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ReactOS on ARM.
Re: ReactOS on ARM.
Nice, i'd like another os for my xoom.
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Andrew Tapferke
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Re: ReactOS on ARM.
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Re: ReactOS on ARM.
Didn't the last build crash before the boot logo ?linuxlove wrote:Does it boot to GUI mode?
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Re: ReactOS on ARM.
I know little about this subject, but what kind of things work internally at this stage?
Re: ReactOS on ARM.
'tis cool I guess, but realistically what good would it be? Just for the sake of getting it running, I suppose?
Re: ReactOS on ARM.
I'm waiting for compatibility with the Allwinner A10. Maybe even the RasPi. ReactOS on a tablet would be fun indeed.
Re: ReactOS on ARM.
I'd quite like the source of this. Or the required patches.
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Last I checked, ARM wasn't actively maintained, and it shouldn't be being done in trunk, so unless someone has a branch I've missed.
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NetBSD is easier to port to that and other ARM hardware,it runs already on Apple's Time Capsule and a few their routers(old ARM9) but the HW dependent code is not FOSS.
The project scrapped the old Darwin kernel interface emulation and a few others like OSF/1 for 6.0.
If someone brings that back and adds ARM specific code he can run Apples binaries and their GUI like I ran Linux programs on my NetBSD x86.
The project scrapped the old Darwin kernel interface emulation and a few others like OSF/1 for 6.0.
If someone brings that back and adds ARM specific code he can run Apples binaries and their GUI like I ran Linux programs on my NetBSD x86.
Stephen Elop….I curse you, that after your death your soul will be forever trapped in the sourcecode of Windows and one day Microsoft will fall because of that virus code!
Re: ReactOS on ARM.
A potential problem I see with this is that the programs for ReactOS (Firefox, Opera, VLC, etc.) are written for x86, not ARM. Maybe use some Windows CE programs?
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hounsell
Re: ReactOS on ARM.
Windows CE Programs use a different API - It's Win32-like, but not Win32. As long as the programs have been written sensibly, and source is available, porting "x86" programs might not be as hard as you think.wjack12 wrote:A potential problem I see with this is that the programs for ReactOS (Firefox, Opera, VLC, etc.) are written for x86, not ARM. Maybe use some Windows CE programs?
Re: ReactOS on ARM.
That would be a great port.
A full Win32 API, not the horribly thing that Metro is, for ARM!
But I don't quite see the usefulness of it on a touchscreen, more on something like the Genesi Smartbook or the Raspberry Pi.
Of course the apps would be a problem, but as PE is already supported on ARM (although compilers currently target only WinCE API), it wouldn't be so difficult to port opensource ones.
A full Win32 API, not the horribly thing that Metro is, for ARM!
But I don't quite see the usefulness of it on a touchscreen, more on something like the Genesi Smartbook or the Raspberry Pi.
Of course the apps would be a problem, but as PE is already supported on ARM (although compilers currently target only WinCE API), it wouldn't be so difficult to port opensource ones.