.S. If I don't get enough ppl this time, I will cancel our booth there last minute. Something like last year will not happen again. Last year was quite a hassle as the booth always needs at least one person available there. Difficult if you are there all alone most of the time. I had enough sarcasm and aversion regarding our project last year and at least one more permanent person there is the minimum to stand our ground and properly answer the questions of some ppl who show up. There are even a few ppl that claim we have zero interest in new devs and claim to have talked to us in Chemnitz in the past regarding supporting us. This is even possible tbh... I try to write down anything important, but sometimes maybe some things slipped through if there are 3-4 ppl waiting to ask questions. I know that many of our core members think that PR is of no use at all, but this is where I think different. People out there think we are close to complete breakdown of the project, no progress, no devs, no common goal we aim to accomplish and always kicking around new devs that wanna help. Some even thought we already are a goner and were surprised to even see our booth there. This is nothing we should ignore at all! So check your calendars and reply plz! Daniel P.P.S: I already got a reply from a guy from overseas, but I don't think it would be ideal to accept that he comes over by plane and then after a weekend will be discarded again. I'd feel a bit abused by that in his place tbh. Anyways, without some other member who can take over and answer questions on the booth aka a member of the project or long term follower, I won't need to think about that as this would mean that we won't show up in Chemnitz after 10+ years in a row. So... Someone interested in giving a helping hand? Costs is not the problem btw, we have the money to pay for the expenses

10 months, 1 week

Chemnitz Linux Days 2023

by Daniel Reimer

Hello guys, Last try after one person had to step down due to work and rl craziness... I still look for one or two ppl joining us to Chemnitz Linux Days 2023. Someone interested? Of course I prefer these ppl who know the project, like devs and long time community members, but other are free to ask, too. FREE hotel room and FREE food! Maybe even paid train or car fuel costs which I cannot promise 100% right now. https://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2023/en If you wanna take part, ping me please. Daniel P.S: Cmon, where are all the German ROS fanboys -girls?!

1 year, 9 months

Software don't work

by white wolf

1 year, 10 months

Possibly present React OS at LibrePlanet 2023?

by Devin Ulibarri

Hi, I found your project on the GSoC roster, which I also participated in as a mentor for [SugarLabs][1] working on [Music Blocks][2]. I thought React OS looked cool, and cool is precisely a good fit for LibrePlanet. If you think this would work for you, you can apply at https://my.fsf.org/lp-call-for-sessions Sessions can either be in-person or online. Full info on the [initial announcement][3]. Cheers! Devin [1]: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2022/organizations/sugar-labs [2]: https://musicblocks.sugarlabs.org/ [3]: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/libreplanet-2023-lets-chart-the-course-… -- Devin Ulibarri // Outreach & Communications Coordinator Free Software Foundation Join the FSF and help us defend software freedom: https://my.fsf.org/ US government employee? Use CFC charity code 63210 to support us through the Combined Federal Campaign. https://cfcgiving.opm.gov/ GPG Key: 2E0E CE75 F816 2B40 7D66 6767 8797 38E6 D644 0D57 What's GPG? See https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/ for more info.

2 years, 1 month

How can I copy code from ReactOS to mingw-w64?

by Biswapriyo Nath

I want to copy two functions ConvertStringToBSTR and ConvertBSTRToString to mingw-w64 to create a comsupp library. But there is something about license which prevents the addition. How can I copy the code without any issue? Please see this[1] thread in mingw-w64 mailing list. [1]: https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/mailman/mingw-w64-public/thread/CALK-3m…

2 years, 8 months

Setting up a pipeline to bring in student developers for ROS

by Vishal Subramanyam

Hey, I'm Vishal, a student from IIT Kharagpur. I'm not extremely familiar with the ReactOS ecosystem, but I like what I've seen so far. I'm a free software enthusiast and can definitely see the benefits of having an open-source (even if not considered Free/Libre Software by the FSF) OS that can run Windows programs. I want to help set up a student pipeline that helps students, hobby programmers, etc., contribute to ROS and accelerate its development. I have a general outline as to how this pipeline would work and involves convincing professors and course instructors to include (mini)projects and coursework that revolves around contributing to ROS. Apart from this, a student group could be setup that revolves around contribution to ReactOS (there are several students groups, headed by professors, in my college that deal with topics ranging from robotics to machine learning). To achieve this, I believe students need to be incentivized. Students here often desire to have something worth mentioning on their resumes. Instructors also wish to give better quality projects to students rather than recycle old ones every year. I think a combination of all these can be used to funnel at least a few ROS developers every year (even though I'm not one right now). I'm aware of GSoC, and I feel it's not enough. If the ROS community were to set up some sort of an incentive program (not monetary), one that "officially" recognizes student contributions, it could produce a stream of developers who could contribute heavily in the future. I can understand if some people in the community feel that interested programmers will help them anyway and that the efforts that go into this might not produce a proportionate result. But I think students can be nudged towards ROS contribution by simple incentives such as recognition. These outreach programs (not just limited to my college) can, in my opinion, accelerate the development of ROS. Thanks, Vishal Subramanyam

2 years, 8 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, 9 months

Re: [ros-general] Ros-general Digest, Vol 140, Issue 1

by Mitchell Sowa Jr.

On Sat, Feb 19, 2022 at 7:00 AM <ros-general-request(a)reactos.org> wrote: > Send Ros-general mailing list submissions to > ros-general(a)reactos.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-general > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > ros-general-request(a)reactos.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > ros-general-owner(a)reactos.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Ros-general digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. SerenityOS ReactOS Tock Haiku Redox NodeOS and other > open-source operating systems - you don't p2p-swing it as you're > supposed to, man (Sergei Udris) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 20:52:02 +0300 > From: Sergei Udris <sergei.udris(a)gmail.com> > To: ros-general(a)reactos.org, ros-dev(a)reactos.org, > tock-dev(a)googlegroups.com, haiku(a)freelists.org, > haiku-development(a)freelists.org, embox-devel(a)googlegroups.com > Subject: [ros-general] SerenityOS ReactOS Tock Haiku Redox NodeOS and > other open-source operating systems - you don't p2p-swing it as > you're > supposed to, man > Message-ID: > <CA+q3MLx_FYej-= > N_jS7+_6PdcNhqZtw6GhqsaBpt9yAxwu06JQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Ros-general mailing list > Ros-general(a)reactos.org > http://reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-general > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Ros-general Digest, Vol 140, Issue 1 > ******************************************* >

2 years, 9 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, 9 months

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