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SW: PM123 v1.32 Has Been Released
Net: netlabs.org newsletter #62 [ACPI, FM/2, Lucide, NewView, Samba,
SW: XWP 1.0.8
SW: CUPS 1.3.2
SW: A Preview of New Firefox 3.0 Features
| SW: PM123 v1.32 Has Been Released |
2008-06-03
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From: Sander Nyman <2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net>
PM123 v1.32 has been released. PM123 is an excellent open source PM based
digital audio player for OS/2. It is capable of playing MP3's, WAV-files,
Ogg Vorbis audio files, and audio CDs. PM123 supports audio streaming,
plugins, skins, visualization and more! There is also excellent
documentation in .INF format.
Originally developed by Samuel Audet and Taneli Leppa, it is now being
developed by Dmitry Steklenev. Credit is also given to Marcel Muller for
several fixes, and new features.
This latest version includes MANY new features, fixes, and improvements
over version 1.31, and previous 1.32 betas. One GREAT improvement is
(FINALLY) support for ID3v2 tags. The first & only OS/2 player to have it.
See the history file for further details.
PM123 version 1.32 available at:
ftp://ftp.ptv.ru/pub/glass/pm123/pm123-1_32.wpi
or:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/mmedia/sound/players/pm123-1_32.wpi
Source code for this version is also available:
ftp://ftp.ptv.ru/pub/glass/pm123/pm123-1_32-src.zip
or:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/mmedia/sound/players/pm123-1_32-src.zip
You can download a collection of skins here:
ftp://ftp.ptv.ru/pub/glass/pm123/pm123-1_32-skins.zip
Many skins are also available on Hobbes.
You can find Plugins for PM123, and more information on PM123 here:
http://glass.ptv.ru/software/english/pm123.html
Regards,
Sander Nyman
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| Net: netlabs.org newsletter #62 [ACPI, FM/2, Lucide, NewView, Samba, |
2008-06-04
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Netlabs.org News
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:
26. May - 1. June
* ACPI
o Minor update
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/acpi/timeline
* FM/2
o Various updates, including solved and new tickets
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/fm2/timeline
* Lucide
o A new ticket raised and two closed
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide/timeline
* NewView
o Crash with large helpfile reported.
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/newview/timeline
* Samba
o Updated to newer level
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/timeline
* SWT
o Lots of updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/swt/timeline
19. May - 25. May
* ACPI
o Two tickets raised and some updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/acpi/timeline
* GenMac
o CardBus updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/genmac/timeline
* kBuild
o Interesting updates, including a test pass.
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline
* kLibC
o Various updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/timeline
* Lucide
o Ticket opened for dealing with subdocuments.
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide/timeline
* NewView
o Two new tickets raised and solved.
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/newview/timeline
* Samba
o Source updated to 3.0.29
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/timeline
* SWT
o Quite some updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/swt/timeline
* Voyager NOM
o Number of updates and fixes
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/v_nom/timeline
* xATA
o Another partial update.
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/xata/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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| SW: XWP 1.0.8 |
2008-06-07
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From: Paul Ratcliffe
XWorkplace 1.0.8 has been released. This fixes over 20 bugs from previous
versions and adds a few small featuers.
You can find it in the usual place on Hobbes:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/xwp-1-0-8.zip
moving to:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/wps/xworkplace/xwp-1-0-8.zip
I no longer have access to Netlabs FTP to upload it to the correct place,
however it is in the /incoming directory:
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/xwp-1-0-8.exe
and in the fullness of time it should move to:
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/xworkplace/xwp-1-0-8.exe
Please report *reproducible* bugs on the bugtracker at:
http://xtracker.xworkplace.org
Paul
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| SW: CUPS 1.3.2 |
2008-06-07
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From: Mark Dodel
According to Paul Smedley's UNIX ports for OS/2 and eComStation website
http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/
CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) has been updated to 1.3.2. Also
includes Ghostscript 8.62 and Gutenprint 5.1.98.2 More information can be
found at http://svn.netlabs.org/ecups/wiki/CupsPort
The main CUPS site (non-OS/2) is http://www.cups.org/
"CUPS provides a portable printing layer for UNIX«-based operating systems.
It was developed by Easy Software Products and is now owned and maintained
by Apple Inc. to promote a standard printing solution. It is the standard
printing system in Mac OS« X and most Linux« distributions.
CUPS uses the Internet Printing Protocol ("IPP") as the basis for managing
print jobs and queues and adds network printer browsing and PostScript
Printer Description ("PPD") based printing options to support real-world
printing."
DOWNLOAD [Note: This is a 51MB file. And at that it only includes the
language Gutenprint ppd files.]
http://download.smedley.info/cups-1.3.2-gplgs-8.62-gutenprint-5.1.98.2-os2-20080605.zip
REQUIREMENTS:
Ghostscript and Gutenprint require the LIBC 0.6.3 runtime dll from
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip
CUPS is built using a custom libc064x.dll - a copy of which can be
downloaded from http://download.smedley.info/libc064x.zip
CHANGES since the last release:
1) Updated to GPL GHostscript 8.62
2) Updated to Gutenprint 5.1.98.2 (AKA 5.2.0-beta2)
3) Recompiled CUPS using libc064x in the hope that the spawn fixes help
make cupsd more stable
There is a eCups mailing list at Netlabs which can be viewed via Gmane at
http://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.ecups.devel
Please, please post feedback. A list of printers that Gutenprint supports
can be found at http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/p_Supported_Printers.php3
Further details on using CUPS on OS/2 or eComStation can be found at
http://svn.netlabs.org/ecups or in the readme.os2 file in the download
package.
If you'd like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul's website, or using the Mensys
Online Store http://www.mensys.net/os2ports/
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| SW: A Preview of New Firefox 3.0 Features |
2008-06-07
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From: Sander Nyman <2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net>
A fellow named Mike Beltzner has created a pretty cool screencast of the
upcoming (June) Firefox 3.0. It only shows a few of the new features, but
they are pretty dazzling. The movie is only a few minutes long. Check it out.
http://people.mozilla.com/~beltzner/overview-of-firefox3.swf
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