# ReactOS 0.3.4 Release, Gaming Progress, Bootloader Advances, and ARM Port

DevFeed: [ReactOS 0.3.4 Release, Gaming Progress, Bootloader Advances, and ARM Port](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/newsletter-37-32903.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/blogs/newsletter-37/>)

Published: 2008-02-07T00:00:00Z

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>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [DirectX](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/directx.md>), [OpenGL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/opengl.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>), [Arm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/arm.md>)

Tags: [arm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/arm.md>), [boot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/boot.md>), [bootloader](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bootloader.md>), [directx](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/directx.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [opengl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/opengl.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [reactos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reactos.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/win32.md>), [winapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/winapi.md>)

## AI overview

This ReactOS newsletter covers the 0.3.4 release, reported speed improvements, gaming compatibility progress through DirectX, a bootloader that can boot Windows Server 2003 without its native loader, and preparations for an ARM port.

## Source excerpt

0.3.4 Release 0.3.4 was released a few weeks back. While it has seen some major improvements, the mouse/keyboard bug wasn't completely squashed in the release. However, it has been fixed in trunk by Aleksey, so all of you can stop complaining about it. On the other hand, people are reporting some major speed increases with this release. Thomas Bluemel's work on the desktop heap and Jim Tabor's work in deferring switchs between user and kernel mode seem to be paying off.