DFSee version 10.8 has been released today, a minor release.

The Linux version now has file-dialog lists sorted alphabetically, and will assign proper RW attributes to any files created new. Then there are two fixes for the FAT(32) FORMAT dialog as well as several other minor fixes and enhancements.

Unless major bugs come to light, this will be the LAST 10.x minor release. The next one will be a major release 11.0 (payed upgrade from 10.x). 11.0 will feature more generic sorting capabilities and other enhancements for the file-dislogs, and perhaps more Airboot related support for eCS 2.1 and ext4 support for linux.

DFSee is a very powerful disk-utility with disk partitioning, filesystem and disk analysis, some file recovery and UNDELETE and smart imaging or cloning of partitions or complete disks.

More details at:
http://class='extlink'http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/

Direct download links from the DFSee website:

http://class='extlink'http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee108.zip
http://class='extlink'http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee108.msi
http://class='extlink'http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee108_warpin.exe
http://class='extlink'http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee108_dsk.zip

www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee10x_linux.tgz
www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee10x_iso.zip
www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee10x_stick_iso.zip

Or from the HOBBES website:
hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/dfsee108.zip
or (after processing):
hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php

Functional changes since 10.7

- FIND dlg Allow double quote characters in search string values
- FORMAT dlg Allow single quote characters in filesystem label field
- FORMAT dlg Set bootcode type correctly for FAT32 -o:’9’ = Win9x/ME
- IMAGE etc Set RW-RW-RW- file mode to newly created files on Linux and Mac
- FILE dlg Show directory and file list SORTED on filename on Linux and Mac
- FILE dlg Avoid ’dead-end’ directories without the ’..’ entry on Linux
- PART Recognize large floppy with MSWIN4.1 correctly as FAT16
- Windows Show minor version 6.10 in ’about’ as Windows-7, not Vista

Regards, JvW

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DFSee Home: www.dfsee.com; Jan van Wijk; Author of DFSee - info@dfsee.com

Serenity Systems International and Mensys BV are pleased to announce the immediate availability of eComStation 2.1 GA Release. This release is available in both the English and German language.

This product is available for download to all registered users of Software Subscription Services for eComStation and available for purchase from your favourite reseller. For more information, please visit: http://class='extlink'http://www.ecomstation.com/buy/

== PRODUCT VERSIONS ==

The following eComStation 2.1 versions are available:

- eComStation 2.1 Home & Student
- eComStation 2.1 Business Edition
- eComStation 2.1 Server Edition

The Home & Student version can be used by any private or small
office user. As a private or small office user, you are allowed
to have up to 5 licenses installed for production usage. If you
need to install more than 5 licenses, you are required to purchase
the Business Edition.

The Server Edition is based on the Business Edition and adds the
IBM Warp Server for eBusiness components to offer a full
professional server environment for your business.

== WHATS NEW? ==

The most notable changes since eComStation 2.0 GA are listed below.

New features:

* Include AiR-BOOT (version 1.0.7 final) to allow installation of
multiboot environments without sacrificing a primary partition
(required for most Windows 7 preloads)
* Updated ACPIWIZARD to handle APM aware mousedrivers
* AHCI support, enables installation on AHCI only systems. AHCI
controllers deliver considerably better performance than regular
SATA controllers.
* Added AHCI option to preboot menu (currently required to select
manually)
* Added BOOTDLY driver, which causes a 20 second boot delay so SCSI
controller + disks can properly initialize. Driver is added by
OS2CSM and HWMERGE when a SCSI driver is selected.
* Replaced preboot disk integrity check with version that runs during
the graphical installation routine. This provides more user
interactivity and feedback.
* Updated kernel to 14.105, with fix to prevent PROCDUMP trap.

Updated Applications:

* Updated Firefox to version 4.0.1.
* Add Exceptq v7.1 to BASEUTIL (improves traphandling in f.e. Firefox 4)
* Updated MINILVM to improve backwards compatibility; help updates.
* Updated Archive Viewer to v2.1
* Add p7zip and cpio to BASEUTIL (required for ArcView 7z and RPM file
support).
* Updated eCo Runtime to version 20101224
* Updated USBDOCK to version 20110319
* Updated NeoWPS * USB Widget to build version 2671
* Updated Lucide to version 1.3.3 GA.
* Updated EVFSGUI to version 2.1.1.565 + utils 3.0.37.565
* Updated EVFSIFS to version 1.0.5.5
* Updated EVFSPLUGIN to version 2.0.1
* Updated eStyler to 1.1.93 (support eWP shutdown).
* Updated LLAECS to 1.01.1002
* Updated Workplace Sans fonts to v0.8 with embedded bitmaps
* Updated DFsee engine to OEM version 10.7
* Updated 4OS2 to version 3.06 (from 3.04h)
* Updated GCC4CORE to 1.1.0 (now includes GCC452)
* Updated DATASEEK to version 1.0.1

Updated / added drivers:

* Added AHCI driver 1.12
* Updated DANIS506.ADD to version 1.8.9. Now AHCI aware.
* Updated ACPI 3.18 package to support kernel 14.105
* Updated Uniaud to version 1.9.26
* Updated e1000e and Nvidia driver to multimac version.
* Updated hw database to new multimac realtek driver, add
broadcom devices.
* Removed Genmac support for 8086:104A and 8086:107C, install failed
and chipsets are now covered by native Intel NIC driver.
* Updated hardware detection database to support new Intel PRO/1000 PCIe
* Updated DFsee engine to OEM version 10.7
* Updated PCIDEVS.TXT to ha_merged, 11 Oct 2010 08:16:43
* Updated POINTDD.SYS to bldlevel 10.070
* Updated LVM.DLL to version 20110111,
* Added LOCK.EXE (from UDF package) to baseutil.
* Updated UNLOCK.EXE to UDF-enabled version
* Updated bootable JFS to 1.9.4, including helper and symbol files
* Updated OS2DASD.DMD and symbol files to 14.105 (was 14.096)
* Updated Panorama driver VBE2GRAD.DLL to fix problems with VirtualBox.

A complete list of changes, updates and bugfixes can be found at
http://class='extlink'http://ewiki.ecomstation.nl/eComStation21whatsnew

== DISTRIBUTION / CREATING CDS ==

This product is provided as a downloadable ISO file, this is a raw CD image that you can burn on CD-R media. For instructions on burning the CD image to CD please consult the PDF document "howtoburncds.pdf" available in the same directory as the ISO files.

Alternatively you can purchase an eComStation 2.1 media pack from your favorite reseller. For a list of resellers please refer to http://class='extlink'http://www.ecomstation.com/buy/

== REGISTRATION KEY REQUIRED FOR INSTALLING ==

eComStation 2.1 requires a registration key for installing. This registration key is part of the eComStation 2.1 purchase and is available digitally to be imported during the installation process. An existing eComStation 2.0 key is accepted by the installation process.

When the installation is finished you can use the icon "Register Online" icon on the desktop to make sure your copy is registered at http://class='extlink'http://www.ecomstation.com/ in order to receive support and updates.

== SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES ==

This product is available for download to all registered users of Software Subscription Services for eComStation. If you subscription has expired, you can purchase a renewal which will grant you immediate access to the download.

More details can be found at http://class='extlink'http://www.ecomstation.com/subscription/

== ENJOY ==

We hope you will enjoy this new version of eComStation 2.1.

Best regards,

Serenity Systems International / Mensys B.V.

Hi,
I’ve uploaded the first release candidate for the upcoming SeaMonkey 2.1. There were no OS/2 specific changes compared to the recently published beta 3. However, it should contain cross-platform fixes for bugs present in the beta.

You can get it from here:
http://class='extlink'http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/2.1rc1/contrib/seamonkey-2.1rc1.en-US.os2.zip

Have fun, Walter

KO Myung-Hun has released an update to the VLC media player on Hobbes.

The cross-platform open-source multimedia framework, player and server VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac ...) as well as DVDs (including menus), Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols. Read the readme.eng for installation instructions. I’ve successfully run this on my T61 with eCS 2.0. It is great to be able to play DVDs and even use the DVD menu. This package includes the source. For more on VLC itself: http://class='extlink'http://www.videolan.org/vlc

Hobbes Download: http://class='extlink'http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/incoming/vlc-1.1.9.zip />Hobbes search: http://class='extlink'http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php

Requires: kLIBC v0.6.3, Qt 4.6.3GA

If you would like to support VLC on OS/2-eCS you can make a donation at http://class='extlink'http://www.ecomstation.co.kr/komh/donate.html>

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There is a new version of ODIN on the Netlabs FTP server.

ODIN is the Open Source project to provide a win32 API for OS/2 and eComStation. Originally to allow OS/2 users to run Windows 32 bit applications. Now used to port windows applications to OS/2 and eComStation. The Odin runtime is a requirement for the newest developed versions of JAVA and Flash 10 for OS/2 and eCS.

ODIN website: http://class='extlink'http://svn.netlabs.org/odin32

Download: http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/odin32bin-20110512-release.wpi />Debug version: http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/odin32bin-20110512-debug.wpi

Odin mailing list archive: http://class='extlink'http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.odin.user

Report bugs on the Netlabs bug tracker: http://class='extlink'http://svn.netlabs.org/odin32/report

To support future Netlabs development consider making a donation http://class='extlink'http://www.mensys.com/shop/Netlabs/

0.6.21632 (2011-05-12)
----------------------

Dmitriy Kuminov:
- kernel32: Fixed: Parsing .SYM files when printing the stack trace in debug
mode was not thread safe which caused garbage and nested crashes.
- kernel32: SEH: Fixed a number of bugs in __try/__catch hangling that could
cause a bunch of various crashes when unwinding the Win32 exception chain
(usually at process termination, as a result of both a fatal exception or
a clean exit).
- kernel32: Do not use ODINCRT (VACRT) printf when handling XCPT_UNWIND in
debug mode since it’s known to produce deadlocks.
- kernel32: To complete the Win32 exception chain unwind support, make sure
it is unwound when the thread terminates itself with ExitThread or
ExitProcess etc. before removing its exception handlers from stack.
- wgss: Added a hack that makes sure the system lock is released when the
thread terminates. This avoids deadlocks at process termination leading to
hanging non-killable zombie processes, which is especially frequent on SMP
systems.
- gdi32: Fixed broken TextOut? API family that would draw text flipped along
the base line.
- comdlg32: Made PrintDlg?() use the native PM print dialog instead of the
Win32 clone. This looks much more native and gives access to all printer
settings.
- minivcrt: Fixed _fullpath()/_wfullpath() which was broken in many regards
(i.e. it would eat path components starting with "." and "..").

Java is a very popular sophisticated programming environment. Applications written in the Java language are run inside a virtual machine (Java Virtual Machine, JVM) which provides a nearly identical behavior on all platforms that have a JVM implementation available. This "write once, run anywhere" approach means that developers can support a multitude of platforms while only having to maintain one code base. For users, availability of a current Java for OS/2 and eComStation means access to a huge number of existing applications.

For more information about Java, see: http://class='extlink'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_%28programming_language%29

Previously, Java had been made available for OS/2 and eComStation by IBM, Golden Code and Innotek. However, new versions with many changes and improvements have been released since then and current applications require a current JVM implementation. The new project will port a current JVM to OS/2 and eComStation. Dmitry Kumenov, who is well-known for his work on the Qt 3 and 4 ports, is the chief developer.
For information about the project and its status, please see: http://class='extlink'http://svn.netlabs.org/java

Download />------------
OpenJDK 6 JRE JRE package needed to run Java programs. Not recommended for SMP systems (see below).
http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/java/openjdk6_b22_wse/openjdk6_b22_jre_os2_wse-20110512.zip

OpenJDK 6 SDK SDK package needed to compile Java programs. Includes a copy of the JRE package. Not recommended for SMP systems (see below).
http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/java/openjdk6_b22_wse/openjdk6_b22_sdk_os2_wse-20110512.zip

OpenJDK 6 JRE (SMP Friendly) JRE package, same as above but with all executables marked as MPUNSAFE which makes them more or less stable on SMP machines by sticking to a single core (rare hangs are still possible).
http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/java/openjdk6_b22_wse/openjdk6_b22_jre_os2_wse-20110512_mpunsafe.zip

OpenJDK 6 SDK (SMP Friendly) SDK package, same as above but with all executables marked as MPUNSAFE which makes them more or less stable on SMP machines by sticking to a single core (rare hangs are still possible).
http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/java/openjdk6_b22_wse/openjdk6_b22_sdk_os2_wse-20110512_mpunsafe.zip

Report bugs: http://class='extlink'http://svn.netlabs.org/java/report>

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There is a zip and a WarpIn package of Lucide 1.3.3 GA on the Netlabs FTP site. Also there is a beta of Lucide 1.3.4 for OS/2 and eComStation has been released. Lucide is a plugin based document viewer that supports PDF, DejaVu and JPEG files out of the box but new document types can easily be added to it. There are instructions for writing plugins on the web site. The source code for Lucide is also available there.

Changes for 1.3.3:
- added backwards search (ticket #190)
- fixed goto page handling (ticket #198)
- some other small fixes
- WPI: made http links clickable
- updated poppler to 0.16.3
- updated freetype to 2.4.4
- updated jpeg to 8b
- WPI: installing the right readme, if translated
- saved some settings from print dialog (ticket #225)
- added a font hack to show japanese fonts (ticket #226)

Changes for 1.3.4 Beta:
This fixes an annoying flicker

Lucide requires the following:
- libc 0.6.3:
- http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip (zip format)
or http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0_6_3-csd3.wpi (WarpIn format)
- gcc442.dll:
- http://class='extlink'http://download.smedley.info/gcc442.zip (zip format)
or http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/qt4/gcc-lib-4_4_2-20091204.wpi (WarpIn format)

For more information and downloads, see:

http://class='extlink'http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide>

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The IMAP extension to the Weasel mail server has been updated to version
0.2. You can fetch it from

http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.pmoylan.org/Weasel/imapd020.zip

Note that this will work only with registered versions of Weasel Pro.

There has been a major overhaul of the code that works out the MIME
structure of a message. This should fix problems that have occurred
while fetching a message that contains embedded MESSAGE/RFC822 parts.

Peter Moylan http://class='mailtolink'peter@pmoylan.org /> http://class='extlink'http://www.pmoylan.org>

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Hi,
security and stability releases are available

Firefox-4.0.1
http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/4.0.1/contrib/firefox-4.0.1en-US.os2.zip />No new OS/2 fixes (but some of the patches for 4.0 are now officially included in the sources)

Firefox-3.6.17
http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/3.6.17/contrib/firefox-3.6.17.en-US.os2.zip

Firefox-3.5.19 />http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/3.5.19/contrib/firefox-3.5.19.en-US.os2.zip

SeaMonkey-2.0.14 />http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/seamonkey/releases/2.0.14/contrib/seamonkey-2.0.14.en-US.os2.zip

Thunderbird-3.1.10 />http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/releases/3.1.10/contrib/thunderbird-3.1.10.en-US.os2.zip

To improve stability of firefox-3.6.x and 3.5.x, SeaMonkey-2.0.x and Thunderbird-3.1.x I backported eliminate copy to clipboard at shutdown
( http://class='extlink'https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=637111 ), dropdown lists do not scroll using scroll button or arrows on the scroll bar ( http://class='extlink'https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=646425 ), and avoid crashes when FcFontMatch() fails ( http://class='extlink'https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=648472 )

Have fun,
Walter