Recently The ReactOS development team has announced the release of the latest stable version of its ReactOS 0.4.11 operating system.
Three months ago, in November 2018, version 0.4.10 released by the ReactOS team He highlighted the consistency and stability of the project, including the ability of the open source operating system to boot a formatted BTRFS drive from scratch.
In the last three months, the team has worked a lot on the Kernel with a focus on re-implementation of Windows API, which has helped improve the overall stability of the system.
Main new features of ReactOS 0.4.11
ReactOS 0.4.11 brings many kernel enhancements to this open source operating system. The team's work also focused on the file systems supported by ReactOS.
Corrections made by the team at the file input / output management level by the Kernel have allowed to eliminate at least one source of blue screens when trying to save a disk partition using the ODIN backup software.
In fact, although the fastfat driver is an internal filesystem driver, ReactOS has always relied on a third-party driver for BTRFS support, according to the release note.
This was the basis for some bugs in previous versions, such as a major memory leak issue that was resolved in ReactOS 0.4.11.
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An incompatibility with the UniATA driver with AHCI SATA controllers accompanying XNUMXth generation Intel chips (Skylake) it has also been covered in ReacOS 0.4.11.
In fact, most computers today use SATA connections and the corresponding AHCI interface, for which ReactOS is based on the UniATA controller.
When the XNUMXth generation of Intel Core (Skylake) processors came out, it came with a chipset platform whose AHCI SATA drivers proved to be incompatible with UniATA.
Greater compatibility
Older versions of ReactOS also had a problem stopping some older version apps.
In fact, ReactOS had particular difficulties handling the stop sequence for .NET 2.0 applications.
Often times, the waiting time that was too short prevented these applications from being stopped properly.
This issue was resolved by making ReactOS 0.4.11 a useful platform for running Windows compatible applications.
Win32 improvements in ReactOS 0.4.11
The feature block commonly known as win32k, implemented in the kernel space of the operating system, it may contain issues that can cause system-wide crashes with earlier versions of ReactOS.
According to the note, this defect has been resolved and the related issues will not appear in ReactOS version 0.4.11.
Network improvements
The efforts of the ReactOS team have also helped improve the ReactOS network by enabling various network diagnostics and debugging programs.
Thus, it becomes useful not only as a platform for running applications, but also for debugging them. This makes the operating system useful for both users and developers.
All of these enhancements to the open source operating system, especially the kernel-level fixes, will contribute to the robustness and stability of the system for the enjoyment of open source Windows enthusiasts.
However, open source fans can still head to Linux, and Windows compatibility, while improved, is still in its infancy in some recent .NET frameworks, such as .NET 4.7.2.
Enhancements to start / stop applications in ReactOS 0.4.11
When an application runs, it often depends on other libraries in the form of DLLs. The loader (LDR) is responsible for finding and loading dependent DLLs, and proper iteration of these dependencies is critical for everything to work.
This feature was not well supported in previous versions. But this flaw has already been solved and the whole range of modern applications can start in the latest version of.
Among the applications recently activated in this new version is Blender 2.57.
If you want to know more about it, you can consult the launch announcement. The link is this.