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Contributors had to first build a very basic NT-like kernel before they could develop drivers for it, then continue developing the kernel; not too dissimilar to the process of bootstrapping a new programming language.
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Once a few basic drivers were written, other contributors were able to learn from these examples and develop other drivers.
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ReactOS 0.1.0 was released on 1 February 2003 and received minor updates up until November of 2003.
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ReactOS 0.1.0 was released on February 1st, 2003 and received minor updates up until November 2003.
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ReactOS 0.1.0 was the first bootable version of ReactOS.
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It had a command line interface and no desktop.
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Watch a demo of it below, provided courtesy of archeYR.
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Despite the challenges during this time, ReactOS 0.3.x continued to build upon ReactOS’s legacy.
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ReactOS 0.3.0 was released on 28 August 2006.
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ReactOS 0.3.0 was released on August 28th, 2006.
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It introduced networking support and a package manager called “Download!”.
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This package manager would become the basis for RAPPS, the package manager built into modern versions of ReactOS.
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On 5 July 2009, ReactOS 0.3.10 imported the UniATA driver.
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On July 5th, 2009, ReactOS 0.3.10 imported the UniATA driver.
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While we run into limitations with the UniATA driver today, UniATA enabled ReactOS to support SATA storage devices and to support partitions greater than 8GB in size.
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On 8 February 2012, ReactOS 0.3.14 supported being built using the MSVC compiler and added visual style support.
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On February 8th, 2012, ReactOS 0.3.14 supported being built using the MSVC compiler and added visual style support.
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{{< figure link="/img/blogs/30yrs-of-ros/ros-0.3.x-download.png" src="/img/blogs/30yrs-of-ros/ros-0.3.x-download.png" caption="Download!, the package manager for ReactOS 0.3.x">}}
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## 2016-Today: ReactOS 0.4.x
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ReactOS 0.4.0 was released on 16 February 2016.
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ReactOS 0.4.0 was released on February 16th, 2016.
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It introduced a new graphical shell that utilized more Windows features and was more similar architecturally to Windows Explorer.
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ReactOS 0.4.0 also introduced support for kernel debugging using WinDbg when compiled with MSVC.
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Being able to use WinDbg for kernel debugging has helped considerably.
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