Download ReactOS 0.3.13

Version 0.3.13 of ReactOS was released last week. The React Operating System is an open source operating system that aims to be compatible with Windows NT, 2000 and XP so that Windows applications and drivers can be run on it. Although it already runs a lot of software without any problems, including OpenOffice.org, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, and several games, the developers say the entire project is still in its alpha stage and not suitable for everyday use. on this page some screenshots from ReactOS can be admired. The main improvements in this release are as follows:

Some of the most important changes:

• Implemented dynamic video mode switch and improved graphics drivers compatibility.
• Fixed several graphic issues.
• Completely rewritten heap manager with additional debugging capabilities for detecting out of bounds operations.
• Improved management of audio mixer lines, preventing application sounds from becoming garbled due to overlapping lines.
• Heavy bug fixing in user subsystem (improved handling of user mouse input, messages and timers).
• Visual artifacts fixed in some apps like Firefox and Thunderbird.
• Fixed several bugs in the installer.
• Improved apps compatibility: Stellarium 0.10.2, LHelp, winpcap,FlashPlayer 10.1 and Mono 2.8, OllyDbg 1.10, Xenon 2000, VLC 1.1.5, Foobar 2000, Skype 4.0.0 work now.
• More SATA devices are supported.
• Lots of test cases were fixed.
• Many improvements in the memory manager that fix several bugs and make it more compatible with NT memory manager.

the detailed 0.3.13 changelog is also available.
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