# Newsletter 36

DevFeed: [Newsletter 36](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/newsletter-36-32902.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/blogs/newsletter-36/>)

Published: 2008-01-08T00:00:00Z

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>), [Operating system](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/operating-system.md>), [Remote Procedure Call (RPC)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rpc.md>), [Kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kernel.md>), [qemu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/qemu.md>), [C#](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/csharp.md>), [Microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microsoft.md>)

Tags: [c-sharp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/c-sharp.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kernel.md>), [microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft.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>), [rpc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rpc.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/win32.md>), [winapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/winapi.md>)

## AI overview

ReactOS Newsletter 36 reports progress on PnP and Remote Procedure Call work, installation problems on QEMU, development progress, new contributors, a Cache Controller rewrite, and the first milestone of the SharpOS operating-system project.

## Source excerpt

General Developments Aleksey and Herve have been working on the PnP problem, which many people are experiencing through the unresponsive mouse or keyboard. At least some of the problem's been fixed, since people seem to have better success. In an attempt to squash the rest of the bug, Aleksey is updating the Remote Procedure Call code in ROS. Also, a working RPC would also allow WIDL, our substitute for MIDL (Microsoft Interface Definition Language), a method for software components written in different programming languages to communicate, to finally work.