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OS/2 - eComStation News - December, 2007
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2006: January February March April May June July August September October November December
2005: August September October November December
SW: Web Family Tree
SW: eComStation 2.0 RC4 available
SW: OS2ports page updated (Ghostscript, Perl, Subversion, Openldap)
SW: WhatsOn version 2.0
SW: Drawingboard Theme 1.0.4 released
SW: New Year's OS/2 shareware sale
Net: netlabs.org newsletter #51 [ACPI, FM/2, SWT, UniAud, WPS-Wizard,
Net: Tutorial for WPS-Wizard icon creation
SW: SW: Virtualbox build released 20080101
SW: Ghostview v8.61 updated
| SW: Web Family Tree |
2007-12-26
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Peter Moylan
Web Family Tree (WFT) has just been upgraded to version 1.4. You can get
it from
http://www.pmoylan.org/pages/os2/wft.html
or ftp://ftp.pmoylan.org/software/wft14.zip
or search for "wft" on Hobbes.
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=wft
The main new feature is the ability to display photographs, but there are
several other improvements.
WFT is a freeware application to display your family tree as a set of web
pages. If you want to see a demonstration, look at my own family tree at
http://www.pmoylan.org. This web site also contains an on-line manual for
WFT. The source code is available separately, for those who want it, from
any of the three download locations mentioned above.
As with all reputable software, de-installation is easy if you decide you
don't want to keep it.
Although an OS/2 web server is a prerequisite, you don't need a public web
site if you don't want it. If you don't have a domain name or a fixed IP
address, or if you simply want to keep your WFT pages private, you can
still run a web server that responds only to the loopback address
(localhost = [127.0.0.1]). The web server that I recommend (web/2 by dink)
is elementary to install even by novices. If you prefer a different OS/2
web server, WFT will work with that too.
LIST OF CHANGES (since version 1.2)
Version 1.4 (25 December 2007)
Added fixup.cmd to the distribution.
Added language files for Dutch (non-expert translation!).
More informative web page title.
Provision for optional photographs in individual
records and family records.
Added a "display all databases" option.
Added cache control for faster loading.
Argument separator changed to '&', although ';' is
still allowed for backwards compatibility.
Added an "alias" field.
Added the Ged2HTML utility.
Minor efficiency: deleted trailing spaces in names.
Reduced the size of the partial tree for ease of
copying the web page into a two-column printed page.
Version 1.3
This version was never released.
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| SW: eComStation 2.0 RC4 available |
2007-12-26
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Joachim Benjamins
Serenity Systems International and Mensys BV are pleased to announce the
immediate availability of eComStation 2.0 RC4, The Christmas 2007 release.
This release is available to customers with an active Software
Subscriptions Services subcription. It adds a few new features and contains
a lot of updated drivers and fixes.
More details can be found at http://www.ecomstation.com/subscription/
!!! WHEN TESTING BETA SOFTWARE, ALWAYS BE SURE TO HAVE A TRIED AND
TESTED BACKUP OF YOUR SYSTEM !!!
** Netware installation from CD1 **
It is now possible to add Netware client support to eComStation,
straight from the installation CD. This is especially important for
those customers that have a Netware networking environment.
** Preboot harddisk integrity check **
There are several situations which may cause installation problems with
LVM in the install process. In this release, it is possible to disable
the integrity check at page 2 (miscellaneous) of the eComStation
installer preboot menu.
** Harddisk volume resizing **
This version has a custom DFSee engine that enables reliable RESIZING of
FAT32 and NTFS filesystems to allow shrinking an existing Windows
installation to make room for eComStation on the same system. The DFSee
engine included in RC3 is at level 9.04.
The GUI to this tool has been updated and is now using a graphical
interface. To invoke it, please select 'Paritition Resizing Tool' from
the Installation Volume Manager which can be called during installation
(choose 'New Volume' to start MiniLVM).
** Bootable JFS **
This release of eComStation contains the option to install the operating
system on a JFS volume. The advantage of doing this is that the amount
of diskcache is only limited by system memory (typically 10% of
available memory is assigned)
This increased cache size gives a huge gain in overall system performance.
** Genmac 2.20 RC1 **
This package provides generic driver support for several network
interface cards under OS/2 and eComStation. Moreover, Genmac is enabled
to support WPA encryption with the Wireless LAN Monitor 3.x or better.
Genmac and the Wireless LAN monitor will be installed when the
appropriate hardware is detected by the installer. If it is not
detected, you can manually select the driver in the network installation
dialog.
Version 2.20 RC1 of GenMac supports the NETBEUI protocol.
Version 2.20 RC1 of GenMac now offers suspend & resume on a limited set
of network adapters (when used in conjunction with ACPI) - this is an
*experimental* feature.
** ACPI 3.05 & APM 1.20 **
Support for ACPI is available in this release. The current version is 3.05.
ACPI will be automatically enabled if appropriate hardware is detected.
You can manually enable or disable ACPI support at page 4 (USB & ACPI)
of the eComStation installer preboot menu.
** multicore CPU support **
This release supports the installation of eComStation on a MultiCore CPU
computer. This includes Intel Core Duo , Core2 Duo and AMD 64 X2.
To enable it, you can do so in the ACPI Wizard that is launched from the
Post Installation tasks at the end of the installation. Alternatively
you can start the ACPI Wizard at any time from the install/remove folder
in the Local System folder on the desktop.
** eComStation Virtual File System (Samba client support) **
Samba is a SMB/CIFS protocols file and print sharing server/client set
originally made for UNIX world to cooperate with corresponding Windows
and OS/2 servers or clients. eComStation has a native implementation of
SMB/CIFS server/client set - IBM LAN Manager and IBM Peer. These
products have not been recently updated and may have some compatibility
issues with modern Windows SMB/CIFS implementations.
Serenity Systems International has reached an agreement with Blueprint
Software Works for the inclusion of the 'eComStation Virtual File
System' driver which provides support for Samba Client.
A small GUI utility for the configuration of Samba shares is provided.
== REPORTING ==
To tell us your findings, please create a report at:
http://www.ecomstation.com/support/rc4report/
You are also welcome to join the TestTeam if you want to discuss this
beta and future developments. See http://ewiki.ecomstation.nl/TestTeam
for more details.
== SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES ==
Please note that although some subscriptions have expired by now, you
are not required to purchase a renewal to obtain the GA version of
eComStation 2.0. If you want to try this RC2 release however, you are
encouraged to renew your Software Subscription Services contract.
More details can be found at http://www.ecomstation.com/subscription/
Enjoy this release and we wish you a victorious 2008!
Serenity Systems International
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| SW: OS2ports page updated (Ghostscript, Perl, Subversion, Openldap) |
2007-12-27
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Paul Smedley
Hi All,
Today I uploaded several new and updated OS/2 & eComStation ports to my
site at http://os2ports.smedley.info
* Ghostscript v8.61
OS/2 builds have previously been supplied directly from
http://www.ghostscript.com - however an OS/2 build of v8.61 has not yet
appeared, so I've made my own. Note that this build uses libc - previous
previous builds used (I think) EMX - any feedback is appreciated. Note
that it also includes support for the CUPS raster format, and libcups.dll
is required (included in the zip).
* Openldap v2.3.40
Updated to the latest source available from http://www.openldap.org
* Perl v5.10.0
Updated to the latest source available from http://www.perl.org
This has had very limited tested and all feedback is appreciated - current
test results are: Failed 43 tests out of 1370, 96.86% okay. I'll try and
improve the test results based on available time and feedback from users.
* Subversion
Updated to the latest source from http://subversion.tigris.org/
As always, feedback is appreciated to paulDESPAM@DESPAMsmedley.id.au, bugs
can be reported at http://mantis.smedley.info, and monetary support is
welcome via the links at http://os2ports.smedley.info
Cheers,
Paul Smedley
Adelaide, Australia
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| SW: WhatsOn version 2.0 |
2007-12-28
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Kim Foder
Today I have released version 2.0 of WhatsOn.
Some of the more significant changes in this release are :
A new tile set has been added.
New menu item, Load last tile set at startup, has been added to the options
menu. If this option is checked (and saved using save all options) the
selected tile set will be used at startup.
New menu item, Load tile set, has been added to the options menu. This
allows the selection of a tile set different from the default set.
An error making it difficult to save the registration has been corrected.
See read.me, or the WhatsOn homepage, for more information.
For those who don't know :
This game is highly inspired by the old DOS game Sherlock.
The game is one of logic deduction, and are (at least in the original
version) very addictive !
You can find the game via my homepage at http://hjem.tele2adsl.dk/kimfoder
under programs.
Or you can go directly to the homepage of the game, sponsored by
os2world.com, at http://www.os2world.com/whatson .
If you try the game, please let me know what you think.
If you find any errors or has any suggestions please let me know too.
Kim Foder
E-Mail :
kim.foderDESPAM@DESPAMtele2adsl.dk
kimDESPAM@DESPAMfoder.dk
ICQ : 220314462
MSN : kimDESPAM@DESPAMfoder.dk
Homepage :
http://hjem.tele2adsl.dk/kimfoder
Family:
http://www.foder.dk
Member of Team OS/2
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| SW: Drawingboard Theme 1.0.4 released |
2007-12-29
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Christian Hennecke
David Graser and Christian Hennecke have released the Drawingboard Theme
1.0.4 for eComStation. This theme was inspired by the MacOS Drawingboard
theme by Apple Japan and uses intersecting, fading lines to create the look
of engineering pencil sketches.
The theme bundles support for the Window Theme Manager, Icon Theme Manager,
eStyler, the Scheme Palette, and Animated Mouse Pointers.
Updates:
- Added two more sets of animated mouse pointers, one based on the same
style as the icons, one based on drawing tools
- Replaced lockup icon with icon donated by Alex Taylor
The theme comes as a WarpIN package that includes an option to display a
screenshot prior to any installation activities to help you decide whether
you want to give it a try or not.
You can obtain the WarpIN package from Hobbes:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?sh=1&button=Search&key=drawingboard-1-0-4
Hobbes Incoming: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/drawingboard-1-0-4.wpi
Eventually: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/wps/drawingboard-1-0-4.wpi
If you would like to support the authors' projects, please see the included
README file.
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| SW: New Year's OS/2 shareware sale |
2007-12-30
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Don Hawkinson
From now until Jan 7th, any OS/2 user can get a registered copy of all my
shareware for a PayPal payment of $10 (US).
To see a description of shareware, visit my web site at
http://www.dwhawkinson.com
PayPal payments may be sent to dwhawkDESPAM@DESPAMintcon.net [Note: remove
the DESPAM] and reference
New Year's shareware sale in the comments.
If you do not have a PayPal account, contact me via email-
dwhawkDESPAM@DESPAMintcon.net
Due to health and hardware problems, I have not been doing any OS/2
development for well over a year. The purpose of this sale to resolve my
hardware problems.
Don Hawkinson
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| Net: netlabs.org newsletter #51 [ACPI, FM/2, SWT, UniAud, WPS-Wizard, |
2007-12-30
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Netlabs
This is the latest edition of the bi-weekly netlabs.org newsletter. The
newsletter can be read on the web at the following URL:
http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Netlabs_bi_weekly_newsletter
News from netlabs.org:
Happy New Year everybody!!! from the netlabs team
24. December - 30. December
* ACPI
o Some new defects reported
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/acpi/timeline
* FM/2
o Quite some updates and some defects fixed (181, 183)
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/fm2/timeline
* netlabs.org
o Ticket #17 closed
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/netlabs/timeline
* SWT
o Various updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/swt/timeline
* UNIAUD
o Some updates for 0.9.8 again
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/uniaud/timeline
* WPS-Wizard
o Loads of updates, mainly documentation related
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/wps-wizard/timeline
* WSE Events
o Small updates behind the scenes
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/wse_events/timeline
17. December - 23. December
* AMPOS/2
o Update with MySQL 5.0.51, PHP 5.2.5 and phpMyAdmin 2.11.3
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/ampos2/timeline
* FM/2
o Many updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/fm2/timeline
* WPS-Wizard
o Created section for icon themes
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/wps-wizard/timeline
Netlabs.org relies on your support as well, we hire developers to have
better progress on projects. For sure this costs money so any sponsoring is
very welcome! You can support netlabs.org via netlabs.org sponsoring units:
http://www.mensys.net/NETLABS/
Thanks for your support!
We can be reached at: newsDESPAM@DESPAMnetlabs.org
Greetings,
netlabs.org team
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| Net: Tutorial for WPS-Wizard icon creation |
2007-12-31
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Chris Wohlgemuth
Hi everyone,
WPS-Wizard V0.6.0 ( http://svn.netlabs.org/wps-wizard/wiki ) comes with an
advanced icon engine for using PNG images as icons. Icons can be created on
the fly e.g. by overlaying several images to form a new one.
See the screenshots page for some examples:
http://svn.netlabs.org/wps-wizard/wiki/WpsWizardScreenshots
Now a first tutorial is available for those of you who want to create their
own icon themes:
http://svn.netlabs.org/wps-wizard/wiki/IconTutorial
This tutorial only scratches the surface of the features of the icon engine
but is a good start and will help you to create about 90% of your icons. It
is also helpful when you want to change one of the icons coming with the
current themes (there is an 'Edit' button on the icon page, you know...)
or intend to add more. More is about to come but will need some time.
To learn more about the engine go here:
http://svn.netlabs.org/wps-wizard/wiki/IconEngine
Regards and a happy new year
Chris Wohlgemuth
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| SW: SW: Virtualbox build released 20080101 |
2007-12-31
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Paul Smedley
Hi All,
I've just added an OS/2 & eComStation build of Virtualbox to my site at
http://os2ports.smedley.info
innotek VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for
enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature
rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the
only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software
under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Please note that whilst I'm interested in feedback on this build - I really
don't have the time to debug problems - all I've done is compile the code
that exists in the Virtualbox repository on OS/2.
Many thanks to Yoda for providing the readme.os2 - please read this for
details on what works/doesn't and how to use Virtualbox/2
Please enjoy - and Happy New Year!
Cheers,
Paul.
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| SW: Ghostview v8.61 updated |
2007-12-31
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Paul Smedley
Hi All,
I've updated the build of Ghostview v8.61 at my site at
http://os2ports.smedley.info to include a gsdll2.dll that is compatible
with GSView.
I've also modified the filename so that it can be installed by GSView.
Cheers and Happy New Year!
Paul.
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