X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/aaa4c91a717f6a58dc011becf0199d34ceed3e9f..a72e5052cfe4e2fc68f64bf1fe580b9ba31e496f:/blog/index.rss diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss index 08777f9cbc..b69ae17d2d 100644 --- a/blog/index.rss +++ b/blog/index.rss @@ -6,6 +6,63 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + ReactOS Windows clone - nice free software + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ReactOS_Windows_clone___nice_free_software.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ReactOS_Windows_clone___nice_free_software.html + Tue, 1 Apr 2014 12:10:00 +0200 + <p>Microsoft have announced that Windows XP reaches its end of life +2014-04-08, in 7 days. But there are heaps of machines still running +Windows XP, and depending on Windows XP to run their applications, and +upgrading will be expensive, both when it comes to money and when it +comes to the amount of effort needed to migrate from Windows XP to a +new operating system. Some obvious options (buy new a Windows +machine, buy a MacOSX machine, install Linux on the existing machine) +are already well known and covered elsewhere. Most of them involve +leaving the user applications installed on Windows XP behind and +trying out replacements or updated versions. In this blog post I want +to mention one strange bird that allow people to keep the hardware and +the existing Windows XP applications and run them on a free software +operating system that is Windows XP compatible.</p> + +<p><a href="http://www.reactos.org/">ReactOS</a> is a free software +operating system (GNU GPL licensed) working on providing a operating +system that is binary compatible with Windows, able to run windows +programs directly and to use Windows drivers for hardware directly. +The project goal is for Windows user to keep their existing machines, +drivers and software, and gain the advantages from user a operating +system without usage limitations caused by non-free licensing. It is +a Windows clone running directly on the hardware, so quite different +from the approach taken by <a href="http://www.winehq.org/">the Wine +project</a>, which make it possible to run Windows binaries on +Linux.</p> + +<p>The ReactOS project share code with the Wine project, so most +shared libraries available on Windows are already implemented already. +There is also a software manager like the one we are used to on Linux, +allowing the user to install free software applications with a simple +click directly from the Internet. Check out the +<a href="http://www.reactos.org/screenshots">screen shots on the +project web site</a> for an idea what it look like (it looks just like +Windows before metro).</p> + +<p>I do not use ReactOS myself, preferring Linux and Unix like +operating systems. I've tested it, and it work fine in a virt-manager +virtual machine. The browser, minesweeper, notepad etc is working +fine as far as I can tell. Unfortunately, my main test application +is the software included on a CD with the Lego Mindstorms NXT, which +seem to install just fine from CD but fail to leave any binaries on +the disk after the installation. So no luck with that test software. +No idea why, but hope someone else figure out and fix the problem. +I've tried the ReactOS Live ISO on a physical machine, and it seemed +to work just fine. If you like Windows and want to keep running your +old Windows binaries, check it out by +<a href="http://www.reactos.org/download">downloading</a> the +installation CD, the live CD or the preinstalled virtual machine +image.</p> + + + Debian Edu interview: Roger Marsal http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_Edu_interview__Roger_Marsal.html @@ -122,7 +179,7 @@ gjenopprettet balansen.</p> <p>Jeg regner med at nettutgaven dukker opp på <a href="http://tv.nrk.no/program/koid75005313/tema-dine-digitale-spor-datalagringsdirektivet">NRKs -side om filmen om datalagringsdirektivet</a> om frem dager. Hold et +side om filmen om datalagringsdirektivet</a> om fem dager. Hold et øye med siden, og tips venner og slekt om at de også bør se den.</p> @@ -675,37 +732,5 @@ på hasjbrukere</a> - aftenposten.no</li> - - New home and release 1.0 for netgroup and innetgr (aka ng-utils) - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/New_home_and_release_1_0_for_netgroup_and_innetgr__aka_ng_utils_.html - http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/New_home_and_release_1_0_for_netgroup_and_innetgr__aka_ng_utils_.html - Sat, 22 Feb 2014 21:45:00 +0100 - <p>Many years ago, I wrote a GPL licensed version of the netgroup and -innetgr tools, because I needed them in -<a href="http://www.skolelinux.org/">Skolelinux</a>. I called the project -ng-utils, and it has served me well. I placed the project under the -<a href="http://www.hungry.com/">Hungry Programmer</a> umbrella, and it was maintained in our CVS -repository. But many years ago, the CVS repository was dropped (lost, -not migrated to new hardware, not sure), and the project have lacked a -proper home since then.</p> - -<p>Last summer, I had a look at the package and made a new release -fixing a irritating crash bug, but was unable to store the changes in -a proper source control system. I applied for a project on -<a href="https://alioth.debian.org/">Alioth</a>, but did not have time -to follow up on it. Until today. :)</p> - -<p>After many hours of cleaning and migration, the ng-utils project -now have a new home, and a git repository with the highlight of the -history of the project. I published all release tarballs and imported -them into the git repository. As the project is really stable and not -expected to gain new features any time soon, I decided to make a new -release and call it 1.0. Visit the new project home on -<a href="https://alioth.debian.org/projects/ng-utils/">https://alioth.debian.org/projects/ng-utils/</a> -if you want to check it out. The new version is also uploaded into -<a href="http://packages.qa.debian.org/n/ng-utils.html">Debian Unstable</a>.</p> - - -