ReactOS 0.4.9 release, A free Windows-compatible Operating System

Ddos July 24, 2018 2 minutes read

ReactOS is a free and open source operating system, it is based on the Windows NT architecture reflected in the best design concept. ReactOS is written entirely from scratch, it is not based on the Linux system, and does not have in common with the UNIX architecture.

The purpose of the ReactOS project is to provide a binary compatible operating system with Windows. This allows Windows applications and drivers to function as they do on Windows systems. In addition, the Windows operating system perception is also used, so familiar with the Windows user interface will be able to use ReactOS straightforward. The ultimate goal of ReactOS is to let people use it as an alternative to Windows, without having to replace the software they are familiar with.

Changelog 0.4.9

Epic

CORE-13683 – Make it possible to build ReactOS on itself
CORE-14481 – Cc: Lazy Writer and Read Ahead, v0.4.8-0.4.9

New Feature

CORE-13975 – cursor can’t be moved when entering installation dir \ReactOS

Task

CORE-12412 – Numerous fixes for the Services Control Manager

Improvement

CORE-8568 – Implement time delay on shutdown command
CORE-10310 – Automatically format file size & assorted fixes for apps
CORE-10679 – clipbrd: add some stuff needed for scrolling support
CORE-11308 – [hivecls] Add file type names
CORE-11637 – Improvements to the Event Log Viewer
CORE-12178 – [mode] Localization of output
CORE-12548 – Truncated text in start>Execute in french

Bug Fixes

CORE-7744 – AndLinux cannot be installed
CORE-8736 – Reactos is running out of memory when writing files > RAM-size
CORE-9459 – Taskmanager->Options are always enabled
CORE-9529 – Installing ReactOS into a path with semicolon breaks boot
CORE-9611 – Freelancer (demo) installer regressed
CORE-9696 – ReactOS bluescreens when triing to extract colinux image of Ubuntu 7 from 7 zip
CORE-10053 – mspaint: graphical glitch
CORE-10142 – PATCH: Correct the action on shorcut Ctrl-M
CORE-10425 – Telegram cannot connect to the internet
CORE-10605 – KVIrc 4.2.0: the System Tray icon is unresponsive to mouse clicks.
CORE-10887 – Hamachi setup error and can’t install
CORE-11175 – Assertion failed when copying large file from VirtualBox share
CORE-11195 – [comctl32] NSIS font draw issue