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ReactOS 0.4.15 Released

posted by janrinok on Friday March 28 2025, @07:56AM   Printer-friendly
from the making-progress dept.

Freeman writes:

https://reactos.org/project-news/reactos-0415-released/

We are pleased to announce the release of ReactOS 0.4.15! This release offers Plug and Play fixes, audio fixes, memory management fixes, registry healing, improvements to accessories and system tools including Notepad, Paint, RAPPS, the Input Method Editor, and shell improvements.

We chose to release this version of ReactOS in honor of Eric Kohl's first commit to the ReactOS code base, which dates back to 1999.
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0.4.15 was branched 6 months ago. Since then, many new and exciting features have been worked on in the master branch. UEFI support, symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), a new graphical installer, a new NTFS filesystem driver, power management, and newer application support are just a few features being worked on. We are excited to share this journey with you as ReactOS improves and matures.

Previously on SoylentNews:
Watch: Mac OS X 10.4 Running in Windows Alternative ReactOS via PearPC Emulator - 20180510
Alternatives to Win32...Win32 of course! ReactOS still making progress.... - 20160828
Release of ReactOS 0.4 Brings Open Source Windows Closer to Reality - 20160217
Ask Soylent: Can We Turn ReactOS into a Viable Alternative to Windows 10? - 20151021
NTFS Now Supported in ReactOS LiveCD - 20141106

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Reziac on Wednesday April 02 2025, @10:45PM

    by Reziac (2489) on Wednesday April 02 2025, @10:45PM (#1398942) Homepage

    I need to look at this new one. Previous ReactOS had some holes, but was to where if I had to, I could live with it.

    My hosting won't speak to WinSCP5.x anymore either, but 6.x works -- same reason, I assume.

    They're working on 64bit, but I gather that's a less-than-simple transition. Agreed that's going to be necessity.

    Microsoft leaves them alone because React's code is adamantly clean-room, and I vaguely recall there's already been a lawsuit proving that.

    A reproducible oddity:
    Install ReactOS (whatever was 2 versions back) on random aging hardware.
    Now install WinXP as a dual boot. (I did this to cross-test accessories and such.)
    In this setup, WinXP actually uses less RAM than ReactOS (80mb vs 85mb). Conversely a normal standalone XP install on the same hardware uses 386mb (ever wonder if that was deliberate?). I think the difference is in what drivers are not installed, but.... why?? there's no visible difference.

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    And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
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