![]() Once you have that setup, proceed and restart your PC make the changes in your BIOS or UEFI setup as needed. Using UNetbootin is pretty straightforward, plug in your USB drive into a Windows PC (the software autodetects) and select your React OS image as seen in the image below and click start – should be done in seconds (note, depending on your PC and the speed of your drive, it might take longer). However, it has a bit of similarity in installation procedure cause well, yeah I first tried installing in Virtualbox too so in truth, the guide will work just as well.Īfter you might have downloaded the image, you should get a good tool UNetbootin to write it on a USB drive – which is the officially recommended tool and it doesn’t require any extra configuration. You want to head over to React OS’s official website to download the BootCD image – as that’s what we’ll be using in this installation guide.Īlso, if you aren’t feeling enthusiastic about slapping this baby on your PC YET, you can as well try it out using the LiveCD system or heck, the same installable BootCD in Virtualbox (yeah, please go figure, this isn’t a virtual box installation guide. Now please join me already down below.Īs usual, pre-requisites, we must get. This is, however, not a review nonetheless, we might have that up for you in the long run, hence, I’ll proceed to fulfill the sole intent of this article – which, of course, is the installation procedure of React OS. Given its alpha status I could say things might be a bit buggy for some folks, there might be quite a few glitches here and there depending on your hardware but there’s a good resource on their supported list of components that will function well with the OS without much of an issue.īeen using it on a Lenovo Core i3 Ivybridge Thinkpad laptop so far and I must confess it’s been a soothing experience although not perfect, it sure going places. And truth be told, this has been an overall stable experience as I’ve had it on test driving for a good while now (I’m talking about 14 days) and sure as hell, hasn’t failed me yet. The ReactOS team recently unveiled the most recent version of the OS which is still in Alpha but at version 0.4.13 after a whopping 10 years of development. React OS has been in active development for the well part of two decades and some months (that would be 1996 till date) and while it’s still in an Alpha stage, it’s sure as hell ready as ready can be to serve its intended to purpose as the FREE Windows alternative for you “die-hard” Windows users that don’t want to pay a pretty penny to use the operating system. ReactOS is able to run Windows software.ReactOS is an operating system that comes with its own main features and they are. There, you go, - we have React OS – that might just be the suitable Windows alternate (with the benefits of running Windows apps natively) – the operating system is essentially the best free Windows-compatible out in the market – for so many reasons. However, we cannot disregard the popularity of Windows irrespective of how much you might despise it – but then if you’re keen on using the operating system, you might as well go for something that quite as many features supports for the applications specifically designed for it that would otherwise not run natively on other platforms without some sort of virtualization – (I’m talking about Wine and Crossover) Yaay?īut as you might know, these software solutions which are available on the Linux platforms (although great) will not give you the best of experience like you will normally get on a Windows-ready machine.īut what if all that could change – like forever? An OS that will finally end your need for MS Windows? However, given its business model, MS has won praises as they have contributed immensely to the growth and advancement of the technology industry as a whole – so a thumbs up there – but then, we can argue its benefits to the software platform as a whole likewise its shortcomings which must not be disregarded as it places a pretty high price tag for its software and services - especially given the fact that it’s a closed platform which is a turnoff for tech enthusiasts like myself that, well, don’t like anything CLOSED – FOSS, please. It is not without reason that the multi-billion dollar company continues to sell its software at a premium price given its status in the industry as a “for-profit” software company first before anything else. Thank God for options like OSX and Linux Desktop, of course, we would all have been choking on – and continue to choke on whatever the Redmond company decides to throw at our faces. Microsoft’s Windows dominance in the Desktop PC space has been a thing for decades now and the 35 years old OS - although has made some significant strides in the industry - is undoubted a monopoly.
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