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ReactOS 0.4.3 released under the code name "Haters gonna hate"

We know what a typical hater will say:


But we still bring to your attention a new version of our OS. A large press release in English with pictures and video here , change the log here , and you can download images there !

From the press release you can find out the amazing fact that the new project developer Peter Hayter (Peter Hater, yes, not all haters are equally useless!), Along with Andreas Mayer, spent a lot of time and effort on completing the integration of the “new” version of the library. for the maintenance of the winsock sockets, which previously (no matter how not lying, 5 years ago?) were developed by Alex Ionescu and Ged Murphy. The new Winsock library has significantly improved compatibility with network applications, such as the GoG client (Good old Games) and new versions of Python development modules (2 and 3 versions).
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In just three months, more than 340 errors were fixed, in particular, a terrible regression was fixed that lurked in all previous releases of the year since 2010 (but no one reported about it), which caused damage to the header of the partition table on GPT discs when using the LiveCD.

The prolonged transition to the new ARM3 memory management system (Another Rewrite of the Memory Manager Module) was continued, in which section support is now activated - one of the last missing features needed to completely replace the old memory management system.


The automatic update and installation features of Firefox add-ons now work correctly. You can even run the emulator Firefox OS.

Unfortunately, the release of 0.4.3 did not hit 95% of the Google Summer of Code 2016 developments and the printing subsystem , but don't be discouraged, we are just waiting for a grand release of 0.4.4, which is already being worked on.

And finally, our answer to all typical heiter:

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/315518/


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