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  • OS/2 summer (events and software updates)

    From Eugene Gorbunoff@1:3634/1000 to All on Mon Jul 21 18:47:43 2014

    1) OS/2 Guru Jam Session conference is coming! (irc chat conference) http://os2.guru (July 25 and 26)

    Main topics for the conference:
    * What are the areas of OS/2 usage today and in the future
    * How to link OS/2 with mobile devices
    * What applications to develop for OS/2

    See also:
    * Warpstock 2014 (USA) -- http://warpstock.org
    * Warpstock Europe 2014 is planned, no details
    * Previous conferences: http://ecomstation.ru/conferences

    Your participation: Do you have questions to OS/2 companies? We are collecting and forward all questions to the developers and companies.
    Do you have a review of OS/2 apps, OS/2 technologies? Let's publish the texts.



    2) eCo Software repacked system components to 2 subscriptions:
    * Essentials - http://ecomstation.ru/essentials + Fixpak for eCS 2.x
    * NeoWPS - http://ecomstation.ru/neowps

    The subscription is actual during 12 monthes
    (the applications installed during this term continue to work forever)

    Prices: Essentials -- $20 / NeoWPS -- $20



    3) Hardware support news:

    Wow! Significant updates:
    * eCS gets support for GPS receivers
    PMMaps -- http://ecomstation.ru/commentnews.php?id=2352
    * You can use USB Audio in eCS now! The driver was updated significantly
    * Web-cameras support is improved -- http://www.os2world.com/forum/index.php?topic=196.msg4007#msg4007



    4) eCo Software have created excellent must-have apps for OS/2 users!
    * Zippy - similar to WinRAR
    * DVD/CD Toys - similar to Nero
    * PM123 audio player updates - Winamp
    * Backup GUI -- http://ecomstation.ru/backup

    As you can see, eCS can perform general tasks!



    5) Share your experience, How do you use eComStation? http://ecomstation.ru/usage



    6) How to switch eCS to other language?
    We have created LIP packs (part of Essentials)
    http://ecomstation.ru/lip



    7) To develop PM applications, use Glass PM C++ library
    To keep data in local database, use sqlite library http://ecomstation.ru/toolkit



    Other OS/2 news:
    *) Firefox 24 was updated -- http://www.os2world.com/past-news/80-software/20329-firefox-24-3-beta-1
    *) We expect that OpenOffice.org, Flash player, CUPS and other
    components will be updated


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