Neowin News Feed for: Reactos

"Open source Windows" ReactOS is now 30 years old

Usama Jawad — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 06:44:01 +0000

ReactOS, which many refer to as the "open source version of Windows" has reached its 30th birthday. Development on the free project is still actively going on. Read more...

'Open source Windows' ReactOS shows off one of the most iconic Windows games in full screen

Sayan Sen — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:16:01 +0000

ReactOS, one of the "open source Windows" alternative OSs, has received some upgrades related to the Explorer. The project is now able to run full-screen apps. Read more...

'Open source Windows' ReactOS gets shell, plug-n-play, file system, Registry upgrades, more

Sayan Sen — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 08:14:01 +0000

As promised, ReactOS has received a major update with a better shell, plug-and-play, file system, performance improvements and more. Read more...

"Open source Windows" ReactOS finally has an update, and it's not that good

Sayan Sen — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 22:46:02 +0000

ReacOS, the "open source Windows" project has finally received an update after more than a year. The devs suggest we will soon be getting more. Read more...

Rufus 4.6 gets Windows 11 24H2 unsupported PC bypass, ReactOS boot fix

Sayan Sen — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 19:30:01 +0000

Rufus final version 4.6 has been released which brings Windows 11 24H2 in-place upgrade bypass fix, and more improvements. Read more...

"Open Source Windows" ReactOS just got better GUI install setup, no GPT yet

Sayan Sen — Sat, 03 Feb 2024 22:46:01 +0000

ReactOS, which is referred to sometimes as the Open source Windows, has received another major update. Following wider UEFI bootability, the OS has now got an upgraded installation setup GUI. Read more...

"Open source Windows" ReactOS boots on Lumia, iPhones, requirements are less than Windows 11

Sayan Sen — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 22:12:01 +0000

Remember the open source Windows project called "ReactOS"? The dev team has published a new blog post outlining all the major developments that happened this year like improved UEFI boot support. Read more...

ReactOS 0.3.15 released

Razvan Serea — Fri, 31 May 2013 18:15:30 +0000

ReactOS is an effort to create a Free and Open Source replacement for the Microsoft Windows NT® family that is compatible with both applications and drivers. ReactOS is NOT a Linux based system. Read more...

ReactOS 0.3.15 RC2

Razvan Serea — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:26:54 +0000

The ReactOS team wants your money

Alfonso Maruccia — Tue, 01 May 2012 22:34:41 +0000

The Foundation that wants to recreate Windows (XP) outside Windows is seeking money to cover the main programmers' work as a full-paid job. In this way, the project will evolve faster. Read more...

ReactOS, the Windows-compatible OS, sees major updates

Alfonso Maruccia — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:20:24 +0000

The free operating system that wants to implement Windows binary compatibility is finally updated again. The new release contains many new things from connectivity to support for XP themes. Read more...

Inside ReactOS

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:59:01 +0000

Lead kernel developer Alex Ionescu talks about the internals of ReactOS and the direction the operating system is taking. His ReactOS "demo" at the end of the talk is quite funny, as he manages to... Read more...