Since 1996, the ReactOS project was launched with the aim of rebuilding the Windows NT kernel as well as the system layer in an open source, free way, and recently, ReactOS 0.4.14 has been released for download.
Have you ever heard of the open source Windows system?
In fact, since 1996, the ReactOS project was launched with the aim of rebuilding the Windows NT kernel as well as the system layer in an open source, free way, and recently, ReactOS 0.4.14 has been released for download.
The range of improvements in the release includes FreeLoader fixes, Shell functionality, kernel fixes, NetKVM VirtIO bringup, further work on the Xbox port, and support for the NEC PC-9800. The announcement notes that the development team has spent over a year refining this release and fixing regressions.
For Windows veterans, the features added to the new system may be nothing new, but from an open source free perspective, it's already a big improvement. For example, the right-click "Send To" feature, which has been online since the Windows 2000 era, as well as "Open as" and "Open Command Prompt", a number of DLL files have been updated based on the Wine project, and support for the NEC PC-9800 has been added for startup.
Some of the highlights of this update are as follows:
Overall, the new system runs more stably and takes up only 100MB of memory when idle.
In terms of hardware and software compatibility, the ReactOS team frequently updates progress in the official account, and not long ago managed to run on Z690A motherboard and 12th generation Core i7 platform, also able to run Diablo 2, Office 97, VLC Media Player and other programs.