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-ReactOS Version 0.3.14\r
-für die Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2012\r
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-Willkommen zu ReactOS!\r
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-CD-INHALT:\r
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- * ReactOS Live-System/Installation\r
- * ReactOS in einer virtuellen QEMU-Maschine\r
- * ReactOS Build Environment (RosBE)\r
- * Quellcode\r
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-Diese CD sollte unter Windows ein AutoRun-Programm starten. Alternativ\r
-können Sie sich den CD-Inhalt über einen Dateibrowser anschauen.\r
-Die Ordnernamen sollten selbsterklärend sein.\r
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-Der gesamte Quellcode des Betriebssystems lässt sich unter Einsatz des\r
-ReactOS Build Environments sowohl unter Windows als auch unter\r
-Unix-ähnlichen Betriebssystemen wie Linux kompilieren.\r
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-Weitere Informationen über ReactOS finden Sie unter www.reactos.org!\r
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+========================
+ReactOS™ Version 0.4.x
+Updated August 31, 2016
+========================
+
+1. What is ReactOS?
+-------------------
+
+ReactOS™ is an Open Source effort to develop a quality operating system that is
+compatible with applications and drivers written for the Microsoft® Windows™ NT
+family of operating systems (NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, Seven).
+
+More information is available at: https://www.reactos.org
+
+
+2. Relationship with the WINE project
+-------------------------------------
+
+ReactOS has always intended to work with the WINE project to share as much
+programming effort as possible. This mainly concerns User Mode DLLs and
+still happens to a degree today. Other areas of cooperation lie in
+applications and testing suites.
+
+
+3. Future compatibility
+-----------------------
+
+The ReactOS project, although currently focused on Windows Server 2003
+compatibility, is always keeping an eye toward compatibility with
+Windows Vista and future Windows NT releases.
+
+
+4. Supporting other System Applications
+---------------------------------------
+
+The Windows NT architecture allows for subsystems, as does the ReactOS
+architecture. A subsystem is an implementation of the APIs of another
+operating system, allowing ReactOS to run applications from other systems.
+We are already looking at subsystems for: Java, OS/2, and DOS and possibly
+others in the future.
+
+
+5. Is ReactOS legal?
+--------------------
+
+Yes we are.
+All the code of ReactOS has been written from scratch by our developers.
+We go to great lengths to ensure that the code our developers create is clean,
+same applies to the variety of methods we use to understand Windows internals,
+including clean room reverse engineering, using existing documentation freely
+available both in books and on the web, using extensive tests (tens of millions)
+which apply black box engineering methods against both public and private APIs
+exposed by the operating system.
+
+
+6. Tutorials
+------------
+
+Developer and User Tutorials: https://www.reactos.org/wiki
+
+The tutorials contain more information on the project, compiling and testing
+ReactOS - amongst other topics. Contributors to the project are always welcome.
+
+
+7. Frequently Asked Questions
+-----------------------------
+
+Some of your questions may be answered in: https://www.reactos.org/joining/faqs
+In addition, the ReactOS forum: https://www.reactos.org/forum/ may contain
+complementary, yet non-official, information.
+
+
+8. Authors
+----------
+
+This document was originally written by Jason Filby (jasonfilby@yahoo.com)
+and is now occasionally updated by various contributors.
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