Re: [ros-general] ReactOS newbee

[flamer]

Casper Hornstrup wrote:

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> >  -----Original Message-----
> > From: ros-general-bounces(a)reactos.com 
> > [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of flamer
> > Sent: 2. januar 2002 18:40
> > To: ros-general(a)reactos.com
> > Subject: [ros-general] ReactOS newbee
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> > Hi there..
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> > I like what i have seen of ReactOS so far, If ReactOS is 
> > emulating the windows API will it have the same virus 
> > vunrabilaties etc...
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> It depends. Are you thinking of virusses that exploit flaws in
> the software or virusses that use the Windows APIs like
> applications are supposed to? If the former, ReactOS is likely to
> not have the same vulnerbilities as Windows. ReactOS has different
> vulnerbilities though. If the latter, then yes. Virusses play by
> the same rules as other applications. If you run all your
> applications under a privileged account then you are more vulnerable
> than if you use an account with the minimum privileges needed. This
> rule applies no matter which OS you use.
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true ... :-)

> >  Is it a heavy
> > OS like windows ... you are stuck with the GUI 
> > etc, and can't do much trimming ..
> > eg I use linux for my servers, without a gui to save on resources ....
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> It is a 13MB CD. I would call that a light OS.
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> On a side note, I don't believe you save that many resources by
> removing the GUI. Most modern operating systems (ReactOS and Linux
> included) has virtual memory support so when eg. the GUI isn't used,
> most of the contents of the physical memory used by the GUI will be
> written to disk and the physical memory is freed for other purposes.
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personaly if feel  the process for moving data data between ram + swop 
space should be minimised , as it's waisted perfomance, but I'm no guru :-)

I think ReactOS is a good option for people who cant get past the 
windows mindset, I'm going too have a good look at it.

If you need a tester, I'm game :-)

I know it's not linux but it's opensource so if you have info i can post 
on my site  let me know  ..

 

> >  Many thanks
> > Gregory Machin
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