Download ReactOS 0.3.4

Tuesday version 0.3.4 of Reactos was released. This project aims to build an open source operating system that is compatible with Windows NT, 2000 and XP, so that Windows applications and drivers can be run on it. While a lot of software already runs smoothly on it, including OpenOffice.org, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, and several games, the developers say the entire project is in an alpha stage and not suitable for everyday use. on this page some screenshots from Reactos can be admired. The complete changelog of this release is here these are the highlights from this release:

Highlights of the 0.3.4 release:

• A complete rewrite of the Cm (Config Manager) in ntoskrnl – aka registry support. This makes it much more compatible with NT5.2 (win2k3).
• SEE / SEE2 support.
• New plug n play keyboard and mouse driver.
• Full syncing of all usermode dlls from the most recent Wine release.
• Support for RPC and IDL (which was quite outdated and buggy) was finally brought up to date, providing a solution for the plug-n-play manager problems, ReactOS Services and promising future support for complex apps such as Microsoft Office.
• Huge improvements to user32 which now uses the desktop heap, greatly speeding up the UI.
• Large compatability fixes to gdi32, meaning our dll can now be loaded and used directly in Windows.
• Continuation of the rewrite of Win32k incorporating rewrites of a core functionality to bring it in line with win2k3.
• Improvements of many core user mode components, a much more functional shell32, improved control panel applets and the addition of a remote desktop client.
• A great deal of work on translations, language and regional settings.

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