Captain Slopepok reports: ReactOS 0.4.4 released

    Good afternoon, habr!

    With a slight lag behind reality, we report that the release of ReactOS version 0.4.4 took place last Friday. We successfully maintain the release schedule every three months.

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    What is worth noting?


    • Version 0.4.4 was the first in which the ability to print documents is available . So far, only text and only through the LPT port. But this is only for now.
    • Also, support for network sockets was improved again (compared with the previous release 0.4.3), which made it possible for network interaction of even more programs.
    • The built-in RDP client has added support for SSL connections.
    • Ensured the correct shutdown of services, as well as the correct transfer of information about system variables to the processes of services.
    • Further improvements to shared folders in virtual machines. Completely got rid of the hacks in this component.


    What we did not have time?


    • We are ashamed, but we did not manage to import the GSoC 2016 developments before the release of 0.4.4, but we already did this in nightly builds. So, in version 0.4.5 guaranteed to be a lot of interesting things.
    • We also could not meet the deadline with improvements to the USB stack , but their import into the main development branch is expected in the near future.


    What are we working on right now?


    • Improved support for skins.
    • Fix display of cyrillic fonts.
    • Modernization of the font engine for a better and more complete display of Asian fonts and characters.
    • Ensuring the installation and launch of Microsoft Office 2010 in ReactOS


    In this screenshot, an example with the use of themes and installing boring wallpapers:
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    And here is our latest achievement available for testing in nightly builds:
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    But without a crutch, Office 2010 still won’t work. You will have to install Samba for Windows according to the instructions from here . We need the first 6 steps inclusive, and the path can be used only like this: C: \ Program Files \ samba .

    Share your impressions in the comments. We are waiting for the return beep!

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