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Net: netlabs.org newsletter #63 [ACPI, eCUPS, Samba, kBuild, SWT,
SW: Economic Stimulus OS/2-eCS Software Sale
SW: Firefox 3.0
SW: Update on Firefox 3.0
Event: SCOUG Meeting for June 21, 2008
Event: BayWarp meeting Tuesday June 24
Net: Perfect eComStation
SW: Apache2 updated to v2.2.9
SW: Subversion updated to v1.5.0
SW: STunnel updated to v4.25
SW: GNU Tar updated to v1.20
SW: Infozip Zip v3/Unzip v6 beta builds added
SW: XWPWidgets 0.7.3 released
SW: Fuppes ported to OS/2
Event: Warpstock 2008 Schedule Update
SW: Cairo v1.6.4.1

Net: netlabs.org newsletter #63 [ACPI, eCUPS, Samba, kBuild, SWT,

2008-06-16
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++

From: Netlabs 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:

9. June - 15. June

* ACPI
o A ticket comes and another one goes.
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/acpi/timeline
* eCups
o Layout update
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/ecups/timeline
* kBuild
o Quite a bunch of updates again
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline
* netlabs.org
o Some corrections
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/netlabs/timeline
* Samba
o Some updates including to the FAQ
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/timeline
* SWT
o Various updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/swt/timeline
* UniAud
o Bug with ASUS M2N reaised
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/uniaud/timeline

2. June - 8. June

* ACPI
o Two tickets raised, and two closed including an older one.
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/acpi/timeline
* eCups
o Some updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/ecups/timeline
* kBuild
o Fixes and updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline
* kLIBC
o Minor updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/timeline
* Lucide
o A few requests raised
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide/timeline
* Minstall
o Ticket about missing header raised.
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/minstall/timeline
* SWT
o Various updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/swt/timeline
* UniAud
o A problem combination added between ICH7 and ALC662
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/uniaud/timeline
* Voyager NOM
o Lots of updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/v_nom/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: newsdDESPAM@DESPAMnetlabs.org

Greetings,
netlabs.org team

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SW: Economic Stimulus OS/2-eCS Software Sale

2008-06-17
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++

From: Don Hawkinson

Economic Stimulus Software Sale

The Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 is an Act of Congress providing for
several kinds of economic stimulus intended to boost the United States
economy in 2008 and to avert or ameliorate a recession.

In order to boost my personal economy, I am having an Economic Stimulus
Software Sale for the remainder of June, 2008. Register one or more of my
programs at the following rates

Number Price
of US $
programs
1 8
2 15
3 21
4 26

The programs include:

PMStripper: a PM utility to strip HTML codes from saved web pages
DH-Grep-PM: a PM version of GREP
COmmand line Clipboard Acess: access the clipboard from the command line
DH_ClipSave/2: provides a quick save of clipboard text
Pastry Box: OS/2 Clipboard Aid and CMD file builder
TextHelper: OS/2 & eCS editor and text manipulation tool

Note: registration includes any future updates

Find out more about the programs and download trial versions from my web
pages at:
www.dwhawkinson.com
or
http://home.tulsaconnect.com/dwhawk/share.html

Fee free to post this information to other lists, newsletters or web sites.

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SW: Firefox 3.0

2008-06-17
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++

From: Mark Dodel

Peter Weilbacher has released an OS/2 version of Firefox 3.0.

http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=23974

"Firefox 3 is the most major Mozilla browser release since the launch of
Firefox 2 in October 2006 and represents the culmination of over three
years work (development on Firefox 3 began before even Firefox 1.5 came
out). According to the press release announcing Firefox 3, the new version
has over 15,000 improvements."

Not sure if OS/2 downloads count toward it but "With the launch of Firefox
3, Mozilla is hoping to set a Guinness World Record for the most downloads
in twenty-four hours. The number of downloads so far can be tracked at
http://downloadcounter.sj.mozilla.com. Only full, completed downloads count
and users have until 11:16am Pacific Daylight Time on Wednesday (6:16pm
UTC/GMT) to make a participating download."

Release notes: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0/releasenotes/

OS/2 readme:
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/contrib/firefox-3.0.en-US.os2.ReadMe

Download Firefox 3.0 :
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/contrib/firefox-3.0.en-US.os2.zip

Requires: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip

See included readme.txt for minimum hardware/software requirements.

For additional WPS integration:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/dev/wps/rws08dll.zip

Following information courtesy of Sander Nyman :

NOTE: To have both Firefox, & Thunderbird in use at the same time (or ANY
other Mozilla app) they *MUST* be at the SAME version level, or a
mismatched DLL will still be in memory when you attempt to start a second
Mozilla based program. The easiest way to get around this limitation, and
use DIFFERENT version levels of Firefox, Thunderbird, Kompozer, etc., is
with Rich Walsh's Run! utility. It is tiny, and VERY easy to set up. To
make life even easier, I HIGHLY recommend that you download & use the
Internet Application Integration utility from Chuck McKinnis, which
actually contains the Run! utility, and sets it up for you, along with
coordinating your web browser with your email client for "mailto" links,
etc. You can find it here:

http://7cities.net/~mckinnis/code/iai1050.exe

Or, if you'd rather do it yourself, here is the Run! utility:

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=run_070.zip

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.mozilla.org/themes/?application=firefox

The official Warpzilla homepage can be found here:

http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/

If you have questions, or just want the latest, greatest tips for Firefox,
Thunderbird, & Seamonkey, 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/mozilla.dev.ports.os2

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SW: Update on Firefox 3.0

2008-06-18
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++

From: Mark Dodel

I should have read the entire README.txt before sending the announcement.
This release still does not have printing working.

From the README.txt:

"Known Problems of the OS/2 version
----------------------------------

Cross-platform problems are usually listed in the release notes of each
milestone release.

- Printing to normal OS/2 printer queues had to be disabled. It was slow even
for simple pages and used huge amounts of RAM, so that in most cases the
application crashed, see
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=415522.
While the queues are still displayed in the printing dialog, any printing
operation will instead create a PDF file. By default this file is placed on
the Desktop, with the name Firefox__.pdf, where and
are replaced by the current system time. If you want to use another
name, select "Print to file" before pressing the Print button.
The resulting PDF file can be printed using applications like Lucide,
Acrobat
Reader, or GSview.

- Fonts with names containing special characters (like Asian Unicode names)
will not display correctly in the list of fonts in the Options panel.

- Firefox will beep when copying more than 64 kB of text to the clipboard.
This is to alert users that many applications (most notably the system
editor, EPM, and applications running in VIO windows) cannot paste more
than this."

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Event: SCOUG Meeting for June 21, 2008

2008-06-18
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++

From: Tom Brown

Saturday, June 21st
9:30 AM - 1 PM

We have a visitor from far places this month. Paul Curtiss is a long time
eCS/OS2 developer. This flagship shareware product is CSSDIR, a
high-powered directory and file management tool.

Paul also does eComStation preloads and eCS/OS2 consulting.

After this, it's going to yet another Q&A session. Bring your questions.

As always, there will be coffee, donuts and fun.

For additional information and directions, see:
http://www.scoug.com/meetings.html

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Event: BayWarp meeting Tuesday June 24

2008-06-18
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++

From: Neil Waldhauer

Date: Tuesday, June 24
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Place: Denny's Milpitas, 442 W Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas, CA 95035

Come join us in our monthly meeting. We are OS/2 and eComStation users, and we
meet every month to show off our latest software and hardware.

Hint: Denny's is right off of the 880/237 interchange to the east of 880.
Phone: (408) 262-9090

WiFi is available at the restaurant.

Note: the BayWarp e-mail list is available
http://lists.blondeguy.com/mailman/listinfo/baywarp

Topics:

* Warpstock 2008 planning
* Firefox 3.0 review
* Survey of recent Flash animation
* OS/2 Question & Answer

Web Page: http://www.baywarp.org/

Neil Waldhauer neilDESPAM@DESPAMblondeguy.com
www.blondeguy.com
Expert consulting for OS/2 Warp and eComStation

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Net: Perfect eComStation

2008-06-20
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++

From: Eugene Gorbunoff

eComStation 2.0 is under construction --
http://ecomstation.com/ecomstation20.phtml
you can feel the power of new version today if install a release-candidate.

Which features to implement in eComStation 2.1? Share your ideas:
* Perfect eComStation -- http://forum.ecomstation.ru/viewforum.php?f=8
* I need new applications -- http://forum.ecomstation.ru/viewforum.php?f=14

Forecast of eComStation development (not updated) --
http://ecomstation.ru/projects/esway/?action=links

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SW: Apache2 updated to v2.2.9

2008-06-21
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++

From: Mark Dodel

Paul Smedley has updated the Apache2 web server to v 2.2.9.
http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/

"The Apache HTTP Server Project is an effort to develop and maintain an
open-source HTTP server for modern operating systems including UNIX and
Windows NT. The goal of this project is to provide a secure, efficient and
extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP
standards.

Apache has been the most popular web server on the Internet since April
1996. The November 2005 Netcraft Web Server Survey found that more than 70%
of the web sites on the Internet are using Apache, thus making it more
widely used than all other web servers combined.

The Apache HTTP Server is a project of the Apache Software Foundation.

Changes in v2.2.9

* Updated to v2.2.9 source"

Download Apache2 v2.2.9
http://download.smedley.info/httpd-2.2.9-os2-20080618.zip

REQUIRES: libc063.dll - ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip

Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.

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: Subversion updated to v1.5.0

2008-06-21
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++

From: Mark Dodel

Paul Smedley has updated Subversion to version 1.5.0.
http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/

"The goal of the Subversion project is to build a version control system
that is a compelling replacement for CVS in the open source community. The
software is released under an Apache/BSD-style open source license.

The main Subversion website is at http://subversion.tigris.org/

New in the 1.5.0build for OS/2:

* Updated to 1.5.0 source code
* Removed Apache2 modules (Will be made available separately)"

Download Subversion 1.5.0:
http://download.smedley.info/subversion-1.5.0-20080621.zip

REQUIRES: libc063.dll - ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip

Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.

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: STunnel updated to v4.25

2008-06-21
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++

From:Mark Dodel

Paul Smedley has updated STunnel to version 4.25.
http://www.smedley.info/os2ports

"The stunnel program is designed to work as an SSL encryption wrapper
between remote client and local (inetd-startable) or remote server. It can
be used to add SSL functionality to commonly used inetd daemons like POP2,
POP3, and IMAP servers without any changes in the programs' code.

Stunnel uses OpenSSL or SSLeay libraries for cryptography, so it supports
whatever cryptographic algorithms you compiled into your library.

Stunnel is written by Michal Trojnara and distributed as a free software
under the GNU GPL license.

More information on Stunnel is available from http://stunnel.mirt.net/ "

Download STunnel 4.52 http://download.smedley.info/stunnel-4.25-os2.zip

REQUIRES: libc063.dll - ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip

Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.

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: GNU Tar updated to v1.20

2008-06-21
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++

From:Mark Dodel

Paul Smedley has updated GNU Tar for OS/2 and eComStation to v1.20.
http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/

"The Tar program provides the ability to create tar archives, as well as
various other kinds of manipulation. For example, you can use Tar on
previously created archives to extract files, to store additional files, or
to update or list files which were already stored.

Initially, tar archives were used to store files conveniently on magnetic
tape. The name "Tar" comes from this use; it stands for tape archiver.
Despite the utility's name, Tar can direct its output to available devices,
files, or other programs (using pipes), it can even access remote devices
or files (as archives).

Additional information about the project, including links to the project
development page and file downloads, is available from the GNU software
directory. http://www.gnu.org/directory/tar.html "

Download GNU Tar v1.20 http://download.smedley.info/tar-1.20-os2.zip

REQUIRES: libc063.dll - ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip

Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.

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: Infozip Zip v3/Unzip v6 beta builds added

2008-06-21
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++

From:Mark Dodel

Paul Smedley has builds of beta versions of Infozip Zip v3/Unzip v6 betas.
http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/

"** Note these are beta builds and no responsibility is taken for any data
loss **

These do include support for files > 2gb but that has not been extensively
tested."

Download Zip v3.0g http://download.smedley.info/zip30g-os2.zip

Download Unzip 6.0 http://download.smedley.info/unzip60d-os2.zip

Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.

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: XWPWidgets 0.7.3 released

2008-06-21
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++

From: Gregg Young

XWPWidgets 0.7.3 has been released. This fixes the F1 crash that occurs
with some applications(PMView) when the REXX widget dlls are loaded. It
also includes two new REXX widgets (found in the source largely untested).
This is the first netlabs release. It now includes the merged latest
versions of rscroller with bmp cliping and scaling. The source is on the
netlabs CVS.

You can find it in on Hobbes:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/xwpwidgets-0-7-3.wpi
moving to:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/wps/xworkplace/xwpwidgets-0-7-3.wpi

I don't have access to Netlabs FTP to upload it to the correct place,
however it is in the /incoming directory:
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/xwpwidgets-0-7-3.wpi
and in the fullness of time it should move to:
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/xworkplace/xwpwidgets-0-7-2.wpi

Please report *reproducible* bugs on the bugtracker at:
http://xtracker.xworkplace.org

Gregg

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SW: Fuppes ported to OS/2

2008-06-21
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++

From: Mark Dodel

Paul Smedley has ported Fuppes to OS/2-eComStation.
http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/

"FUPPES is a free, multiplatform UPnP A/V Media Server.

FUPPES supports a wide range of UPnP MediaRenderers (see "features" for
details) as well as on-the-fly transcoding of various audio, video and
image formats.

FUPPES also includes basic DLNA support."

Download Fuppes http://download.smedley.info/fuppes-svn-578-os2-20080529.zip

REQUIRES: libc063.dll - ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip

Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.

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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Event: Warpstock 2008 Schedule Update

2008-06-23
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++

From: Andy Willis

Computer enthusiasts and IT professionals meet at UC Santa Cruz August
15-17 for Warpstock 2008. The 3-day conference highlights developments in
the eComStation operating system (eCS) - the licensed successor to OS/2 Warp.

This 12th annual meeting features presentations and classes in Wi-Fi
technology, virtual machines, hard-disk managers, modern laptops, office
software, and more.

Registration ends July 15, and may be done online at http://www.warpstock.org/

The following is the detailed schedule for Warpstock. This schedule is
subject to change as more presenters sign up. Presenter sign-ups are being
accepted now on the Warpstock web site.

Friday, August 15

8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Registration and vendor displays
Warpstock 2008 opening session
2008 Update on Wi-Fi Technologies
The virtual machine environment
Reseller roundtable
GenMAC with Supported and Unsupported Hardware
FM/2, the Swiss army knife of file managers
Introduction to DFSee and partitioning, including LVM
Q&A session on DFSee usage, various topics

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Warpstock 2008 Social -- Shakespeare Santa Cruz

Saturday, August 16

8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Registration and vendor displays
Installing eCS in the virtual machine environment
Software developers round table
Lenovo T6x roundtable
Contributing to open source development for the non-programmer and novice
programmer
Creating effective slideshow presentations using OpenOffice.org Impress

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Warpstock 2008 Banquet

Sunday, August 17

8:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Warpstock 2008 wrap-up session

Warpstock Corporation is a Virginia corporation. The Warpstock annual
conference is a gathering of eCS/OS/2 users, developers, and vendors from
around the world for the purpose of education and advocacy. More
information is available at the Warpstock web site: http://www.warpstock.org

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SW: Cairo v1.6.4.1

2008-06-23
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++

From:Mark Dodel

Doodle has a new release of the Cairo Graphics library runtime for OS/2
v1.6.4.1 on Netlabs ftp.

For more on the Cairo Graphics Library see the web site:
http://cairographics.org/
"Cairo is a 2D graphics library with support for multiple output devices."

Cairo v1.6.4.1 runtime Warpin install:
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/Cairo/cairo-1.6.4-os2-bin.exe

Development package; ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/Cairo/cairo-1.6.4-os2-dev.zip

Source: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/Cairo/cairo-1.6.4-os2-src.zip

Changelog:

2008.06.23:
-Updated FontConfig-emulation code to latest (from Mozilla)
it won't use the system.ini files anymore. You can now safely remove
all the PM_Fots_FontConfig* entries from your USER ini file, if you want
to make it smaller.

2008.05.21:
-Updated Cairo to v1.6.4
-Updated libPixman to 0.10.0
-Added new OS/2 specific functions:
cairo_os2_surface_set_draw_offset()
cairo_os2_surface_get_draw_offset()
cairo_os2_surface_set_hps()
-Updated forwarder DLLs to forward to new Cairo DLL
-Updated FontConfig-emulation code to latest (from Mozilla)

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