# Newsletter 27

DevFeed: [Newsletter 27](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/newsletter-27-32893.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/blogs/newsletter-27/>)

Published: 2007-07-04T00:00:00Z

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>), [debug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debug.md>), [qemu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/qemu.md>), [Firefox](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firefox.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [DirectX](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/directx.md>), [Graphics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphics.md>), [Kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kernel.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>)

Tags: [command-line](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/command-line.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debugging.md>), [directx](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/directx.md>), [firefox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firefox.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [graphics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphics.md>), [kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kernel.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [newsletter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/newsletter.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [qemu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/qemu.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 Newsletter 27 reports recent development activity, including fixes for major blocker bugs, VMware Workstation display-driver progress enabling limited DirectX or ReactX demonstrations, and remaining issues affecting npfs, QEMU graphics, kernel debugging, SCSI support, and the Firefox 2 installer. It also describes an exploratory effort to boot ReactOS on One Laptop Per Child hardware.

## Source excerpt

Bug Hunt The past few weeks have seen quite a lot of activity. At least six major blocker bugs were dealt with, ranging from the network issue to various bugs in the command line console. The pre VMware Workstation 6 Display Driver also now installs and works, which opens up some interesting possibilities. Specifically, on VMware Workstation, the driver allows the use of DirectX or ReactX. Which means Magnus Olsen's work on ReactX can actually be demo'ed on Workstation, to an extent.