There are some builds in the nightly build section that classify themselves as ReactOS 0.4.16, is this branched from the main because 0.4.15 is headed for release, or am I missing something? Also, should I keep using 0.4.15 builds or use the 0.4.16 builds?

0.4.16 builds

Edit:I wanted to mention I've had more success with the 0.4.15 builds, most success I've had was a liveCD 0.4.14 build I got somewhere, should I just try more 0.4.16 builds?

Edit 2:Buildbot is uploading to the site again after months and the first build of 0.4.16 I use works wonders on 2 7-era laptops (+1)

Why are last a few nightlys non-existent? did building bot fail?a

Error opening source

Something went wrong while opening
(the path to the ISO image).

Error: (0 , h.requestMetadata) is not a function.

I tried rufus, but it said “The image you have selected is an ISOHybrid, but its creators have not made it compatible with ISO/File copy mode. As a result, DD image writing mode will be enforced.”

I have a few old laptops at my disposal (a Dell Inspiron 5100, a Dell Inspiron 5160 somewhere, and a Lenovo Thinkpad X201, a Gateway NE56R31u, and a Windows 8.1 era Toshiba Satellite (also location unknown); not going to list the others because they're not in the scope of what I'm hoping to do, but they're all dinosaurs by now) and I was considering installing ReactOS onto one of them. Not as a daily driver, obviously, but something to just have a functioning copy of the OS on. What I'm thinking about doing is upgrading the RAM (if I can) and putting a fresh SSD in one to use ReactOS on. I saw the video by MichaelMJD last night about "official hardware", and I've also been thinking about looking for a cheap-but-useable Dell Latitude D630 on eBay to use for this. It wouldn't be for anything major, mostly just to have something to pull out and experiment with from time to time. I probably won't be using the nightly builds unless I can get all of the drivers to work. Any suggestions or ideas?

i tried this OS lpong time ago to test virus like memz, they work very well, but for real hardware i tried to install it but it wont boot the installer and the question surged, do i need to have a Legacy boot, because the computer only allowed UEFI OS Or there is a way to boot it even having UEFI laptop

I have a toshiba laptop from the early 2000's w/o. a hard drive.

1. I made a live usb of reactos. Booting from plopbt, i select a boot option, and hangs on usbd.sys when booting on any mode. Any fixes?
2. I have some drivers for the laptop (Toshiba Satellite A15 S127, 2003). Is it okay to install them without bricking a system?

I'm all behind the idea of a Windows alternative, so I'd love to do a recurring donation to this project if I knew that it would actually help, but I know very little about this dev team and it seems like work on this project has progressed very slowly.

Does anyone here donate to the project and/or would you recommend doing so?

I have a Win 7 era laptop (g6-2000 series notebook), what can I do for drivers?

I used Rufus to create a bootable usb to install reactos, when I boot this usb I see a loading bar for a second and then I’m stuck at a blank screen. By help would be appreciated

Can it run 16-bit dos applications

I have recently started finding people, especially from Dev and Engineering community, are talking about ReactOS and especially a need for creating an open source alternative to break the monopoly of Windows and Mac or even Linux.

https://rutvikbhatt.com/reactos-the-open-source-windows-alternative/

https://preview.redd.it/f68ma465wx6d1.jpg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f018cb7fed7e2b9d69c6242194a9368674025695

to this day I still can't install VMwareTools without breaking the virtual machine, are there some plans to fix it?