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Yes i know there are other competitors for Windows, that are very real such as Linux or MacOS , but you have to admit that they are pretty exclusive. I mean this in the way that some software that you run on windows, cant use on the other OS because there is not version of that software that suports the OS.
I believe this is one of the reasons why people use windows a lot, this and the fact that people got used to the windows feel and look.

Free alternative to windows

Today i found out through the youtube chanel of chris pirillo about a new alternative to windows called ReactOS

ReactOS is a free, modern operating system based on the design of Windows XP/2003. Written completely from scratch, it aims to follow the Windows architecture designed by Microsoft from the hardware level right through to the application level. This is not a Linux based system, and shares none of the unix architecture.
The main goal of the ReactOS project is to provide an operating system which is binary compatible with Windows. This will allow your Windows applications and drivers to run as they would on your Windows system. Additionally, the look and feel of the Windows operating system is used, such that people accustomed to the familiar user interface of Windows would find using ReactOS straightforward. The ultimate goal of ReactOS is to allow you to remove Windows and install ReactOS without the end user noticing the change.

Please bear in mind that ReactOS 0.3.5 is still in alpha stage, meaning it is not feature-complete and is not recommended for everyday use.

Below you can find his review of this new OS.
Hope you find this usefull

Cheers

I don’t know if the title is 100% correct, but the fact remains that Opera has just released its 9.5 final version. I haven’t gotten a chance to test it all out, but i noticed a whole new look to Opera. Better or not we will see.

The competition is a little behind, FireFox had yesterday it’s Download Day in the attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the most downloaded software in 24 hours with the new Release Candidate. This release according to many has been forced by the issues of the previous release in MacOS. They are preparing to go final with FireFox 3, but they are not there yet.

As for Internet Explorer, it’s preparing for its version 8 Beta 2.

Apple has started seeding developers with an early version of Safari 4 (5526.11.2). The release comes amidst news of Apple’s plans for Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) which will focus on performance and quality.

But to be honest i still have Firefox as my default browser, simply because i got used to it … and i like the useful extensions that have been developed for it, like firebug and Yslow.

Mozilla team has set up a pledge program to remind Firefox users to download the Firefox 3 browser within 24 hours of its release in order to nab a Guinness World Record.

Well, that day has come – Firefox Download Day 2008 is here June 17th. Today the 1,594,867  from around the world that have plaged to download the new and improved Firefox 3 should get their copy. It’s not too late to take the pledge and help Mozilla spread browser goodness throughout the planet.

As far as i read Mozilla Firefox 3 Release Candidate 3 will not bring anything new to Windows and Linux users from the RC2 version. The extra release candidate addresses some lingering issues on the Mac OS X operating system. The changes are internal.

Planning is already in progress for Firefox 3.1, which is codenamed Shiretoko. Although still in the early stages of planning, the schedule indicates that alpha releases could be available as early as July. Prominent user interface features planned for the 3.1 release include tab previews and tag auto-completion. Developers also plan to add several new features to Firefox’s Gecko rendering engine such as the HTML 5 video element and CSS text shadows.

Download Mozilla Firefox RC3 here.