React. OS The Perfect Windows Alternate. Microsofts Windows dominance in the Desktop PC space has been a thing for decades now and the 3. OS although has made some significant strides in the industry is undoubted a monopoly. 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. 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. However, given its business model, MS has won praises as they have contributed immensely to the growth and advancement of the technological 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 its a closed platform which is a turnoff for tech enthusiasts like myselfthat, well, dont like anything CLOSED FOSS please. However, we cannot disregard the popularity of Windows irrespective of how much you might despise it but then if youre keen on using the operating system, you might as well go for something that quite as much features supports for the applications specifically designed for it that would otherwise not run natively on other platforms without some sort of virtualization Im talking about Wine and Crossover YaayBut 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. But what if all that could change like forever An OS that will finally end your need for MS Windows 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. React OS has been in active development for the well part of two decades and some months that would be 1. Alpha stage, its sure as hell ready as ready can be to serve its intended purpose as the FREE Windows alternative for you die hard Windows users that dont want to pay a pretty penny to use the operating system. React. OS Desktop. The React. OS team recently unveiled the most recent version of the OS which is still in Alpha but at version 0. And truth be told, this has been an overall stable experience as Ive had it on test driving for a good while now Im talking about a 1. 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 theres a good resource on their supported list of components that will function well with the OS without much of an issue. Been using it on a Lenovo Core i. Ivybrige Thinkpad laptop so far and I must confess its been a soothing experience although not perfect, it sure going places. This is however, not a review nonetheless, we might have that up for you in the long run, hence, Ill proceed to fulfill the sole intent of this article which, of course is the installation procedure of React OS. Install Osx Windows Dual Boot Programs' title='Install Osx Windows Dual Boot Programs' />Now please join me already down below. As usual, pre requisites, we must get. React OS Installation with Screenshots. You want to head over to React OSs official website to download the Boot. CD image as thats what well be using in this installation guide also, if you arent feeling enthusiastic about slapping this baby on your PC YET, you can as well try It out using the Live. CD system or heck, the same installable Boot. Dual-Boot-Windows-XP-and-Ubuntu-Step-1-Version-3.jpg/aid350423-v4-728px-Dual-Boot-Windows-XP-and-Ubuntu-Step-1-Version-3.jpg' alt='Install Osx Windows Dual Boot Programs' title='Install Osx Windows Dual Boot Programs' />EDIT This guide is very outdated and it doesnt exactly go into specifics all that well. By now there are much easier and less timeconsuming ways to install Mac OS. Create Custom Windows XP CD with SATA Drivers Written on December 10th 2010 at 1221. Last modified August 26, 2011. PowerMacG4. com how to upgrade your Apple Power Mac G4. Overclock your G4. Links to purchase PowerMac G4 systems. Install a Pioneer SuperDrive. G4 PowerMac Resources. In essence, this method will let you run Mac OS X from inside a program window in Windows. As always, were going to use Virtualbox for this. Its important to note. CD in Virtualbox yeah, please go figure, this isnt a virtual box installation guide however, it has a bit of similarity. I first tried installing in Virtualbox too so in truth, the guide will work just as good. After you might have downloaded the image, you should get good tool Rufus to write it on a USB drive which is the officially recommended tool and it doesnt require any extra configuration. Using Rufus is pretty straight forward, 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. Once you have that setup, proceed and restart your PC make the changes in your BIOS or UEFI setup as needed. It is noteworthy that React. OS only requires 5. MB HDD and 9. 6MB RAM as your minimal configuration and also, the NT based OS will NOT run Linux apps not now, not ever. Plug in your USB drive and you are greeted with language selection screen choose your language and press enter to continue. Language Selection. Next up, is a welcome screen that give you the options of where next to navigate just press the corresponding key on your keyboard and youll be off to the next step in this case, well go on and press ENTER to install. React. OS Setup. 3. The next screen gives you some heads on the quirks of the operating system which arent in all honestly too much of a big deal the biggest downside Ill say, is the lack for NTFS file system support, hence, you dont get all the benefits that come with the New Technology Filesystem which might be a letdown for some as NTFS includes disk encryption capability, file security and the likes. However, the FAT filesysystem is still great and will allow you to install REACT OS on a big drive and you also get NTFS read and write support with an external drive of course. React. OS Setup. 4. The next screen shows some basic configs of your hardware. Press the enter key to accept the settings. Select Basic Settings. Here we have a pretty familiar screen that is, if youre used to installing Windows XP, then youll know that you dont have to do anything here, all you just need to do is press the enter button. Except you want to manually partition the drive before you proceed. Select React OS Installation Partition. Given that you only have FAT as the filesystem to choose from, then just proceed as needed. Driver San Francisco 2011 Pc Iso Tool here. Select React. OS Filesystem. Confirm format. Select React. OS Filesystem. 8. Give the React. OS partition a name React. OS is the default and press enter to proceed. Give React. OS Partition Name. Next screen is the installation progress bar. React. OS Installation Setup. Lastly in the installation process, you are prompted to install the bootloader better to leave it at the default selection which is the first and proceed. Install Bootloader. The bootloader installation is done almost immediately and now, you may press enter to reboot your PC and boot into React. OS. React. OS Basic Installation Completed. Once you reboot, you are greeted with this menu selection and without pressing any other key, press enter to boot into React. OS. Select React. OS Operating System. Once you press enter, you notice that the operating system begins to install the most basic drivers that React. OS needs to continue starup. React. OS Installing Devices. Now you have the setup wizard that will guide you through the rest of the process to have your React. OS installation up and running. React. OS Setup Wizard.