Looks like #ReactOS now has a unified ISO image so you can run live or install from the same image. A bunch of new features have also been added.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Unified-ISO

Operačný systém #ReactOS bude mať dostupné zjednotené obrazy. Pribudnúť by mal aj inštalátor systému s grafickým používateľským rozhraním.

https://techsvet.eu/aktuality/reactos-zjednoti-obrazy/

ReactOS introduces a new ATA driver and a new Live CD

The ReactOS project, which is an “open-source Windows” operating system that focuses on being binary-compatible with Windows, has seen interesting events that happened during this week.

In order to extend support to more computers, the new ATA storage driver has been introduced to ReactOS for the first time. According to a merged pull request that has been made since 2024, a new PnP-aware ATA storage stack for PATA and AHCI devices has been implemented to support a wider range of systems that can now boot ReactOS.

This change is going to make ReactOS reachable to more people by making it bootable on more computers that use SATA, AHCI, PATA, and ATAPI devices, while also preserving the original UniATA driver in case there are problems with the new driver. Moreover, this introduces the below new components:

• pciide.sys: This file is responsible for maintaining backwards compatibility with NT v5.x and is a loader to the pciidex.sys.
• pciidex.sys: This driver is responsible for providing a low-level interface to the ATA bus.
• atapi.sys: An ATA port driver that translates SCSI commands to appropriate ATA commands and handles ATA-specific errors.
• storprop.dll: Responsible for displaying information about ATA devices to the user.
• legide.sys: A system driver that is responsible for handling non-PnP PATA controllers in the system after the enumeration of PCI buses.

The boot CD has also seen a massive improvement that changes how users will be able to try out ReactOS on their computers before installation. This is actually a merger project that fuses both the live CD and the text-based installation disks, which means that only one ISO file that contains both the live system and the textual installation phase is produced.

So, when you download ReactOS, you’ll now be presented with two options: to try out a live ReactOS system, or to install it to your computer. This means that you’ll be able to test-drive ReactOS on your computer without any friction. With support of the new ATA driver, more computers should be able to boot to ReactOS hopefully without any issues. This merger also reduces confusion when people try to download ReactOS, ensuring a more streamlined user experience.

Via: Phoronix

ReactOS becomes more reachable by introducing a new live boot CD and an improved ATA driver!

#ReactOS #Windows #FOSS #TechNews #TechUpdates #WindowsNT5 #WindowsNT

https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2026/05/04/reactos-introduces-a-new-ata-driver-and-a-new-live-cd/

ReactOS Gets Unified Installer Image and a New Storage Stack

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/03/reactos-gets-unified-installer-image-and-a-new-storage-stack/

#ReactOS Introduces Unified Live/Install Media, New Storage Driver

https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Unified-ISO

Dear Friends whoo can-can use Mastodon,

1) It took me a while but I am using Mastodon from any hardware/software combination. Even #Windows at the local library.
2) Can I say the same ease of use about my hardware and #software usage? [Clue ~ NO!]
3) For example this morning using three different screen-shot programs I was barely able (eventually successful) to take a partial desktop #screenshot.
4) And so I looked for a new OS. #FreeDOS in #ReactOS maybe? Heavens still not available for every day use after 30 years of development? Wot?
5) #EasyOS developer is asking about what desktop colour scheme people prefer. The choices are all two tone monochrome. We honestly have been using colour monitors for 30 years AND if people want #monochrome they can change to blue and light blue or red and pink. What sort of crazed time wasting is this?

Anyway enough whingeing from me the most terrible person in the #development cycle (an actual end user)

I am now going to finish my herbal tea. Pray to the St of GNU
https://stallman.org/saintignucius.jpg
https://stallman.org/saint.html

🙏🏿  

Never mind just Linux; this would seem to raise serious issues for any group producing their own kernel without an army of lawyers on staff e.g. *BSD, RedoxOS, Graphene, ReactOS, Haiku, illumos and perhaps even plan9 and operating system textbooks and learning frameworks like FluxOSKit. There is furthermore some significant scariness about packets crossing borders rendering ppl liable for violations of all this when passing through spaces wherein USA agents may apprehend them.

https://youtu.be/SVGw0uY1dsQ

#telix #Linux #BSD #NetBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #RedoxOS #GrapheneOS #ReactOS #HaikuOS #illumos #plan9 #Hurd #FluxOSKit