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Submission + - ReactOS-Based Thorium Core is on Kickstarter (kickstarter.com)

Submitted by NiteMair
NiteMair writes: Several members of the ReactOS project have started a Kickstarter campaign in order to create a commercial service (Thorium Core) to provide cloud desktop services based on the ReactOS operating system. The plan is to provide commercial funding to further develop ReactOS, a Windows clone which has been in various stages of development since the late 90s. Their goal of $120,000 would seem to be a bit lofty, and they are off to a slow start still after nearly a month, but considering some of the amazing things that have happened during Kickstarter campaigns in the past, perhaps this project still has some potential.

Submission + - ReactOS Kickstarts a Cloud Desktop Service (reactos.org)

Submitted by FrogBlastTheVentCore
FrogBlastTheVentCore writes: Open-source NT-clone ReactOS is being spun off into a commercial project, pending the success of a new Kickstarter campaign. Thorium Core is pitched as a way to operate a Windows-compatible cloud desktop without the added cost of the "Windows tax," provide revenue to the ReactOS project for development, and feed the base project with improvements from the commercial side.

Submission + - ReactOS reaches Kickstarter (reactos.org)

Submitted by jeditobe
jeditobe writes: Right before Christmas, Aleksey Bragin and Steven Edwards launched the Thorium Core Kickstarter appeal. At its most basic level, the goal is to advance ReactOS development by creating a commercial project using it. The proposed product, as it were, is a remotely accessible desktop environment, basically a computer in the cloud. No longer does one need to shuffle around USB sticks or reinstall applications from computer to computer, simply connect to Thorium and you'll be back to your familiar setup.

The question for this community is of course what does Thorium mean for ReactOS? Well, for one a successful Kickstarter would provide a significant infusion of funds that can be used to develop ReactOS. For another, a successful launch of Thorium would provide an ongoing revenue stream to continue funding development. Another key point is everything that goes into Thorium will get fed back into ReactOS, helping make the operating system better, more compatible, and more stable. There has always been talk about how ReactOS could be applied commercially by other companies. Perhaps it's time to lead the way by showing it can be done via Thorium.

Submission + - ReactOS Finally on Kickstarter (kickstarter.com)

Submitted by jeditobe
jeditobe writes: Aleksey Bragin, along with Steven Edwards (Present and former ReactOS Project Coordinators) have just launched ReactOS to Kickstarter under the name "Thorium Core Cloud Desktop".

"Thorium Core" is a commercial distribution of ReactOS, the Open Source Windows compatible operating system, targeted for cloud computing

Thorium Core will allow you to configure an optimized, virtualized or embedded system tailored to run Windows-compatible applications using fewer resources than a modern version of Windows would require, without the licensing costs and complexity associated with Microsoft products and giving the user the Freedom that comes with Open Source software.

Submission + - ReactOS Finally on Kickstarter (kickstarter.com)

Submitted by jeditobe
jeditobe writes: Aleksey Bragin, along with Steven Edwards (Present and former ReactOS Project Coordinators) have just launched ReactOS to Kickstarter under the name "Thorium Core Cloud Desktop".

"Thorium Core" is a commercial distribution of ReactOS, the Open Source Windows compatible operating system, targeted for cloud computing

Thorium Core will allow you to configure an optimized, virtualized or embedded system tailored to run Windows-compatible applications using fewer resources than a modern version of Windows would require, without the licensing costs and complexity associated with Microsoft products and giving the user the Freedom that comes with Open Source software."

Submission + - ReactOS on Kickstarter! (kickstarter.com)

Submitted by jeditobe
jeditobe writes: Aleksey Bragin, current coordinator of ReactOs Project, together with Steven Edwards have just launched Kickstarter campaign titled "Thorium Core Cloud Desktop".

"Thorium Core" is a commercial distribution of ReactOS, the Open Source Windows compatible operating system, targeted for cloud computing

Thorium Core will allow you to configure an optimized, virtualized or embedded system tailored to run Windows-compatible applications using fewer resources than a modern version of Windows would require, without the licensing costs and complexity associated with Microsoft products and giving the user the Freedom that comes with Open Source software.

Comment ReactOS takes an initiative (Score 3, Informative) 208

by jeditobe (#45400915) Attached to: The State of ReactOS's Crazy Open Source Windows Replacement
ReactOS takes an initiative and gets part of its kernel rewritten in c++
Aleksey Bragin, the project coordinator writes:
"Monstera is a new implementation of a memory manager (along with a cache manager) compatible with the ReactOS kernel at source code level and providing the same binary compatible Native API through a lightweight wrapper. Monstera is implemented in a subset of C++ programming language. ...
Key ideas:
1. Object oriented language for object oriented kernel. When NT was implemented, C++ wasn't that good.
...
4. Don't drift away too much. It's still based on NT architecture, but think of it as if Microsoft Research would decide to reimplement NT in C++ for fun."

Submission + - Voice Bio metrics:Hello, is that really you? (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by Big Hairy Ian
Big Hairy Ian writes: Big business wants your voice — not for customer feedback, but to tackle fraud.

Voice biometrics — the recording and analysis of unique voiceprints for authentication purposes — is one of the latest technological weapons being deployed in the war against fraudsters, thought to be pilfering at least £52bn from the UK economy each year, according to the National Fraud Authority (NFA).

UK financial services companies alone are conservatively estimated to be losing more than £5bn annually, the NFA says.

But the real figures are likely to be two or three times higher than this as so much fraud goes unreported.

Identity theft and account takeover are a big and growing problem, particularly in a digital era that has been a boon to fraudsters by presenting them with many more ways to harvest personal data.

Submission + - Google Tech Talk: The Crazy Open Source Attempt To Rewrite Windows From Scratch (youtube.com) 1

Submitted by jeditobe
jeditobe writes: In this talk, Alex Ionescu, lead kernel developer for the ReactOS project since 2004 (and recently returning after a long hiatus) will talk about the project's current state, having just passed revision 60000 in the SVN repository. Alex will also cover some of the project's goals, the development and testing methodology being such a massive undertaking (an open source project to reimplement all of Windows from scratch!), partnership with other open source projects (MinGW, Wine, Haiku, etc...).

Alex will talk both about the infrastructure side about running such a massive OS project (but without Linux's corporate resources), as well as the day-to-day development challenges of a highly distributed team and the lack of Win32 internals knowledge that makes it hard to recruit. Finally, Alex will do a few demos of the OS, try out a few games and applications, Internet access, etc, and of course, show off a few blue screens of death.

Comment UDF and laser disc writing support (Score 1) 1

by jeditobe (#45399079) Attached to: ReactOS takes an initiative and gets part of its kernel rewritten in c++
Alexander Rechitskiy reported that he had convinced the UniATA driver developer to open source his UDF IFS driver for Windows and proposed it be included by default in ReactOS. Objections arose in that some felt UDF was not a core functionality and could be kept separate, while others felt the added convenience of the support was sufficiant to warrant its inclusion. A vote was taken and the proposal to include it in ReactOS by default after testing was passed. https://www.reactos.org/node/713

Submission + - ReactOS takes an initiative and gets part of its kernel rewritten in c++ (reactos.org) 1

Submitted by jeditobe
jeditobe writes: Aleksey Bragin, the project coordinator writes:

Monstera is a new implementation of a memory manager (along with a cache manager) compatible with the ReactOS kernel at source code level and providing the same binary compatible Native API through a lightweight wrapper. Monstera is implemented in a subset of C++ programming language. ...
Key ideas:
1. Object oriented language for object oriented kernel. When NT was implemented, C++ wasn't that good.
...
4. Don't drift away too much. It's still based on NT architecture, but think of it as if Microsoft Research would decide to reimplement NT in C++ for fun.

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