After half a year of development Release of the operating system , aimed at ensuring compatibility with Microsoft Windows programs and drivers. The operating system is in the alpha development stage. Installation files have been prepared for download (126 MB) and Live build (in a zip archive of 95 MB). The project's code is licensed under GPLv2 and LGPLv2.
Key :
- A significant amount of work has been done to fix bugs and improve the new USB stack, which supports input devices (HID) and USB drives.
- The graphical shell Explorer now includes a file search feature.
- Work has been done to ensure startup on the first generation Xbox consoles.
- The FreeLoader bootloader has been optimized to reduce the boot time of ReactOS on FAT partitions when booting from USB drives with the system copied into RAM.
- A new Accessibility Utility Manager has been implemented to adjust system settings that may be useful for people with disabilities.
- Improved theme support in the on-screen keyboard.
- The font selection interface has been enhanced to match the capabilities of a similar utility in Windows. Font-related settings have been translated to use the registry.
- Fixed issues with the Apply button not activating correctly in dialog boxes, even if the user had not performed any actions.
- Resolved a problem where the contents of the recycle bin could exceed the available disk space.
- Improved support for 64-bit systems; ReactOS now boots and runs correctly in 64-bit environments.
- Synchronization with the Wine Staging codebase has been carried out, and the versions of third-party components have been updated: Btrfs 1.4, ACPICA 20190816, UniATA 0.47a, mbedTLS 2.7.11, libpng 1.6.37.
Source: opennet.ru
