Monday, August 11, 2008

ReactOS 0.3.6 - Open Source Windows NT/2000/XP Compatible OS

ReactOS 0.3.6 (Windows, Open Source, 30.5MB) [alt DL] is an open source effort to create a Windows NT 4/2000/XP+ compatible operating system licensed under the GNU public license.

Changes:

  • More architectures support: ARM version improvements, beginnings of x64 architecture support
  • FreeLdr's memory requirements for ReactOS bootup were reduced
  • Driver unloading now possible
  • Numerous kernel fixes and improvements (APC delivery issues, timer issues, lots of work on architecture-independent parts of the memory manager)
  • More Win32 applications are supported now thanks to the fix in the RTL heap implementation (e.g. InnoSetup-based installers, Delphi applications, etc)
  • Network stack bug fixes and memory leaks elimination
  • Win32 subsystem improvements, most of usermode DLLs synced with Wine

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