Fwd: Ros-announce Digest, Vol 12, Issue 1

[Aleksey Bragin]

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>   From: Matthew Coburn <coburn.matthew(a)gmail.com>
>  Date: May 1, 2009 7:21:58 AM GMT+04:00
>  To: ros-announce(a)reactos.org
>  Subject: Re: Ros-announce Digest, Vol 12, Issue 1
>
>
>  Hello ReactOS Team,
>
>  I'm just emailing to let you know what I think of ReactOS v0.3.9.
>
>  I played around with the LiveCD flavor of it. Despite it crashing and
>  blue screening on my Acer Aspire One, I tried it on my Lenovo 3000
>  N100. It worked fine, however ReactOS did not detect my USB Keyboard
>  or Mouse.
>
>  My sound card in my Lenovo is a SoundMax HD Intergrated Audio using
>  the Microsoft UAA Sound Bus Driver. In ReactOS, it didn't detect it.
>  I'm guessing it didn't support it.
>
>  Would ReactOS have a Web Browser when it blooms in a beta release? I'm
>  just curious to know as this looks as a Windows 2K3 Workstation Clone
>  (ReactOS Pro v5.2.3790 SP1) which is somewhat convinicing that it's
>  loading into a really good OS. (Was this done to 'hide' the 0.3.9
>  version number?)
>
>  The GUI needs some work, but I guess as the GUI was built using  
>  WINE, It's okay.
>
>  Other than that, when I have working USB support, Video (Intel GMA945)
>  and Sound, I may jump off the Microsoft ship and become more involved
>  with ReactOS.
>
>  I've been a Linux user for a while, but I believe that ReactOS has
>  potiental. Linux and WINE didn't cut the cake as some apps didn't run
>  in WINE like MS .NET apps.
>
>  Does the Installer version have more apps when it's installed?
>
>  Cheers,
>  Matthew C.