Users can now change the look and feel of ReactOS’ user interface by installing XP based themes and changing the appearance of the desktop from the default classic look to something more exciting.Īrchitecturally, the addition of a kernel mode testing framework has helped to identify a variety of bugs in kernel mode components. One of the more obvious user visible changes includes the implementation of theme support. Last but not least, ReactOS now includes wireless network support and is able to connect to both open and WEP encrypted networks. Furthermore, ReactOS has improved compatibility with NT5.1 drivers with the export of scatter/gather DMA functionality. The new driver has significantly increased both stability and performance, allowing the use of high bandwidth applications such as torrents. The LwIP library is a popular and stable implementation of TCP/IP originally intended for embedded use. As part of the GSoC, ReactOS gained a new TCP/IP driver built around the LwIP project.

One of the more significant sets of improvements was to ReactOS’ networking stack. Also included in this release is the valuable work accomplished as part of the Google Summer of Code 2011 event, of which ReactOS was a mentoring project. This version includes a significant amount of changes including both user visible and architectural improvements. It is an effort to create a free software replacement for Microsoft Windows ™ that is compatible with existing hardware and software! February 13th, 2012, 01:45 Posted By: wraggsterĪ new version of ReactOS has been released.

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