Trying out a Windows knock-off

[@Lilly24244]

I tried installing it once, and it immediately bluescreened. Overall pretty convincing windows experience, 9/10

[@MinePlayersPE]

ikr, while it targets server 2003 it reaches vista very well

[@meekmeads]

That's the joke

[@CheapBastard1988]

I remember the claims with Windows XP were it would NEVER blue screen... Because the default setting was it would just restart the computer. If you turned that off you'd still get blue screens once in a while (especially before SP1). They could have just changed the colour to red and their argument would have remained valid.

[@windows10person30]

I tried installing it on an Inspiron from the early 2000s era, the disc check caused it to crash...

[@vratsukauminotica9603]

Lol bsod right away

[@blze0018]

Linus: "How have I never heard of this?" Me: "Don't..." Linus: "And how have you not heard of our sponsor?!?" Me: "Dammit Linus."

[@nicholaspearce3907]

Blze001 honestly laughed like mad when he said it

[@asrarbaksh3500]

@@nicholaspearce3907 he killed me man!!

[@200odd300]

@@asrarbaksh3500 he sent me into the afterlife

[@aduItpikachu]

me: *skips the whole ad thing*

[@robertt9342]

Blze001 . He's has gotten better at the segue

[@simsanutiy]

"That's incorrect even on Windows" Killed me

[@johnrickard8512]

I've messed around with this OS many times installing it on VMs and various random PCs. Most of them crashed a lot or didn't run at all, but there was ONE ancient Pentium III workstation that ran it FLAWLESSLY!

[@tylermeehan6117]

The Pentium must be protected

[@itsme_indira]

That Pentium is maybe the key to time machine development

[@memorimusic420]

Protect the pentium at all cost!

[@ArmyK9]

John Titor contacted me few days ago, he says Command is asking for your Pentium III workstation. Apparently, it is an important part of their mission.

[@ThePinkus]

"It's not working! It keeps BSODding!" "Dude! Remember when we said we reverse-engineered Windows? Well, we meant it!"

[@Aeroxima]

This seems to be a very popular joke in the comment section. It's obviously way worse than windows actually ever was though, and [Text removed to stop repetitive replies and random insults based on misinterpretation.]

[@spicydeath82]

@@Aeroxima lol, not in my experience. i sawe the BSOD every day back in the 95 98 windows era. seems legit to me. feels authentic.

[@Aeroxima]

​@@spicydeath82 Go back in time and tell yourself to format and reinstall then. It shouldn't be doing that, most weren't.

[@KuraIthys]

Yeah, but you're misrepresenting the project. Windows Server 2003 is a windows NT derivative. (as are all modern versions of windows from XP onwards) I used to dual-Boot windows 95 and windows NT4.0 You know how often windows 95 would crash (same hardware keep in mind)? Minimum once a day. Often more than that. You know how often I crashed NT4.0 on that same hardware? Never. Not a single time. At all. Just because it says 'windows' you have to remember that this is not the same operating system. The NT OS and the 9x OS are basically completely unrelated systems (part of why games didn't work so well on NT until XP tried to merge everything together) They have overlapping SDK libraries, but even these are implemented differently internally. (They expose the same library calls with the same interface, which is why the same programs can usually run on both) NT - > Extremely stable 9x - > Crashtastic. So, in any event, if this is supposed to be windows Server 2003 then it's essentially the business counterpart to windows XP (aka NT5.1) It's not nessesarily as solid as NT4.0 was, but it should be pretty stable. Having a clone of it crash constantly suggests they have a LOT of work to do...

[@Aeroxima]

​@@KuraIthys Good points, just have to chime in again, I must have been the only person that had a household of working Win95/98 computers. Seriously did not crash that often, certainly not daily. With old hardware or VMs, somebody could just go run these things and see how often they crash, I honestly think people are exaggerating. (Of course it will depend on your setup, and older parts may not be what they used to be while VMs are never 100% perfect themselves.)

[@PrimeRsoul]

1996: I have a great idea! Let's make a free version of Windows!!! 1997: We really need to fix that scrollbar 2020: We really need to fix that scrollbar

[@koulkrith]

1996 : I have a great idea! Let's reverse engineer Windows. 1999 : Oh shit... They are dropping Dos... but they emulate it. 2001 : Now what ? NT kernel ? Let's do this over again. 2003 : Ok we have to pay the rent... Let's get jobs guys. 2007 : Yet another version of windows... What did they change this time ? (basically few things changed at a low level in windows from that point on) 2020 : Fixing the scrollbar and doing my job during my vacation time or playing with the kids... ?! Hell ! The scrollbar can wait.

[@Toxicity1987]

@@koulkrith Since 1998 they build it to be a clone of Windows NT.

[@harshnemesis]

in 1996 they literally called this project "free win 95" lmao... it's like these kids were trying so hard to not pay for windows

[@Toxicity1987]

@@harshnemesis Yeah they renamed it 98 to ReactOS.

[@nibblrrr7124]

@@harshnemesis interject: speech, not beer :^)))

[@derekprice9998]

Been following ReactOS since around the Windows Vista days, it's an interesting OS, totally unusable and unstable for day to day use but I managed to game with Dungeon Keeper and Diablo 2 years, been a while since i give it a spin in Vbox.

[@StonedSoldering]

I'd scour FTP servers when I was like 12 and use the old Microsoft vm software (been so long I forgot the name of it) to run a bunch of old windows betas and at some point I discovered reactos. I think some of those issues are dependent on virtual box guest additions imo.

[@theatlastech8792]

Better off using FreeDOS

[@CesarinPillinGaming]

so, its the true Windows ME and 98 experience then?

[@Screamer26]

You can run DK fine with GoG and Dosbox

[@madmax2069]

@@theatlastech8792 better off using Linux and WINE and or Proton

[@BiohazardX9]

I followed react from the start, if my memory serves right they suffered badly with a forced code audit which caused the project to stall heavily, and unfortunately I think they find it hard to get the support, time, money and developers. The vision is there, and I for one find it impressive that they have gotten this far. Once this thing gets into beta and can be used as a daily then things will pick up. I applaud them and have massive respect to do what no one else has done. Can you imagine small businesses using this instead of windows and saving a truck load on licences?

[@JohnGeorgeBauerBuis]

@hvysomething they are already sharing compatible code. I hope they get more support in the future, as it has great potential!

[@gmitchellfamily]

Late to the game here, but small businesses will never rely on something that has no support resources. This isn't just help-desk, it's also applications, drivers, server and deployment technologies... hell, good luck getting Zoom or Teams to run on this. Forming business partnerships these days also relies heavily on being able to adequately demonstrate that you follow industry best-practices when it comes to information security. These are extremely tough bars to pass in many cases unless you are actually following standards, the vetting process can and will kill your deals. Using an obscure OS that isn't even Linux is just asking for trouble, I'm sorry to say. I've worked at a Linux shop and anytime customer-facing staff were using Linux, there was a price paid in terms of compatibility and efficiency. This makes you non-competitive.

[@lemagicalpotato8318]

@@gmitchellfamily I unfortunately have to agree. Just because ReactOS is free doesn’t mean people will flock to it instead of using regular windows. I like being able to use my Windows computer as is and get updates and run applications without thinking too much about it. There is no way to do that unless you have a billion dollar company backing the development of the operating system

[@Cloudmaster1511]

@@lemagicalpotato8318 wrong. you think too much aboutit, as soon as your windows crashes and/pr is destroyed beyond repair by a fucked up update. or when your settings reset after every shutdown. or when the software you want to use constantly locks up

[@Asymmetrical-Saggin]

Hooked into AMD.. no wonder its garbage

[@tarzuk007]

0:22 Linus "How have you never heard of freshbooks" Me: I have in almost all of your other videos

[@whyareyoulookinghere9135]

g l a s s w i r e

[@madfun13]

Then why haven’t you started using it?

[@tarzuk007]

@@madfun13 Don't find the use and don't have the money

[@rakly347]

@@madfun13 Because MS DOS is better.

[@tarzuk007]

@@rakly347 true

[@trissylegs]

"So you mean to tell me they have been at this 24 years and its still alpha" Wait till he hears about GNU Hurd.

[@SoundSpeeding]

nah, GNU Herd has "only" been under development since 1990, much younger! /s

[@NolifeToby]

wait till he hears about yandere dev

[@lauridscm1]

@@SoundSpeeding 1990 is more than 24 years ago grandpa

[@cm5g]

chrisserung 30 years ago, still in development, wow,

[@DantonySoto]

GNU Hurd

[@gurtelem3586]

React OS is actually used by many very low level developers as a reference for some undocumented functions. It's very useful when working with the inner parts of Windows

[@Corei14]

I believe you. Guess. I mean someone must care after all these years

[@SIGSEGV1337]

Yeah, it's also used alot for kiosk systems, since alot of them need Windows and ReactOS can usually run them

[@dylen7108]

@@SIGSEGV1337 is this due to a lack of processing power in kiosk? I don't see much of a reason to not use OG windows, unless reactos runs smoother.

[@luciascarlet]

​@@dylen7108 ReactOS is free and is definitely lighter as it moreso resembles older versions of Windows like XP than newer ones. As it's free, they don't have to pay for licensing for an OS that ultimately only really needs to run a single application in fullscreen constantly.

[@jonesconrad1]

@@dylen7108 licensing and needing an old version of windows without modern MS crap, also reactos doesn't need to phone home to license it or tell Microsoft which start menu tile you clicked on, there's lots of reasons.

[@dialNforNinja]

"You just want to reboot for no reason?" I would say that's a genuine Windoze experience, except it's offering you the option to not reboot...

[@angolin9352]

Remember, this is supposed to be an older version of Windows. Back then, you actually had a choice about many things that modern Windows just makes you do.

[@JeffreyPiatt]

Early windows NT versions Still had the ability to do the old.3.1 installer reboot in p!ace just rebooting. By 2003 that legacy code was retired.

[@dustinmccartneyjr5136]

Anthony-shows linus awesome reverse engineered windows os. Linus- "I FOUND THE SOLITAIRE"

[@ubermidget2]

I was disappointed by no Pinball :(

[@ericwood3709]

That's about all that works, though.

[@bk-sl8ee]

Why was solitaire removed from Windows 10?

[@tomhill3248]

@nou AH! So just like all smart devices then.

[@ConstanceJill]

@@bk-sl8ee So that Microsoft could feed you ads when you play Microsoft Solitaire Collection as a replacement.

[@thijsvdzwan]

5:00 Anthony: 'Do you wanna know how we do this?' Linus: 'Can I try and figure it out?' Anthony: 'SuRe, LeTs FigURe iT OuT' Anthony's brain: This is going to be fun

[@jonixd4919]

I hate Anthony

[@MCtechh]

yes I watched the video

[@teddygoboom1]

@@jonixd4919 Why? He's one of my favorite on the team personally

[@S.G.199]

@@teddygoboom1 yeah, from what I've seen he seems like he knows the most shit compared to the rest of the team.

[@petar932]

he is as smart as he weights. so im thinking 130kg to 130 iq

[@DaemonForce]

Hey I remember this. It was mid-2005 and this was like 0.2.9 and I was reverse engineering WinPE from flavors of Windows XP, Server 2003 and Longhorn 4051. I was the guy that chimed in on your forums and helped you figure out the line of registry code needed to get the Programs menu to finally pop up after hovering over it with the cursor. Great job guys. Looking forward to the next build.

[@nieks.7326]

Appreciate it very much, thank you for your help!

[@edwindelic7085]

That is so cool!!!!!

[@theodorejezowski7309]

I beta tested that version as well as others during that time. I figured out how to get xp drivers to work in vista beta for my Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card. Tech support could not help me.

[@IconOfSin24148]

@@supermaster2012 You're glowing really hard today, Rietschin

[@dllsearch]

@@dansko9490 can i introduce you "copyleft"?

[@unclejimbo888]

This feels like when you'd show someone how cool Linux is, like, 12 years ago. All the while standing right behind them sweating bullets

[@JanuszKrysztofiak]

They are not comparable. ReactOS is useless for any practical application. I started using Linux 24 years ago and - unlike ReactOS - it was stable and usable albeit more as a server OS because the desktop part wasn't exactly friendly (manual configuration of XFree86, having to enter your RAMDAC and so on) nor capable (no video codecs, limited intra-desktop integration, sketchy hardware support).

[@SmiIeyyXD]

“Please don’t crash, please don’t crash~”

[@jochannan7379]

​@@JanuszKrysztofiak exactly. I started using Linux in 2001 and it was rock solid. ReactOS isn't actually that much younger than Linux, but it's development for some reason never picked up momentum. The always overpromised and never delivered. The exact opposite of Linux.

[@ytrav]

@@jochannan7379 i think they are pretty close in how linux is also marketed by those annoying linux stans as "flawless, smooth experience, beginner friendly, never crashes, can even run games" and in reality it's just a sketchy system with a windows/macos ripoff of a UI. Like, yeah, windows sucks, and macos is not meant for serious gaming, but there are no better alternative, Linux is not one of them and I doubt it will ever be, with its open-source approach.

[@jochannan7379]

@@ytrav Debian GNU/Linux has been my daily driver since 2001, and I couldn't be happier. Sure. I am not a gamer, so I really cannot speak to that. Regarding the UI, there are so many different choices available; nobody forces you to choice "a windows/macos ripoff", if it is not to your liking. I wouldn't say that GNU/Linux is a "flawless, smooth experience, beginner friendly and never crashes". I had to do some serious learning to master it. But I could. On Windows, trying to pin down the cause of an error is usually fumbling in the dark, rebooting and hoping it goes magically away, or even spending hours reinstalling the whole system. On GNU/Linux, the output of dmesg or journalctl my often look cryptic, but it allows you to identify, understand and fix the actual error rather than fumbling in the dark. So, GNU/Linux certainly isn't for you if you are unwilling to learn and expect everything to always just work™, but it is definitely for you if you want an open, flexible and rock-solid system. ReactOS unfortunately is almost none of these things. On ReactOS, errors seem just as random as on Windows, and the system goes no five minutes without crashing. That's a very different experience.

[@crby101]

Linus: "How have I never heard of this?? ..and how have you never heard of our sponsor?????" me: "how do I never see it coMING

[@lafete6863]

Hahahaha he kinda look like Jim Carey 😂😂

[@madman2u]

Almost as if he's the Spanish inquisition.

[@Lolvi6]

me: smashes right arrow

[@d9zirable]

You'll see that my mind is too fast for eyes

[@zoheb8377]

He is so good with sponsering that in the end u dont even mind watching it XD

[@achmadsyarifhidayatullah5341]

even when reverse engineered, the blue screen still intact.

[@a740g]

This is open source alpha code. Oh dear. Contribute and fix.

[@johnmal5975]

Great post Achmad! I am still laughing. You made my day.

[@haniffaris8917]

@@a740g no u

[@entitledOne]

Dev 1: guys, let's reverse engineer Windows. Dev 2: Sure, but where do we start? Dev 1: BSoD obviously, that's what our user will be seeing a lot.

[@a740g]

@@haniffaris8917 What? LOL

[@danieltanuwijaya7675]

Kid: Mom can we have Windows? Mom: We have Windows at home. Windows at home:

[@e46m3s]

@@bjtoadkoops Everything is free if you're resourceful enough ;)

[@WhirlingMusic]

Everyone has windows in their homes. How else you gonna look outside?

[@ares6054]

@@bjtoadkoops lul Windows is essentially free if you don't mind the reminder to activate windows

[@patcallahan1050]

You done, yet? Screw copy-cat overused comment meme formats.

[@AlbyTastic]

@@e46m3s Exactly/

[@Fireholder1]

Linus: "It's just... You wouldn't actually *use* it." Anthony's Mouth: "... no...." Anthony's Eyes: "But I really really want to..." Anthony's Soul: " *WE. MUST. HAVE. IT.* "

[@nieks.7326]

I love Anthony so much ^^

[@TheOgWalterMelon]

@@nieks.7326 same

[@TheClockUpOnTheWall]

Linus: How have I never heard of this? Everyone else: Wow, we haven't heard of ReactOS in 2 decades. It's still around? What???

[@no1DdC]

I remember trying it out about 12 to 15 years ago (edit: on bare metal). The experience was virtually indistinguishable from this video.

[@walrus-king]

In fairness he probably has heard of it and he's just playing the dummy for the sake of the video

[@GioGziro95]

And I'm in a completely different bubble; I knew the project was in development, but I had no idea that it was that old.

[@josephc.558]

They shoulda called it either “Doors” or “Sills”

[@Wrathlon]

Louvres

[@hilljack9263]

Screens

[@uhhhhh262]

Real fake doors

[@ardiharyadi5020]

Or frames

[@jlu]

Yeap would’ve been better than naming it the same thing as that horrific, cancerous web framework that everyone wants to use all of a sudden

[@jarrod752]

TBF, original windows used to ask you to reboot when it wasn't necessary.

[@spvillano]

Back when Windows 95 was still new, it wasn't unthought of to consider the prompt, "Windows has detected a change in your mouse position and needs to restart in order to register the changes" as something real. Abort, retry or panic?

[@arduinoguru7233]

@@spvillano damn when Windows 95 comes out Linux already had better GUI (KDE) and solid stable , why nobody on the media that time promoted Linux .

[@gbear1005]

used to ask. you are a funny Jarrod.

[@KuraIthys]

@ArduinoGuru - As someone that first used Linux in 1998/1999, yeah I'm going to have to call BS on that one. Linux was extremely hard to use, the GUI that existed back then was basically a joke... And stability is an even bigger joke. In my experience Linux is only stable if you configure it once then never EVER alter any software on it ever again. Linux has always been one of the most brittle, failure prone operating system's I've ever used whenever I've tried it. Now, FreeBSD is rock solid. But linux? Touch the slightest thing and the whole system would come tumbling down on your head. (this was all the more true in the late 90's.) BSD always (and to this day) has the problem of poor hardware support. But in terms of stability, linux doesn't even come close. And while I would say that even the late 90's linux builds were more stable and reliable than windows 9x... The same cannot be said of windows NT vs Linux from that era... No thanks. I don't want to touch 90's Linux with a 60 foot pole... Modern Linux... Eh. But 90's Linux? Nope. Burn it. Burn it with fire...

[@arduinoguru7233]

​@@KuraIthys I admit that Windows NT were good OS , my first try with NT family was with Windows 2000 server edition (bit late I know ) , but this is not fair compression at all , Linux got no support from any hardware companies since PC is open standard platform and literally there is thousands of small devices that could run on any modern PC if none of hardware vendors gives Linux developers any hint how their devices runs how you expect volunteers team be able to fireguard how to make stable driver for it , in 90's even early 2000's I never had chance to test Linux maybe I hear he name once or twice on couple computer books , first time I hear about it was on 2008 after , back then I was stupid and expected everything to come to work out the box I had no idea how drivers works , after month I give up because I could't make my DVB card to work on it because I lake the basic knowledge how Linux work and how it detect devices , but in general the user experience were amazing for me and first time on my life I felt how strong my system is ,it was something I can't explain but what was on my mind no single Windows OS's ever come close to this system it was like dream come true fro me . BTW I experience with Windows since 3.1 and 95,98,2000,ME,Vista,xp,7,10 since I work as IT I tried windows on multiple device , and deal with a lot of people all of them had problems with windows after first 3 months from installing it , and no single PC I got my hand on were working correctly with all of bloated software and background tasks specially sh!ts manufactures shipped their PC's with . my 16 years experience conclusion is Windows made people life like hell , and if you don't believe me listen to leaked scammers call to average Windows users and how brainwashed these people are .

[@twocows360]

ReactOS and Wine cross-contribute code, I believe. So as Wine improves, so does ReactOS and vice versa.

[@llynxfyremusic]

I feel like wine and proton make reactos obsolete

[@deadair32101]

@@llynxfyremusic Did you somehow miss the part where they said that ReactOS contributes code to Wine? Reverse engineering efforts are very important to stuff like Proton and Wine

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

10:47 Well, there’s another Microsoft “feature” they’ve successfully reimplemented ...

[@penguinwizard]

XD Indeed

[@erroronetwofour1261]

They used pretty much everything 😂

[@firionrazar3797]

I remember having a stupid motherboard with stupid Sata Driver and a stupid WD drive. Friday after coming home windows worked for 1 hour, spending saturday reinstall all my sh$$ and gaming for 1 hour sunday. This kept on going for half a year.

[@eness379]

@@firionrazar3797 What do you mean by WD drive? did you mean Western Digital?

[@firionrazar3797]

@@eness379 yes, it was a 200gb IDE Western Digital HDD, a matsonic socket A motherboard (I don't remember the model) and it all didn't worked until I exchanged the motherboard and the hdd (the hdd had bad sectors and the motherboard probably needed a bios update for those big hdd back in the days and I didn't know)

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

0:21 Not gonna lie, that was the smoothest way to introduce your sponsor.

[@Smurfejonas2]

You should never lie

[@Xanderzzzzzzzzz]

Linus is the king of segways

[@jr_kulik]

Alexander Norsker *segues

[@Jimmy_Jones]

When it works so well. Why not use it again? 12:35

[@STEELO-247]

If you hit skip 3 times, it normally gets you past the sponsor and intro

[@trekkie9942]

I think Anthony is trying so hard not to laugh throughout this whole vid lol.

[@gui18bif]

He is laughing haha

[@psionx1]

I think he needs to shave his head and go all in on the bald look. rather than forcing us to watch his meaningless attempt to hold on to the little bit he has. better yet do a video on hair restoration technology so he can get it back.

[@sufihussain9826]

@@psionx1 💀💀💀 that's fucked bro allow him, he's still got quite a bit of hair on the rest of his head. Besides he'd look like if gollum from the LOTR got diabetes 💀💀💀

[@Mavis847]

@@sufihussain9826 wow, you were even meaner in that last sentence. I laughed though lpl

[@VoVilliaCorp]

You can tell Anthony was really enjoying Linus not knowing what to do lol

[@tonyblack3401]

When Anthony says “Sure, let’s figure it out!” Whilst really thinking “Can I just do it?!” 😂

[@AnesuC]

This is actually an impressive feat from a developer point of view (working on a similar, not really, this is miles more complicated, but Linux based project). Like I can imagine how much they had to go through just to get this thing to boot. As unstable as it is, it's a miracle they got this far honestly especially being confined to make everything work as Windows.

[@AlbyTastic]

But who actually WANTS Windows?

[@bugzbunny69]

@@AlbyTastic ME

[@AveragePinwormEnjoyer]

Who puts parentheses inside their parentheses

[@Halon1234]

Ben Korpella Lisp programmers

[@AnesuC]

@@AveragePinwormEnjoyer Apparently I do hahaha

[@DrBadHabits]

Anthony is the man, I feel as though he is over qualified to work with Linus.

[@Simbarrr]

Jokey Carrot i can’t tell if this satire

[@pranavflame]

@@Simbarrr don't think it's satire, buddy

[@Simbarrr]

Pranav Flame definitely a bruh moment then

[@MrXaniss]

Probably earns more than if he wasn't tho

[@slambrew3849]

Bruh, on ad-cents alone this video has brought in more income already than he'd make in a year anywhere else. He probably gets a decent cut or a high salary.

[@SecretOfMonkeyIsland784]

"So you mean to tell me they have been at this 24 years and its still alpha" ... welcome to open source software

[@inny74]

Welcome to the likes of BeamNG Drive, where the game/application is in alpha forever. .-.

[@yunglemonakis]

Inny74 haha I thought I was the only one who would know that

[@GioGziro95]

It's more like the following: _"They've been at this for 24 years, it's still in alpha, and some people are still developing it?"_ Welcome to the beautiful place of open-source software where stubborn nerds never give up.

[@jamesfield1674]

Welcome to HL3

[@spvillano]

@Girizcool Windows 10, yet another permanent alpha OS.

[@NdxtremePro]

When Anthony forgets to set a restore point to a VM before Linus touches it.

[@_GhostMiner]

Indeed 😅

[@wwejason]

"That's incorrect even on Windows" 😂😂😂

[@CyFr]

LTT: *video* ReactOS Devs: we're not ready for this

[@totalgaara]

ReactOS Devs: We need more than 5 year to survive to this ads

[@elvinchateauvert]

Linus: "This is really finicky; is it better on bare metal?" Anthony (With a heavy heart of knowing the truth): "Ohhhhh no"

[@romapires]

I love it when old ltt videos pop up at the top of the recommendations, but hate this is already four years old

[@ryanxero]

2016: Hey smokers Druaga1 here with ReactOS

[@SirFlukealot]

A d were going to install it on the 2003 Mac mini using this Adata SSD

[@MihkelKukk]

Weed SSD funny

[@radwimp7484]

I love that guys videos. Absolute madness.

[@SirFlukealot]

@@MihkelKukk 420 of gigabytes storage

[@98SE]

🌿💣💥 🦶

[@c0linovsky]

Linus at 0:22 : "And how have you never heard of..." Me: *press right arrow twice*

[@BuIlDaLiBlE]

Or just press L...

[@Fee.1]

Yep

[@MikhaelAhava]

I don’t, I watch through it.

[@sajjeel123]

Double tapped the right side of the screen for mobile users

[@Hoch134]

@@sajjeel123 I guess this only works in the app?

[@DaSkaterdude97]

"How have I never heard of this? How have you never heard of our sponsor?" The joke's on you, I've heard of both! Git GUD, NERD!

[@natking1u1z99]

Facts GG or GGN

[@SigmaHayate]

Anyone still remember Tunnel Bear? First epic sponsor on LTT

[@liquidalloy]

Anthony is my favorite. " even for Windows that is wrong" 🤣

[@thatrealba]

lmao "That's incorrect even on Windows."

[@pascalharris1]

I’m impressed at how accurately they’ve managed to clone Windows stability and ease of use!

[@lethallawnmower5301]

Pascal Harris A true genius

[@JustMartha07]

This man will never stop surprising me with the way how perfectly he fits sponsors into everything he says XD

[@slanguagefreak2388]

Every time I see Linus, I want to punch his face

[@ve6009]

@@slanguagefreak2388 I don't think anyone gives a shit.

[@slanguagefreak2388]

@@ve6009 Clearly, that is why people feel the need to respond to the comment.

[@ve6009]

@@slanguagefreak2388 sure bud

[@Toons595]

@00justSomeAccount00 As if he has no say in the script

[@juxyper]

apparently these guy contribute a lot to Wine so it's really neat

[@Zeitfuchs]

@@supermaster2012 Nice thanks this is actually very interesting!

[@doigt6590]

@@supermaster2012 1. just looking at the comments of your first link people have debunked the article with actual sources. 2. Anyone who follows ReactOS's development will tell you that it's not true that there's no progress. We got three versions the past year and we got a new version just this summer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReactOS#Release_history 3. A quick research on the official Wine website will show you that ReactOS's team are appreciated for their contributions and their work is at the heart of Wine's win32 support development wiki.winehq.org/Acknowledgements. Doesn't look like hate to me. The team also helped the Haiku project for several years www.haiku-os.org/news/2012-02-20_reactos_gets_usb_stack_help_us 4. Please stop spreading misinformation and using antsy forum threads as sources. Do actual research.

[@ummerfarooq5383]

@@supermaster2012 what about now that the xp source code has been leaked and dumped

[@heix1384]

@@supermaster2012 yeah it's not like the entire API is identical to winapi because it's made to emulate it dumbass

[@odysseyguyperson]

@@supermaster2012 This is obviously copied and pasted from another comment I saw. YOU POSTED IT. You’re just copying and pasting this thing with a minor change at the beginning to suit the needs of every comment. You’re just putting it in the reply section of everybody who compliments reactOS.

[@Drog007]

Looks to be a very accurate recreation of the Windows ME experience, inability to boot more than twice and all!

[@Gamerappa]

@@supermaster2012 "do not support this fraud and do not give them money" says the guy who most likely spends a lot of money on hentai crap

[@mrunalbhamare1371]

@@Gamerappa oooooooooooo

[@theannonymaoos1527]

@@Gamerappa ok but what would that have to do with anything?

[@il6220]

Lmao

[@marksmanmerc1]

@@supermaster2012 like I give a shit about Microsofts copyright

[@opalb9006]

Linus: How have you never heard of our sponsor, FreshBooks? Me, 20 minutes ago: *watches linustechtips video where freshbooks is the sponsor*

[@numberM4]

FreshBooks is the sponsor in like half of his videos lol

[@boomznbladez405]

never forget tunnel bear

[@CMDRSweeper]

Only amateurs use FreshBooks, I have been using their competitor StaleBooks! They have much better shelf life!

[@anumeon]

"Yeah, that's not how you do it even on Windows" Dang, Anthony really knows how to throw a mean hook at his boss. :)

[@deepdevilz]

Some time ago there was an OS called BeOS (discontinued), later on continued under the name Haiku: try that. ;)

[@CheapBastard1988]

Was that the one once known as "Lindows"?

[@joringedamke5597]

I remember that; it even had Godot Engine. *runs the other way*

[@CookyMonzta]

I've seen that OS. Anything that could run on BeOS will run on Haiku. IBM's OS/2 Warp was resurrected as ArcaOS. When last I checked, the Arca people wanted a big penny from people who wanted to download this OS.

[@SanSiim]

When did all KZbin comments become some imaginary conversations in everyone's head?

[@Radi0he4d1]

SanSiim bad meme that refuses to die

[@Defensive_Wounds]

For forever.

[@devenjameslangston]

I see a lot of youtube comments that are just quoting the video.

[@jongerbergerdecht5579]

Install KZbin Comment Blocker extension on chrome/firefox. It will immediately reduce your stress levels. I know this because I have installed it myself.

[@Gooberpatrol66]

I'm not real. You are the only real person in existence. Once you stop thinking about me, I will cease to exist.

[@filip3148]

Anthony needs his own podcast. He’s got the perfect voice.

[@sangpark5323]

I wouldn't mind if every customer service rep I ever call sounds like him.

[@2m7b5]

He also needs a haircut.

[@zakofrx]

@@2m7b5 shaving a no. 1 is always better then a comb over. Thanks to Bruce Willis it is now cool for white guys to have shaved heads..

[@autohmae]

@@sangpark5323 if only they were even a little bit as knowledgeable as him.

[@AdamMerdy123]

I've gotta give the ReactOS team props; they've perfectly nailed the Windows 9x user experience circa-1995-2000...blue screens of death, random unexplained system crashes, and all! :P

[@johnuser5162]

@@supermaster2012 This is a copypasta, i saw this response on another comment thread.

[@johnuser5162]

@@supermaster2012 Back to your point, how would an NT 4 leak allow Windows 2K and XP support? There has to have been some measure of original development to allow NT 5/5.1 kernel support. Your story simply does not check out, jackass.

[@johnuser5162]

@@supermaster2012 It's all just different articles restating what one (likely biased) MS kernel dev said. Your sources are just not up to snuff, man.

[@johnuser5162]

@@supermaster2012 Yes, but all the info is sourced from the same guy. It's just reposted on different sites. One thing reposted multiple times isn't multiple sources. Plus, who gives a shit? ReactOS is a pretty small time project in the grand scheme of things. If it goes down, so what? Some people are going to be sad that they put down money on a dead project, and development will end. The fact that you are trying to disuede people from using an os that probably has active users in the 4 digits is pathetic, and you should reconsider some life choices.

[@Diego35HD]

@@supermaster2012 17 years of little progress is already enough to not support this project though

[@AVerySillySausage]

I love Anthony's vibe, he's hilarious in a lowkey way.

[@markbebawy6370]

9:18 And this is why we love Linus.

[@CollinJDM98]

Finally, something that has been in Alpha longer than Star Citizen!

[@RodneyJohnson69]

Damn it Anthony is becoming my favorite calling out Linus for reusing segues.

[@thedeadnotsleeping]

Life update: I just love Anthony. He is just so kind and smiling and happy.

[@IPONJ]

I"ve been playing about with ROS for years. They're really making strides.

[@techbaffle]

Here's a good test for your sanity: Using only ReactOS for 24 hours challenge

[@StasM]

Not using but developing only ReactOS for 24 hours would be a nice and useful challenge :)

[@nicholassteyer]

11:37 when playing halo in virtual box, disable mouse integration.

[@alexbarton1945]

and double press right ctrl to reset mouse to center axis

[@fortherecord1569]

Now I understand why it's called ReactOS, because once you try it, your REACTion is OH S**T!

[@MarcNorris]

Blue screen of death simulator? Lol Seriously though, for someone to pick a project with this type of scope is quite amazing. I'm going to have to try this in a VM too.

[@affieuk]

I find ReactOS pretty stable on Hyper-V, assuming you've got Win 10 Pro.

[@spvillano]

@@affieuk well, one OS out of two being stable is good. ;)

[@losttale1]

blue screen of life

[@spvillano]

@@losttale1 blue screen of bile. Always remember, a bug with seniority is a feature.

[@benjaminwaterman9580]

I've been testing this for about 15 years. I promise, your experience will be like theirs. It's never been great, only nifty.

[@GleidsonTseva]

I really wish React OS becomes a real thing

[@Zero11s]

same here

Yep, me too. I've been hoping and following the project since I was a boy. It hasn't changed much in past 5 years. But don't forget that they use (and improve) the Wine project.

[@asteroidrules]

@Max Raider To be fair, a software project like this is not really something that can be finished. As our usage of operating systems and personal computers in general continues to evolve, they're going to require constant development no matter what. An OS doesn't really get "finished" so much as it either stays in development, or it dies.

[@TorutheRedFox]

@May Sparkle their aim is to basically remake Windows Server 2003, so when it will function like it, then it'll be complete, i.e. version 1.0

[@HatTrex]

Will not happen ever

[@xchronicxblaiz3x]

9:25 I love how Anthony reacts to this. He's suppressing his smile so hard he frowns

[@cookiesandstreams]

Been there. His eyes are smiling, that's for sure.

[@AscendedBeyond]

>tfw your boss is a goon

[@hyp0crite692]

10:47 I have felt that so many F'ing times

[@cestarianinhabitant5898]

Happens to me all the time on Windows, basically never happened to me on linux.

[@ant.upptech]

@@cestarianinhabitant5898 becuz c00l haxxors n33d c00l OS.

[@devnegandhi]

It is the most hilarious thing when Linus act's like a kid and Anthony gets mad.

[@AssWhole-u6d]

Bro, Anthony needs to do something about that combover, it's hideous.

[@BrunoFinger]

hey I've been donating to ReactOS every month for the past 5 years.

[@gotworc]

@@kh-ro5su lmao

[@sofasniperman]

Here, let me give you my bank account number: 8274928-92837. thank you kind sir.

[@dzvxo]

mad respect!

[@PhyuckYew]

You got played lmao....

[@BrunoFinger]

@@zanspehonja4467 not really, but I don't care, I think it's a good cause for the open source community and so I support it.

[@techrja]

Druaga1 a few years ago - " Installing ReactOS on an SSD " Linus in 2020 - " What is this "

[@superrainbowdash9695]

Amen to the OG

[@komidano]

Druaga is the best

[@v3xman]

He also did the installing Windows on SD card before Linus

[@Steve48083]

I love how Anthony has come out of his shell some of the old videos he seems a bit weary but now he steals the show

[@davidcazares7441]

Hey Smokers! Druaga1 here and today we're going to be installing ReactOS on a toaster with an SSD. Good memories

[@artyomhunter310]

Well with the new smart toasters it wouldn’t surprise me if Druaga1 found some way of getting it to work

[@dzvxo]

yessss

[@Sgt_SealCluber]

Linus: "Couldn't found" Me remembering a line from Buffy: "Reading makes our speaking English good."

[@AlbyTastic]

I loved Buffy!

[@reeven1721]

It’s Canadian.

[@MYRT1]

Чооооо

[@chunkynutella]

"windows knock-off" how dare you

[@elbow005]

"It was workiiinnng!!!" Reminded me of college days when we would pretend program crash to make it look like we had a working code, to get extension of deadline.

[@TinyNPC]

Still waiting for that "Overclocking my smart watch" video.

[@cookiesandstreams]

9:17 Anthony is such an amazing foil to Linus' shenanigans I love it

[@BlUsKrEEm]

I see Anothony and I know it's going to be a good video.

[@joshuascholar3220]

@@BlUsKrEEm why is Anthony the least annoying and most fun to have in a video?

[@costagauci5719]

I don’t get the reference.

[@cookiesandstreams]

@@costagauci5719 "In literature, a foil is a character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character. The objective is to highlight the traits of the other character."

[@nbt8187]

I’m so glad Linus is talking about React OS. Maybe this will give React OS more reach, if this was not in alpha and in version 1 I’d just use React OS. I love it! Hopefully the project can go further now.

[@Rov-Nihil]

I hope they also cover TempleOS

[@Neumah]

How do you love that thing?

[@EduMakesGames]

@@Neumah how do you not man? They straight out reverse engineered windows. Atleast from a CS and research point of view they deserve attention

[@arnox4554]

From a technical perspective, ROS is quite amazing, but from a practical perspective, it's uh... It's not great. I mean, even if it was more stable, there's still not much reason to use it over Linux or even just a standard Windows install.

[@beri4138]

@@arnox4554 Yep. And you can get Windows 10 for like $12 now.

[@Taurickk]

Linus: This seems really finnicky, is it better on bare metal? Anthony: *laughs in incredulity*

[@0bsmith0]

Windows: laughs even harder

[@Fridelain]

It ran rock solid on my PIII computer, much better than the VM

[@getyerspn]

Holy cow never thought I'd see reactos again ...last time I tried that was in late 98 when I worked for HP ...it doesn't seem to have gotten much better....crap I feel Really old now..

[@Sam-pn2kc]

God dam. I was born in 1988. Grew up with win 95

[@sol_in.victus]

Boomer.

[@madmax2069]

@@sol_in.victus old and overused "joke" is old and overused. It needs to be taken out back and put down. It's so unoriginal now it's pathetic.

[@Fools_Requiem]

@@sol_in.victus People born in the 80s are not boomers...

[@sol_in.victus]

OK boomers.

[@logangraham2956]

the guest additions is what is causing you issues :) every single time i've installed guest editions on reactos it has blue-screened

[@bappyplays]

Anthony: "That might be fixable" Linus: "How?" Me: "install windows"

[@JustA.Person]

haha very funny

[@impoppy9145]

Exactly.... Like why ever bother Unless you have no job no school no life OR wanna have fun and waste time (It is ok to have fun and waste time "This is KZbin in a nutshell")

[@bappyplays]

@@impoppy9145 these Devs are clearly talented if they can write a kernel like that, my question is, why don't they consolidate their efforts with projects like wine?

[@mitch075fr]

Well, they use Wine for 80% of the user space.

[@billbergen9169]

Install linux.

[@happysmash27]

When you said "knock-off" I didn't expect ReactOS, lol. I would probably call it a clone. I do hope it comes out of alpha some day. By then, it will probably be even more long-obsolete than it is now, but it will still probably be really cool to use. Edit: I just realised that I've hardly looked at ReactOS since 2016! On their website it looks different, so I guess I have a lot of interesting news to catch up on!

[@michelvanbriemen3459]

"And how have you never heard of our sponsor?" Because we always hit the right-arrow key a few times as a test of our reaction time. **reaction time under the title** **it's about React OS** This is too advanced for KZbin guys.

[@PlittHD]

Tech tip use the "L" key to jump 10 seconds ahead instead of just 5 with arrow keys and use "k" to pause and "J" to rewind 10 sec.

[@nisinmalli9103]

or hit the key L

[@darciukas]

When you're so early the video is still unlisted

[@dznnyf]

Darciukas *w h a t*

[@Hack3r91]

I actually remember reading about this some years ago, thought the project was long gone! Glad to see this is still being developed.

[@misterbill2]

REACTOS is fun to play with for a couple hours, that's about it. I've been waiting for ver 1.0 since I found it in 2000.

[@w0lfyovi294]

10:39 Ladies and gentlemen, this was computing back in 1996. (Flashbacks to having to install Windows 95 every 90 days because it was breaking so hard)

[@WarrenGarabrandt]

So accurate it hurts.

[@frataltay4543]

_Slackware installation_

[@theweebnoob7999]

PTSD INTENSIFIED

[@shinyhappyrem8728]

I installed Win95 so much because I was experimenting so much :) And then Win98, XP, ...

[@Sam-pn2kc]

Win 95 was the best I was born in 1988

[@TeDiouS1001]

Thanks for covering ReactOS! I'm glad the devs never gave up.

[@augustinedelgado2048]

"it was working seconds ago" should be the react os motto. lol

[@CheapBastard1988]

Too bad it's already copyrighted by Windows ME.

[@augustinedelgado2048]

@@CheapBastard1988 lol yes!

[@JajaSTO]

I hope anthony never leaves

[@imaadmaqsood]

Me: *hes gonna say the sponsor...* linus: "how have I never seen this?" me: *phew* linus: "...and how have you never seen our sponsor?" me: oO

[@CheapBastard1988]

Would be a good segue if it was a new sponsor. FreshBooks on the other hand has been a sponsor for years and nearly everyone here has seen a sponsor spot about them.

[@raawesome3851]

@@CheapBastard1988 that's why he is saying how have you not heard of it?

[@soulnomad5231]

Yes but have you heard of rAiD sHaDoW lEgEnDs?

[@ajddavid452]

"Trying out a Windows knock-off" this is not a knock-off, that's like saying Linux is a Unix knock-off

[@Radi0he4d1]

well isn't it?

[@danielsjohnson]

When I read "knock-off" I was expecting some software made in China.

[@Aereto]

ReactOS has a long way to go before it reaches XP level where it entices us old PC users back into the fold. I miss XP, and still using 7 to this day. Linux distros failed to satisfy or replace that. ReactOS is trying, but it is yet to reach that point. As much as I want to contribute, I am not trained or oriented for architecture/OS development, while I am still looking for a job.

@@Aereto Why do you miss XP?

[@ajddavid452]

@ because XP was awesome, 7 is also awesome but not as awesome as XP

[@ivyflow3r]

everyone: how have you not heard of ReactOS

[@Littlefighter1911]

I saw the title, I read: "LTT tests ReactOS" I guess some people read: "Trying out a Windows knock-off"

[@arnavjade903]

When Linus touched the OS with his "trusty" hands , the OS actually dropped the support. This is the magic of Linus ladies and gentlemen.

[@menpee]

Anthony: "This was working! This was all working..." Linus: "They all saw, it was working seconds ago." This marriage won't last long at this point.

[@wahabfiles6260]

your mom: gay

[@spvillano]

One day, in the engineering lab, a new build was being tested. I came along, watched a bit, began speaking with the team and asked, "Is it supposed to smoke like that?". After a bit of panicked scrambling, I clued them in that I was joking.

[@hbm293]

Next video: HaikuOS, a reimplementation of BeOS ?

[@ZaCaptain1229]

I'm not ready for Linus to try it haha

[@1pcfred]

Wow super job by the ReactOS team. That is the Windows experience I remember. Pure frustrations and blue screens. Which is why I've been running Linux these past 24 years now.

[@scififan698]

Exactly.

[@t.g.3468]

Just waiting for the day Anthony just shaves his head, hits the gym and makes a glorious return to LTT being the new buff dude.

[@vladutcornel]

Guy has so little hair, if he shaves it, it will probably not grow back.

[@madsfrederiktoft5808]

He will look like Lex Luther.

[@springbok4015]

I don’t think he needs to shave it off, but definitely shorter.

[@JassieClassy]

11:34 "if the viewers cared about the editing team" WE DO ! 😁

[@zrellll]

Linus: "whatcha doooing" Me: *oh god phineas and ferbs*

[@Yuzuki1337]

Isabella best girl

[@thespkrYT]

haha xD I remember watching this in like 2012 lol in german cuz I'm german

[@MikhaelAhava]

Ha!

[@MikhaelAhava]

@Yuzuki1337 hold on?

[@Yuzuki1337]

@@MikhaelAhava C'mon, I was talking in the context of the show. 🤣