# Newsletter 100 - January 2021 news

DevFeed: [Newsletter 100 - January 2021 news](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/newsletter-100-january-2021-news-32873.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/blogs/newsletter-100/>)

Published: 2021-02-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reactos.md>), [Kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kernel.md>), [pull-requests](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pull-requests.md>), [Cache](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cache.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>), [gcc](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gcc.md>), [MSVC](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/msvc.md>), [USB](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/usb.md>)

Tags: [boot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/boot.md>), [bootloader](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bootloader.md>), [cache](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cache.md>), [filesystem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/filesystem.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [gcc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gcc.md>), [kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kernel.md>), [msvc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/msvc.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [pull-requests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-requests.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [reactos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reactos.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/win32.md>), [winapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/winapi.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>)

## AI overview

ReactOS's January 2021 newsletter reports kernel development, including memory-manager and cache changes, improved Windows driver compatibility, GCC build progress, NTFS boot work, and USB boot improvements.

## Source excerpt

Hello ReactOS followers! This is an attempt to re-instate the Newsletter, which informed you about recent developments. The previous Newsletter 99 was in 2013! This month we were mostly focused on the kernel work, merging pull requests and fixing regressions. Memory manager and Common cache work Being in development for almost six month, this work by Jérôme Gardou finally landed in the master branch. This change refactors many aspects of the Section Objects feature in NT-compatible kernel, making it more compatible with Windows.