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2005: August
SW: WorkPlaceCalendar v0.3
SW: Updated wget port for OS/2 & eComStation
SW: Rsync v2.6.6 compiled for eCS & OS/2
SW: cURL v7.14.1 for OS/2 & eComStation
SW: Tame build updated with latest Sane
SW: ncftp v3.1.9 for OS/2 & eCS
SW: Java gui 1.0
SW: Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 Has Been Released
SW: Mozilla (official) 1.7.12 Has Been Released
SW: Firefox 1.5b1 & the IDN buffer overflow security issue
SW: Maul Publisher for OS/2 service V3.02
SW: PM123 version 1.31b6 Has Been Released
Event: If you haven't made your reservations yet for Warpstock 2005...
SW: gocr compiled for OS/2 & eComStation
SW: DFSee 7.13 released; the Warpstock edition :-)
SW: Rocksndiamonds ported to OS/2
| SW: WorkPlaceCalendar v0.3 |
2005-09-24
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From: "Frank Wochatz"
WorkPlaceCalendar (WPC) is an object which creates a calendar object on
your desktop.
The calendar object shows the day in object icon and a month calendar in
object text.
Further WPC supports:
- german and english language,
- display of weeks beginning with monday and sunday,
- display of week days and week count of year
- red icons for sundays.
This is a test version.
Screenshot:
http://www.subsys.de/WPWeather/gif/wpcal.gif
Download:
http://www.subsys.de/WPWeather/download/wpcal03.zip
There is no documentation yet. Just unzip and start the cmd file to create
or update the object. Feel free to place a shadow in you start up folder,
so the object will be updated at system start. To switch the week start
from monday to sunday you have to edit a switch in the CMD file.
regards
Frank Wochatz
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| SW: Updated wget port for OS/2 & eComStation |
2005-09-24
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From: Paul Smedley
Hi All,
I've just compiled the latest (v1.10.1) version of wget for OS/2 &
eComStation and added it to my website at
http://smedley.info/os2ports.html
For those that don't know, wget is a free software package for retrieving
files using HTTP, HTTPS and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols.
It is a non-interactive commandline tool, so it may easily be called from
scripts, cron jobs, terminals without X-Windows support, etc.
More information on wget is available from
http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/wget.html
For those that can't read the readme.os2 file, this build requires
libc06r1.dll which can be downloaded from
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/wvgui/libc06r1.zip
Cheers,
Paul.
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| SW: Rsync v2.6.6 compiled for eCS & OS/2 |
2005-09-25
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From: Paul Smedley
I've just built Rsync v2.6.6 with Innotek GCC 3.3.5 r1 and made it
available from http://smedley.info/rsync-2.6.6-os2.zip
Requires libc06r1.dll available from http://smedley.info/libc06r1.zip
Completely untested by me, as I have no need for rsync, but compiled due
to a request from Piggy (www.ecomstation.org webmaster and all round good
guy).
Cheers,
Paul Smedley
Adelaide, Australia
25th September, 2005.
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| SW: cURL v7.14.1 for OS/2 & eComStation |
2005-09-25
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From: Paul Smedley
Hi All,
Busy weekend here :)
Based on a user request, I've just built cURL v7.14.1 for OS/2 with SSL
support from OpenSSL 0.9.8
It's available from http://smedley.info/os2ports.html and requires the
Innotek GCC v3.3.5 r1 runtime (libc06r1.dll).
More details on what curl does are available from http://curl.haxx.se/
Cheers,
Paul.
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| SW: Tame build updated with latest Sane |
2005-09-25
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From: Paul Smedley
Hi All,
Last announcement for this weekend :)
I've just updated the Tame/2 warpin release at
http://smedley.info/sane.html
No code changes to Tame (too busy on other things right now), but sane
code is updated to latest cvs as of 25th September.
Full details on scanners included in Tame are at the website, along with
details on how to get unlisted USB scanners working.
Cheers,
Paul.
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| SW: ncftp v3.1.9 for OS/2 & eCS |
2005-09-26
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From: Paul Smedley
I've just built ncftp v3.1.9 using Innotek GCC 3.3.5r1 - requires the
runtime dll available from http://smedley.info/libc06r1.zip
NcFTP Client (also known as just NcFTP) is a set of FREE application
programs implementing the File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
The current version is: 3.1.9 (April 6, 2005). A minor security change was
posted for the 3.1.5 release.
The program has been in service on UNIX systems since 1991 and is a
popular alternative to the standard FTP program, /usr/bin/ftp. NcFTP
offers many ease-of-use and performance enhancements over the stock ftp
client, and runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms as well as operating
systems such Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X.
Built directly from source with no modifications to the source necessary.
Full details on ncftp are available from http://www.ncftp.com/ncftp/
Comments/feedback to paulDESPAM@DESPAMsmedley.info
Check http://smedley.info/os2ports.html for latest updates and other OS/2
ports.
Cheers,
Paul.
Adelaide, Australia
26th September, 2005.
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| SW: Java gui 1.0 |
2005-09-26
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From: roossienDESPAM@DESPAMgmail.com
A frontend for Java 1.0 on hobbes.
Makes it easy to create and test java object from diferent java versions.
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=javagui
Url: http://members.home.nl/cwroossien/ecs.html
From: Chris Roossien (roossienDESPAM@DESPAMgmail.com)
Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php
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| SW: Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 Has Been Released |
2005-09-26
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From: "Sander Nyman"<2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net>
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 (official) has been released. This is an important
security and stability release. It includes a fix for a potential buffer
overflow vulnerability when loading a hostname with all soft-hyphens (The
IDN bug). A fix to prevent a crash when loading a Proxy Auto-Config (PAC)
script that uses an "eval" statement. And a fix to restore
InstallTrigger.getVersion() for Extension authors.
You can download it here:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.0.7/contrib/firefox-os2-1.0.7.zip
NOTE: This release requires the C runtime DLLs from Innotek. The latest
version is 0.5.1, which includes an installer. Available here:
http://download.innotek.de/gccos2/runtime/libc-0.5.1.exe
NOTE: This release requires IPLUGINW.DLL to use the Java and Flash
plugins. The latest version is available here:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=196271
Firefox extensions (add-ons) that add new functionality are available
here:
https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/?application=firefox
Firefox themes (skins) are available here:
https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/?application=firefox
For release notes, and a list of new features, follow this link:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/
The Mozilla Firefox homepage can be found here:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/index.html
If you have questions, or just want the latest, greatest tips for Mozilla
& Firefox, Steve Wendt's excellent "Tips For Warpzilla" page can be found
here:
http://www.os2bbs.com/os2news/Warpzilla.html
For Firefox "Tips & Tricks", see:
http://www.tweakguides.com/Firefox_6.html
And finally, if you still have questions, or just want to participate in a
Mozilla for OS/2 discussion forum, the Warpzilla newsgroup can be found
here:
news://news.mozilla.org/netscape.public.mozilla.os2
Regards,
Sander
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"Sander Nyman"<2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net>
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I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.
- Woody Allen
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| SW: Mozilla (official) 1.7.12 Has Been Released |
2005-09-26
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From: "Sander Nyman"<2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net>
Mozilla 1.7.12 (Official) for OS/2 & eCS has been released. This is an
important security and stability release. If you are using version
1.7.11, or earlier, or any of the I.B.M. web browsers (including the
latest), you should upgrade. Among the fixes in this release are the
following:
- Fix for a potential buffer overflow vulnerability when loading a
hostname with all soft-hyphens. - Fix to prevent a crash when loading a
Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) script that uses an "eval" statement. - Fix to
restore InstallTrigger.getVersion() for Extension authors. - Fix a crash
in mail when stopping a search and then searching again.
You can download it here:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.7.12/contrib/mozilla-1.7.12-os2.zip
Or here if you prefer Mozilla with the installer:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.7.12/contrib/mozilla-1.7.12-os2-installer.exe
NOTE: This release requires C runtime DLLs from Innotek. The latest
version is 0.5.1, which includes an installer. Available here:
http://download.innotek.de/gccos2/runtime/libc-0.5.1.exe
NOTE: This release also requires IPLUGINW.DLL to use the Java and Flash
plugins. Available here:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=196271
Mozilla extensions (add-ons) that add new functionality are available
here:
https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/?application=mozilla
For a list of Mozilla 1.7.12 features, follow this link:
http://mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.7.12/README.html#new
A more extensive Changelog for Mozilla 1.7.12:
http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.7.12/changelog.html
The Warpzilla (Mozilla for OS/2) homepage can be found here:
http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/
If you have questions, or just want the latest, greatest tips for Mozilla,
Steve Wendt's excellent "Tips For Warpzilla" page can be found here:
http://www.os2bbs.com/os2news/Warpzilla.html
And finally, if you still have questions, or just want to participate in a
Mozilla for OS/2 discussion forum, the Warpzilla newsgroup can be found
here:
news://news.mozilla.org/netscape.public.mozilla.os2
Regards,
Sander Nyman
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"Sander Nyman"<2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net>
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I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.
- Woody Allen
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| SW: Firefox 1.5b1 & the IDN buffer overflow security issue |
2005-09-26
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From: "Sander Nyman"<2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net>
While the Mozilla suite version 1.7.12, and Firefox 1.0.7 both address the
IDN buffer overflow security issue, it should be noted that the next
generation Firefox 1.5b1 was released just prior to the availablity of the
patch. If you have tried Firefox 1.5b1, and just can't go back to the
1.0.x version (hey, I'm with you), the problem is easily resolved. The
following work around has been posted by Mozilla:
1. Type about:config into the address field and hit Enter.
2. In the Filter toolbar, type network.enableIDN.
3. Right click on the the network.enableIDN item and select toggle to
change value to false.
To verify the fix, be sure to restart the browser and then follow these
steps.
1. Type about:config into the address field and hit Enter.
2. In the Filter toolbar, type network.enableIDN.
3. Ensure that the the value for this item is set to false.
Regards,
Sander
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"Sander Nyman"<2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net>
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Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity.
- Albert Einstein
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| SW: Maul Publisher for OS/2 service V3.02 |
2005-09-27
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From: "Peter Koller"
Service upgrade V3.02 is now available:-
# Fixed - Drag *.mpj on maul.exe, and the 1st file is opened, but not the
project
# Fixed - Text rotation is not working in a chained frame
# Fixed - Anchor bugs crash Maul
# Fixed - ePDF title extraction not working
# Fixed - Text search is missing items
# Allow transparency for grouped objects
# Fixed - New project dialog incomplete
# Fixed - Error in dropshadow colour selector
Maul Publisher is an industrial strength desktop publisher capable of
creating virtually all of the printing seen on everyday household items.
You can use it to easily lay out newspapers, cards, books, labels, stamps,
posters, charts, forms, and even designs like building plans or furniture
arrangements.
To service Maul:-
Download maulebin302.zip, and either maulelen302.zip or maulelde302.zip or
both, depending on the language(s) you want.
Try
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=maulebin
or
http://www.manglais.com/download.php
Unzip all the files in the .\maul\install directory where maul was
installed and run the installer. You need to install the binary executive
and library files, as well as the appropriate language packs. It is safe
to install later versions of Maul V3.xx over earlier ones.
Please Do take the trouble to report any further bugs you may find!
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| SW: PM123 version 1.31b6 Has Been Released |
2005-09-28
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From: "Sander Nyman"<2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net>
PM123 version 1.31b6 has been released, and is available at:
ftp://ftp.ptv.ru/pub/glass/pm123/pm123-1_31_beta_6.zip
PM123 is an excellent open source PM based digital audio player for OS/2.
It plays MP3s, WAV-files and audio CDs. PM123 supports skins, audio
streaming, plugins, visualization and more!
Originally developed by Samuel Audet, it is being maintained by Dmitry
Steklenev.
You can find more information on PM123 here:
http://sektori.com/pm123/index.php
New since version 1.30:
- PM123's manual is converted to OS/2 native format.
- Help system is implemented.
- PM123 accepts directory as commandline parameter.
- Player window now can be moved by left click-dragging.
- Integrated last source codes of the Generalised Bitmap Module.
- The playlist manager now remembers the font and colors dropped on it
from the font and color palette.
- It's now possible to stop use of the playlist after beginning it's
use.
- Duplicate items will not be added to the lists of recent files.
- Playing of a file does not stop if this file is removed from the
playlist and the player is not in a mode of use of this playlist.
- The playlist window doesn't close when using alt-f4 to close the ID3
tag editor.
- The name of the loaded playlist file is displayed in the title of the
playlist window.
- Added ID3 tag charset conversion.
CDDAPLAY:
- The FreeDB online search now can be turned off.
- GUI is not freezed while getting the servers-list.
- If the CD disk is not found in the FreeDB, this negative hit is cached
up at restart of the program.
- Settings of the module do not resetting as a result of reinstallation
of the program.
ANALYZER:
- Fixed the minimal value of update frequency and percent of spectrum
display. Zero values caused crash of the program.
- The spectrum analyzer uses new FFT library and works more accurately.
- Added the new display mode with thick bars and using a logarithmic
scale of frequencies.
MPG123:
- The MP3 decoder does not stop at playing some broken files.
REALEQ:
- New presets are used immediately after loading an equalizer from a
file.
- If the "zero" has been pressed then the current preset will not be
loaded after restart of the program.
Regards,
Sander Nyman
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"Sander Nyman"<2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net>
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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I . . . I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
- Robert Frost
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| Event: If you haven't made your reservations yet for Warpstock 2005... |
2005-09-28
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From: Andy Willis
We've heard from the hotel that all the Warpstock rooms have been filled.
They have a few much higher priced rooms available but even those are
limited. If you haven't made reservations yet, despite all our warnings,
then here are a few possible alternatives:
The closest alternate hotel is the Holiday Inn Hotel, 4751 Lindle Rd,
Harrisburg, PA, phone: 717-939-7841. This is about 0.07 miles away on the
opposite side of Lindle Avenue from the Wyndham Harrisburg-Hershey hotel
where Warpstock is being held.
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hd/mdtea
On Eisenhower Blvd, about a half mile down Lindle road from the Wyndham
Harrisburg-Hershey, are the following:
1) Red Roof Inn
http://www.redroof.com/reservations/inn_details_print.asp?innNumber=027
950 Eisenhower Blvd, Harrisburg, PA (0.48 miles away)
717-939-1331
2) Baymont Inn
http://www.baymontinns.com/lq/properties/propertyProfile.do?ident=LQ1032&propId=1032
990 Eisenhower Blvd, Harrisburg, PA (0.48 miles away)
717-939-8000
3) Best Western
http://www.bestwesternpa.com/Hotels/InnSuites_Harrisburg.htm
815 Eisenhower Blvd, Harrisburg, PA (0.52 miles away)
717-939-1600
4) Windham Garden Hotel
http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/MDTWY/main.wnt
765 Eisenhower Blvd, Harrisburg, PA (0.55 miles away)
717-558-9500
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| SW: gocr compiled for OS/2 & eComStation |
2005-09-29
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From: Paul Smedley
After someone on IRC inquired about ocr applications for OS/2, I pointed
out Franz Bakan's port of gocr, however then noticed that it's a little
out of date. Therefore, I grabbed the source for 0.40 and built it with
Innotek GCC v3.3.5r1
As per my other ports, this requires libc06r1.dll - available from
http://smedley.info/libc06r1.zip
gocr itself is available from http://smedley.info/os2ports.html
This built from source with no changes required for OS/2.
gocr homepage is http://jocr.sourceforge.net/index.html
Any comments/feedback - please send email to paul@smedley.info
Cheers,
Paul Smedley.
Adelaide, Australia
29th September, 2005.
PS - if anyone has requests for text-only ports from linux - send me a
note and I'll see what I can do when I get spare time.
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| SW: DFSee 7.13 released; the Warpstock edition :-) |
2005-09-29
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From: "Jan van Wijk"
DFSee version 7.13 has been released today
This is a minor upgrade, with just a few fixes.
The main reson for the release is synchronizing with the
open TxWindows text-mode userinterface libray version 1.0
That library is open-source now, to be demonstrated
and explained at Warpstock USA in Hershey next week.
DFSee is the SWISS-ARMY-KNIFE for disk and filesystem problems. With
FDISK-like displays, analysis and recovery, FIX commands, UNDELETE for
HPFS/NTFS, imaging and cloning.
For people familiar with older versions of DFSee (5.xx and older :-) it
will be good to know that the menu-system introduced in version 6, and
greatly expanded in version 7, makes the program a whole lot easier to
use!
More details at:
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee.htm
Direct download links from the DFSee website:
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee713.zip
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee713.msi
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee713_warpin.exe
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee713_iso.zip
http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee713_dsk.zip
Note: each of these can also be downloaded using '7xx'
instead of the exact version number
Or from the HOBBES website:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/dfsee713.zip
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=dfsee
Most important functional changes since 7.12:
- DFSDISK Fixed BAT file causing endless loop running on PC-DOS
- MAP Quietly skip unaccessible dummies from the display
- NTFS DIRTY command, synchronize mirror-MFT on MFT 0..3 too
- NTFS Avoid related MFT display recursion in any case
- NTFS Improve extremely fragmented attribute-list handling
- PTE/LVM Cleanup window positioning logic to use messages now
- TRACE Added -d:xx option, slowdown while tracing (xx msec)
- TXWIN Updated for Open TxWindows version change (1.00 now)
Regards, JvW
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DFSee Home: http://www.dfsee.com; Jan van Wijk; Author of DFSee -
infoDESPAM@DESPAMdfsee.com
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| SW: Rocksndiamonds ported to OS/2 |
2005-09-30
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From: Paul Smedley
Hi All,
Someone was talking about rocksndiamonds on OS/2 - and as it uses SDL - I
thought I'd try and build it :)
The initial result is available from http://smedley.info/os2ports.html
The necessary SDL dll's are included.
The Innotek GCC 3.3.5 runtime is also required -
http://smedley.info/libc06r1.zip
Full details on Rocks'n'Diamonds from its homepage at
http://www.artsoft.org/rocksndiamonds/
It is an arcade style game for Unix, Mac OS X, Windows and DOS in the
tradition of:
+ "Boulder Dash" (C 64)
+ "Emerald Mine" (Amiga)
+ "Supaplex" (Amiga/PC)
+ "Sokoban" (PC)
Other features:
- network multiplayer games (upto 4 players) for Unix platform - local
multiplayer games (upto 4 players) for all supported platforms - soft
scrolling with 50 frames per second
- freely customizable keyboard and joystick support
- stereo sound effects and music
- music modules and fullscreen in SDL version
- contains levels to play Boulder Dash, Emerald Mine and Sokoban - lots of
additional levels available (over 10.000)
- distributed with full source code under the GNU General Public License -
available for Unix (all flavors), DOS and Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP) -
known to work under BeOS and Mac OS X
- should compile on any platform supporting either X11 or SDL
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