ReactOS 0.3.13 Released
Aleksey Bragin <[email protected]> Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:19:56 +0300
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The ReactOS team is proud to announce the release of ReactOS 0.3.13.
This version continues building on the work first previewed in =20
0.3.12, ranging from memory management improvements to better sound =20
and display control. A Coverity scan also occurred between 0.3.12 and =20=
0.3.13, helping the team clean up potential security holes and also =20
help improve general stability by enforcing more care in memory =20
operations.
Some of the biggest system changes happened with memory management =20
with the introduction of a new heap manager based on the Windows 2003/=20=
Vista architecture, significantly increasing ReactOS=92 compatibility =20=
with advanced memory allocation types and providing proper kernel =20
mode heap management used by win32k. Performance should also see a =20
significant boost for many memory operations even without the =20
addition of optimizations on top of the new heap. The addition of a =20
debug heap manager late in the release cycle also spurred on a series =20=
of fixes to memory usage across ReactOS, from the operating system to =20=
bundled applications. These changes should significantly improve =20
system stability, moving ReactOS one step closer to being a viable =20
daily use operating system.
Other improvements include the merging in of work done in the =20
yarotows branch for improved display driver loading and dynamic mode =20
changing, significantly increasing ReactOS=92 usability.
During the preparation of this release, 282 bugs were fixed, =20
including 50 regressions with the oldest regression being issue #4811 =20=
("comctl32.dll sync broke Abiword toolbar"). The oldest bug fixed is =20
#1567 "Taskmanager still showing processes while they are =20
closed" (almost 5 years old). 382 new bugs were opened since the =20
release of 0.3.12.
Previous releases 0.3.11 and 0.3.12 were downloaded 238 and 526 =20
thousand times, which totals up to an amazing amount of 764 000 =20
downloads, and a significant increase looks very promising.
Some of the most important changes:
Implemented dynamic video mode switch and improved graphics drivers =20
compatibillity.
Fixed several graphic issues.
Completely rewritten heap manager with additional debugging =20
capabilities for detecting out of bounds operations.
Improved management of audio mixer lines, preventing application =20
sounds from becoming garbled due to overlapping lines.
Heavy bug fixing in user subsystem ( improved handling of user mouse =20
input, messages and timers).
Visual artifacts fixed in some apps as Firefox and Thunderbird.
Fixed several bugs in the installer.
Improved apps compatibility: Stellarium 0.10.2, LHelp, =20
winpcap,FlashPlayer 10.1 and Mono 2.8, OllyDbg 1.10, Xenon 2000, VLC =20
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 =20
make it more compatible with NT memory manager.
The detailed 0.3.13 changelog is also available.
Main news link: http://www.reactos.org/en/news_page_65.html
Download link: http://www.reactos.org/en/download.html
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Aleksey Bragin
ReactOS Foundation President
http://www.reactos.org=
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class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" =
style=3D"font-size: 12px;">The ReactOS team is proud to announce the =
release of ReactOS 0.3.13.</SPAN></FONT></H2><P>This version continues =
building on the work first previewed in 0.3.12, ranging from memory =
management improvements to better sound and display control. A Coverity =
scan also occurred between 0.3.12 and 0.3.13, helping the team clean up =
potential security holes and also help improve general stability by =
enforcing more care in memory operations.</P><P>Some of the biggest =
system changes happened with memory management with the introduction of =
a new heap manager based on the Windows 2003/Vista architecture, =
significantly increasing ReactOS=92 compatibility with advanced memory =
allocation types and providing proper kernel mode heap management used =
by win32k. Performance should also see a significant boost for many =
memory operations even without the addition of optimizations on top of =
the new heap. The addition of a debug heap manager late in the release =
cycle also spurred on a series of fixes to memory usage across ReactOS, =
from the operating system to bundled applications. These changes should =
significantly improve system stability, moving ReactOS one step closer =
to being a viable daily use operating system.</P><P>Other improvements =
include the merging in of work done in the yarotows branch for improved =
display driver loading and dynamic mode changing, significantly =
increasing ReactOS=92 usability.</P><P>During the preparation of this =
release, 282 bugs were fixed, including 50 regressions with the oldest =
regression being issue #4811 ("comctl32.dll sync broke Abiword =
toolbar"). The oldest bug fixed is #1567 "Taskmanager still showing =
processes while they are closed" (almost 5 years old). 382 new bugs were =
opened since the release of 0.3.12.</P><P>Previous releases 0.3.11 and =
0.3.12 were downloaded 238 and 526 thousand times, which totals up to an =
amazing amount of 764 000 downloads, and a significant increase looks =
very promising.</P><P>Some of the most important changes: =
</P><UL><LI>Implemented dynamic video mode switch and improved graphics =
drivers compatibillity.</LI><LI>Fixed several graphic =
issues.</LI><LI>Completely rewritten heap manager with additional =
debugging capabilities for detecting out of bounds =
operations.</LI><LI>Improved management of audio mixer lines, preventing =
application sounds from becoming garbled due to overlapping =
lines.</LI><LI>Heavy bug fixing in user subsystem ( improved handling of =
user mouse input, messages and timers).</LI><LI>Visual artifacts fixed =
in some apps as Firefox and Thunderbird.</LI><LI>Fixed several bugs in =
the installer.</LI><LI>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.</LI><LI>More SATA devices =
are supported.</LI><LI>Lots of test cases were fixed.</LI><LI>Many =
improvements in the memory manager that fix several bugs and make it =
more compatible with NT memory manager.</LI></UL><P>The detailed <A =
href=3D"http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/ChangeLog-0.3.13">0.3.13 =
changelog</A> is also available.=A0</P><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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g/en/news_page_65.html</A></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Download =
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margin-left: 0px; ">Aleksey Bragin</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">ReactOS =
Foundation President</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
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