# Response to Thorium questions

DevFeed: [Response to Thorium questions](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/response-to-thorium-questions-33010.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/blogs/response-to-thorium-questions/>)

Published: 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [Operating system](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/operating-system.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>)

Tags: [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [funding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/funding.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [reactos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reactos.md>), [smartphones](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/smartphones.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/win32.md>), [winapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/winapi.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>)

## AI overview

The article responds to questions about Thorium's purpose and the funding needed to develop it. It describes a proposed environment that synchronizes applications, files, and desktop state across systems and devices through a network connection, then discusses the need for a base operating system, with Linux and Windows presented as possible choices.

## Source excerpt

Quite a few people that first look at Thorium ask questions about what exactly it is for and what purpose does it serve. These are not unreasonable questions to ask and the answers are sometimes difficult to parse due to the complexity of Thorium itself. The second set of questions relates to why we believe Thorium is achievable with the amount of funding requested. Let's go over both sets and hopefully they will convince you we aren't completely out of our minds.