Netlabs bi weekly newsletter

11. December - 17 December

 * netlabs.org server news
 * The new server did arrive
 * It will be setup in the nearest future
 * UniAudio news
 * Investigating differences of setting up PCM with UNIAUD API and MMOS2 API on HDA. UNIAUD API works ok, MMOS2 does not.
 * WarpVision news
 * Simplify codec detection
 * SSE fix for WMA
 * Code cleanup
 * FLV1 support added
 * DART playback fixed
 * Fixed old style DVD playback
 * Added DVD playback style selection (Menu or old style). Menu style is under active development now
 * Updates for compiling XWorkPlace
 * The document about how to compile XWorkPlace has been updated
 * See: http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Compiling_XWP
 * PathRewrite article
 * Yuri Dario has updated the PathRewrite article at EDM2
 * See: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Pathrewrite
 * kBuild
 * A hugh load of updates again!
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline
 * QT
 * Various additions
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3/timeline

4. December - 10 December

 * XWorkPlace 1.0.6
 * Many bugs fixed (too many to include here) by Paul Ratcliffe (unless otherwise stated).
 * See: http://xworkplace.netlabs.org/ for information.
 * See: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/xworkplace/xwp-1-0-6.exe for download.
 * WarpIN 1.0.14
 * Various bugfixes:
 * Closing the Archive, View window caused WarpIN to exit. Bug 896.
 * Added a FAIL option to the CREATEOBJECT attribute. Bug 893.
 * Updated documentation for the EXECUTE and DEEXECUTE attribues. Bug 894.
 * See: http://warpin.netlabs.org/ for information.
 * See: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/warpin/warpin-1-0-14.exe for download.
 * netlabs.org server news, we ordered!
 * CPU: AMD Dual Core A64 X2 4200+ / 2x2200MHz / 2x512KB Cache
 * Motherboard: TYAN 3950 AM2 with VGA / 2x Gbit Intel LAN (4 DIMM)
 * Memory: 2048MB ECC DDRAM2(2x1024MB)
 * Backplanes: 8 SATA Backplanes
 * Harddisk: 3 x 320GB SATA 7.200 U/min with 16MB Cache (Seagate)
 * Controller: 3Ware SATA-Raid 9550SX-8 (0,1,5,10) 8xHDD 128MB
 * Power supply: 510 Watt Zippy
 * We will put some more news online as soon as we got the box!
 * UniAudio news
 * Added latest HDA code.
 * Fixed ICH2/3 init and latest ICH traps
 * WarpVision news
 * DVD menus investigations are still going on
 * Fixed MPEG1 video distortions
 * Fixed crash in WMV3 files
 * Fixed precaching Added playlist
 * Added missing files Add palette support for DVD navigation
 * Various documentation updates
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/wvgui/timeline
 * kBuild
 * A hugh load of updates again!
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline
 * Lucide
 * Added Italian
 * Fixed #96, remembering last selected printer
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide/timeline
 * Voyager Documentation
 * Pictures added
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/v_doc/timeline

27. November - 3 December

 * New Webserver for netlabs.org
 * netlabs.org sent out a request to support us with money for new server hardware, replacing the current six year old one.
 * We gathered the 2000 Euros within less than 24 hours! Thanks a *lot* to the whole community!
 * We will inform you about the next steps very soon.
 * eCUPS
 * Major progress made. Backend things look very promising.
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/ecups/timeline
 * Proof of Concept is present.
 * See: http://www.os2world.com/cgi-bin/news/viewnews.cgi?category=32&id=1164852724
 * kBuild
 * Various updates and fixes
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline
 * SlideShow and ShowImage Modules for Doodles Screen Saver
 * The ShowImage module for DSS was updated (now uses GBM library instead of MMPM/2)
 * First version of the SlideShow module was released
 * Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/dssaver/Modules
 * Uniaud new Release Candidate
 * All files in one place release
 * Some APM fixes
 * SB Live code updated to latest
 * Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/uniaud/uniaud114rc2.zip
 * WarpVision
 * Stream code reorganized to be more understandable
 * Stream code reorganizing allows to implement DVD menus (first steps done)
 * Stream code reorganizing allows to implement stream plugins
 * Implemented one cache for all stream types (simplify things a lot)
 * Netlabs Object Model (NOM), the object model for Voyager
 * Checked into SVN
 * gcc and libc based
 * IDL compiler works
 * Most of the class related stuff is working
 * No class replacing yet
 * No dynamic class loading yet
 * Binary interface not stable. Will change in the future
 * Voyager desktop
 * Checked into SVN
 * Completely based on NOM
 * Some basic desktop, GUI and support classes
 * Very experimental at the moment

20. November - 26. November

 * GenMAC - Adding new Chipsets
 * Thorolf Godawa will coordinate support for new chipsets in GenMAC
 * Many thanks to Thorolf for stepping forward
 * Please read the full post for more details
 * See: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.genmac.user/695
 * WarpIN 1.0.13
 * Fixed a minor bug in the install script processing.
 * Fixed Install/Close/Cancel processing when the "Archive, View" dialog was open. Bug 849.
 * WIC now defaults to overwriting newer files rather than aborting. Bug 890.
 * WIC deinstalls no longer require the "archive" and "path" elements in the .XCD file. Bug 851.
 * Added an Unlock All option to the "Locked File" dialog. Bug 802.
 * Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/warpin/warpin-1-0-13.exe
 * AMPOS2, now with:
 * Apache 2.2.3
 * MySQL 5.0.27
 * PHP 5.1.5
 * Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/ampos2/ampos2-a22-20061117.wpi

13. November - 19. November

 * GenMAC 2 Released
 * Many new network cards supported
 * Now split between basic driver and vendor packages, due to size growth.
 * See instructions in basic package for supported NICs and installation instructions.
 * See: http://genmac.netlabs.org/
 * New XWLAN v3.0
 * WPA and WPA2 support (GenMac v2 needed)
 * Many bugfixes
 * See: http://wlan.netlabs.org/
 * AMPOS2
 * Updates for Apache and MySQL
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/ampos2/timeline
 * kLibC
 * Various updates
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/timeline
 * Lucide
 * Extended error reporting
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide/timeline
 * QT 3 Library for OS/2
 * Several fixes to QLibrary
 * Kernel fixes for compiler warning and recursion
 * Spontaneous traps of Qt applications during window management have been fixed
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3/ticket/34
 * Uniaud
 * APM (non ACPI) stuff testing still going. Resume does not hang system anymore but still no sound after it.
 * Inegrating latest ALSA sources
 * WVGUI
 * Playing around with new demuxers. AVI demuxer is good, but others are not very handy. Especially for DVDs. Planning to use new demuxer for AVI's only. Need a lot of additional tests
 * Fixed CDDA playing (still need to add caching)
 * Planning (research stage) to use common cacher for DVD/VCD/CDDA/File/Network streams
 * WDSybil
 * Update to version 20061114
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/wdsibyl/timeline

6. November - 12. November

 * eCUPS
 * GhostScriptRasterPrinting updated
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/ecups/timeline
 * kLibC
 * Various updates
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/timeline
 * Lucide
 * Makefile cleanup
 * EA thumbnail processing
 * Pipe commands added
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide/timeline
 * QT 3 Library for OS/2
 * GNUMAKE fixed
 * System exceptions handling changed
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3/timeline
 * Voyager Documentation
 * Small updates
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/v_doc/timeline

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30. October - 5. November

 * Warpstock Europe 2006
 * netlabs.org related sessions at WSE 2006
 * Netlabs EPM Distribution by Andreas Schnellbacher
 * WPA Security with Wireless LAN Monitor by Christian Langanke
 * The voyager project by Adrian Gschwend
 * netlabs.org: The crux with the community by Adrian Gschwend
 * Please join us in Cologne, Germany from November 17 to 19
 * See: http://www.warpstock.net/wse2006/
 * kLIBC
 * Various updates again
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/timeline
 * Lucide
 * Updated to Freetype 2.2.1
 * German NLS updated
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide/timeline
 * QT3 Library for OS/2
 * Enhancements to the exception handling in the QT3 library
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3/timeline
 * WarpVision
 * DART fixes
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/wvgui/timeline

23. October - 29. October

 * eCups
 * This is a new project to get CUPS integrated into eCS
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/ecups
 * kLIBC
 * Many updates
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/timeline
 * Lucide
 * Spanish NLS updated
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide/timeline
 * QT3 Library for OS/2
 * Enhancements to the exception handling in the QT3 library
 * Fixes for UniAud in QSound
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3/timeline
 * UniAud
 * Support for Via 8251 added
 * SB and HDA code updated, among others
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/uniaud/timeline
 * Voyager documentation
 * The Voyager documentation is online via SVN now
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/v_doc

16. October - 22. October

 * Qt for OS/2
 * Various fixes again
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3
 * WarpVision
 * Demuxer fixes
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/wvgui

09. October - 15. October

 * Voyager
 * First version of design book online
 * See: http://voyager.netlabs.org/
 * WDSybil updated
 * Info on http://members.chello.at/webstar/wdsibyl.html
 * Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/wdsibyl/wdsibyl/Install_20061015.zip
 * UniAud
 * Still working on implementation of new Intel chips (HDA), good progress.
 * Ticket 33 solved
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/uniaud
 * Lucide/2
 * Speed optimized compilation done
 * Added version information to plugin description
 * Made it ready for OpenWatcom 1.6
 * Tickets 54, 74, 78, 79, 92, 138 and 141 solved
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide
 * Qt for OS/2
 * Various fixes
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3
 * WarpVision
 * ffmpeg updated
 * Various internal fixes
 * Ticket 130 solved
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/wvgui

03. October - 08. October

 * QT3 Library for OS/2
 * Internal fixes to the library
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3/timeline
 * Applications that have been ported using the QT3 library are now tracked in an SVN repository as well.
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qtapps
 * Project Voyager
 * Work has started on putting together a comprehensive document that describes the Voyager project.
 * Uniaud
 * Thanks to user feedback, HDA finally works with MMOS2
 * Preparing a new release
 * WVGUI
 * Preparations for 1.02 still in progress. Waiting on fixes from FFMPEG team

26. September - 01. October

 * Uniaud
 * HDA week (Intel new on board audio codecs)
 * MMOS2 on HDA chipsets almost work


 * Psi/2 (0.10.1)
 * Psi is a Jabber client aimed at experienced users.
 * Bug fixes
 * Support for SSL connections (e.g. gmail.com)
 * Built-in support fo Innotek Font Engine (anti-aliased fonts)
 * Important bug fixes (such as system timer resource leak)
 * Homepage and Download: http://svn.netlabs.org/qtapps/wiki/Psi

18. September - 25. September

 * WarpVision GUI
 * Bug fixing time. Due to preparation of new release, there is a lot of bug fixing going on.
 * Fixed On Screen Display (OSD) in Warp Overlay (WO) video out plugin
 * Fixed playing files in libav format. Some SWF files start to play sound.
 * Added workaround for some gcc issues.
 * Fixed crashes on SSE systems

11. September - 17. September

 * EDM/2 Documentation Updates (Unicode)
 * Unicode related API documentation was updated
 * See: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Special:Recentchanges

4. September - 10. September

 * NewView
 * NewView is now a netlabs project as well.
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/newview
 * WarpVision GUI news:
 * Fixed freeze in SNAP plugin (thanks to Rudi for tip)
 * Fixed settings for Video Out plugins
 * Added native VP5/VP6 codecs
 * Testing of native WMV3 going on. There are some issues with stability, so no release possible until it will be fixed and stable.
 * Uniaud news:
 * Started driver modifications for better/safer handling of DART<->UNIAUD APIs
 * WarpIn Release 1.0.12
 * Fixes:
 * Fixed the severely broken package attribute parsing caused by attempting to fix bug 718 in the previous release. Bugs 836 and 718.
 * "wic -t" used to exit silently if it couldn't read the script file.
 * Homepage: http://warpin.netlabs.org/
 * Netlabs download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/warpin/warpin-1-0-12.exe
 * Hobbes Incoming: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/warpin-1-0-12.zip
 * Search: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=warpin-1-0-12

28. August - 3. September

 * WarpIn Release 1.0.11
 * Lots of small fixes
 * Homepage: http://warpin.netlabs.org/
 * Netlabs download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/warpin/warpin-1-0-11.exe
 * Hobbes Incoming: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/warpin-1-0-11.zip
 * Search: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=warpin-1-0-11
 * Lucide Beta 3
 * Basic printing features were added
 * Redraw and scrolling bugs were fixed
 * Improved national language support
 * Plugins can now be compiled with GCC
 * Download at the eComStation Betazone (after Login): http://www.ecomstation.com
 * Bug Reports: http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide
 * Support Mailing List and Newsgroup: http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide/
 * LIBC Development
 * There have been various bug fixes and a few new features added to LibC
 * The next release will be 0.6.2, a date for this release is not yet set
 * More Details: http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/timeline

21. - 27. August

 * GenMAC News
 * WPA encryption is working, but there are still some issues to integrate it into the XWLAN widget
 * A new version of GenMAC will be released real soon
 * Complete posting: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.genmac.user/480
 * Odin update
 * Release version: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/Daily/odin32bin-20060825-release-xp.zip
 * Debug version: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/Daily/odin32bin-20060825-debug-xp.zip
 * Updates:
 * user32: Allows to override the default window coordinate calculation by specifying fixed coordinates in ODIN.INI.
 * WarpVision
 * WMV3 and WMV9 native support is added to the GUI
 * GBM plugin 1.20 for Lucide beta 2 or higher
 * The source code and make files were changed to adapt to new Lucide versions
 * bldlevel information was added
 * Download from hobbes: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2plugins_lu120_moz120_bin
 * Homepage of GBM: http://heikon.home.tlink.de/

14. - 20. August

 * WarpVision
 * Implementation of a new stream level for WarpVision GUI is started
 * This is required for DVD Menu support
 * A lot of coding and testing is needed, so this will take some time before release.
 * PSI Update Version 0.10-os2-b1
 * There is a list of changes in the Readme-OS2.txt file.
 * Download WPI: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/qt3/psi/psi_0-10-os2-b1.wpi
 * Download ZIP: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/qt3/psi/psi_0-10-os2-b1.zip
 * Requires Innotek runtime LIBC 0.6.1
 * ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.1-csd1.zip
 * Report problems: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3/ticket/25
 * QT3 Update
 * mention updates to QT3 library that were performed for PSI
 * Everblue update
 * http://svn.netlabs.org/everblue/timeline
 * Odin update
 * Release version: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/Daily/odin32bin-20060817-release-xp.zip
 * Debug version: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/Daily/odin32bin-20060817-debug-xp.zip
 * For information: http://odin.netlabs.org/ or
 * Odin Netlab's Wiki page: http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Odin
 * Odin mailing list archive: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.odin.user
 * Updates:
 * user32: Added BroadcastSystemMessageA and BroadcastSystemMessageW
 * kernel32: workaround for calling SetCurrentDirectory only with driveletter. Windows changed not to the root.

07. - 13. August

 * New Cairo Release - v1.2.2.
 * This new release contains (in addition to updated core Cairo code) a new FontConfig library, which does not create fonts.cache files, but stores its cache data in OS2.INI. Thus, it should not interfere with XFree86's FontConfig anymore.
 * Cairo v1.2.2 runtime, self-installing WarpIn archive: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/cairo-1.2.2-os2-bin.exe
 * Updated Doodle's Screen Saver Cairo modules, self-installing WarpIn archive: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/dss_cairo_modules_v17.exe
 * WDSibyl Release 2006.08.11
 * WDSibyl is a Pascal development environment
 * The update brings changes in libraries and an enhanced installer
 * Support mailinglist / newsgroup: gmane.org.netlabs.sibyl.devel
 * Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/wdsibyl/wdsibyl/Install_20060811.zip

31. July - 06. August

 * XWP
 * The German NLS package for version 1.0.5 is available.
 * The NLS package can now be installed from the main XWorkplace package as well, if they reside in the same directory.
 * Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/xworkplace/nls
 * GBM Plugin Version 1.10 for Lucide
 * Save bitmaps in any format supported by GBM (works only for one page bitmaps and requires the latest Lucide beta)
 * Now supports dynamic lookup of GBM.DLL. Either via LIBPATH or look into the directory where lugbm.dll is located.
 * GBM Homepage: http://heikon.home.tlink.de/

24. July - 30. July

 * Voyager news
 * The license to be used for project Voyager has been chosen.
 * Check http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.voyager.devel/53
 * FAT32 Driver now with Subversion Repository
 * The FAT32 driver source code can now be checked out via subversion
 * The subversion repository will be used in the future to coordinate the development
 * URL: http://svn.netlabs.org/fat32/browser/tags/release-0.9.11/src
 * XWorkPlace 1.0.5
 * The new 1.0.5 version has been released. This fixes a load of bugs and adds a few small enhancements. You can find it in the usual places on Netlabs and Hobbes:
 * ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/xworkplace/xwp-1-0-5.exe
 * http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/xwp-1-0-5.zip moving to http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/wps/xworkplace/xwp-1-0-5.zip
 * Please report *reproducible* bugs on the bugtracker at:
 * http://xtracker.netlabs.org
 * Bugfixes:
 * Tidied up the Recovery Choices options on the Desktop Properties Archives tab. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
 * Double clicking the XCenter Date/Time widgets brought up the System Clock first rather than the eCS Clock in eCS. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
 * The tooltip for the XCenter Date widget now has the time rather than the date as the tooltip text. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
 * Split view folder status bars now update correctly when selecting/deselecting objects. Bug 326. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
 * Cured cosmetic problems when resizing the panes of a split view folder. Bug 228. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
 * Corrected missing objects during installation. Bug 695. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
 * Fixed Association problem when Turbo Folders/Extended Associations were enabled. Bug 14. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
 * Fixed missing WPS file filters during first import with Turbo Folders/Extended Associations. Bug 399. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
 * Fixed XPager virtual desktop switching on top/bottom borders. Bug 406. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
 * Fixed exporting of Extended Associations. Bug 702. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
 * Fixed WarpCenter stuck in XCenter's Window List widget. Bug 11. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
 * Fixed partially broken Undo in XWP Setup notebook, Features tab. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
 * NLS Settings are now correctly fetched from the Country object on W4 FP13+ systems. Bug 614 again. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
 * Fixed Default and Undo on Folder Views tab of Workplace Shell object. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
 * Fixed traps when XFldDisk class was not registered. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
 * Fixed broken Bitmap display in Light Table folders. Bug 371. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
 * New Features:
 * NLS packages are now detected during install. Bug 686. Implemented by Christian Hennecke.
 * XWP has some updated icons courtesy of David Graser.
 * ACPI power-off option is now available with XShutdown. Implemented by Paul Ratcliffe.
 * Cairo Graphics Library Version 1.2.0
 * The OS/2 port of the Cairo Graphics Library is updated to version 1.2.0
 * Download binary and test apps: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/Cairo/cairo-1.2.0-os2-dev.zip
 * Download source code: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/Cairo/cairo-1.2.0-os2-src-with-dependencies.zip
 * PSI Port - Jabber Client for eCS and OS/2
 * See TRAC at http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3/ticket/25
 * Sample: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/misc/jabberos2.png
 * Alpha download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/qt3/psi-0.10-os2-a1.zip

19. July - 23. July

 * Lucide Beta 2
 * The Lucide document viewer is updated to Beta 2
 * It is available through the eComStation Beta Zone, after login at http://www.ecomstation.com/
 * GBM Plug-In for Lucide Version 1.00 Beta 2
 * Beta 2 of the GBM Plug-In for Lucide is released
 * Download: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2plugins_lu100_moz100_bin
 * Homepage: http://heikon.home.tlink.de
 * GenMac Trap solution
 * If it traps as before, please add this to the GenMac Wrapper section in protocol.ini:
 * DebugLevel = "NONE"
 * Options = "STACK32"
 * That is most likely the fix
 * This seems to happen with Intel 2200 chipsets, for instance.
 * It will be solved in the upcoming 1.7 release (no release date set yet)

10. July - 18. July

 * UniAudio Test Build
 * See the enclosed changelog file for details.
 * Only use this build if you have problems with your current version and please report bugs via TRAC
 * Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/uniaud/uniaud_testcase.zip
 * TRAC: http://svn.netlabs.org/uniaud

03. July - 09. July

 * PathRewrite Article updated
 * The PathRewrite article in EDM/2 is updated
 * URL: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Pathrewrite
 * WarpIN package for Lucide
 * A WarpIN installer package for Lucide is created
 * QT3 Library News
 * Some internal Drag and Drop fixes
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3/timeline

26. June - 02. July

 * Lucide Plug-In based on GBM
 * Heiko Nitzsche has created a Plug-In for Lucide that can handle a large number of bitmap formats
 * The Plug-In is, just as Lucide, still a beta version
 * URL: http://heikon.home.tlink.de/

19. June - 25. June

 * LIBC PathRewrite Article in EDM2
 * This article is of interest for developers who port Linux/UNIX applications to eComStation
 * URL: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Pathrewrite

12. June - 18. June

 * Everblue updated
 * Major steps forward, like stability improvements and PM hangs solved.
 * http://svn.netlabs.org/everblue/timeline
 * Doodle's Screen Saver 1.7 released
 * Optimized Matrix module, now uses less CPU
 * Italian language support
 * Small mouse movement won't stop screen saving
 * Download: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=dssaver_v17.zip
 * Website: http://dssaver.netlabs.org
 * Lucide Beta 1.1 released
 * Poppler library update to v0.5.3
 * Added settings dialog
 * Added asynchroneous opening of documents
 * Custom zoom level
 * Fixed crash on long filenames
 * Fixed crash and redraw problem when opening new file
 * http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide

5. June - 11. June

 * Lucide Beta 1 released
 * One goal of Lucide is to have a fast document viewer which is well integrated into the eComStation WPS and supports features like drag and drop, printing and which makes it as easy as possible to work with PDF and other filetypes on eComStation.

29. May - 4. June

 * There is a first license proposal for upcoming netlabs.org projects, namely for The Voyager Project. It is a dual-license of CDDL and LGPL.
 * http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.voyager.devel/43
 * The German freeX Magazine 4'2006 features an article about The Voyager Project with some details about the project. The article is written by Adrian Gschwend, freeX even has it on its cover!
 * http://www.cul.de/freex.html
 * There is movement on the GenMAC front, Willibald Meyer is busy working on USB support. If you have any USB NIC devices then we need your feedback: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.genmac.user/369

22. - 28. May

 * WarpVisionGUI Version 1.0.1 Released
 * Version 1.0.1 is a bug fix release of version 1.0
 * Homepage: http://warpvision.netlabs.org/
 * Report bugs here: http://svn.netlabs.org/wvgui
 * XWLAN Wireless LAN Monitor Version 2.14
 * New version 2.14 is released
 * Please see the excellent documentation in the changelog
 * Homepage: http://wlan.netlabs.org/
 * Download: ftp://www.netlabs.org/pub/wlan/xwlan214.zip

15. - 21. May

 * New SDL Release 1.2.10 available for OS/2 and eComStation
 * Doodle has ported the most recent version of the SDL libraries
 * The OS/2 specific changes have also been committed back to the main SDL repository
 * Download Binary: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/sdl/sdl-1.2.10-bin-20060517.zip
 * Download Source: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/sdl/sdl-1.2.10-src-20060517.zip
 * FAT32 Test Release
 * An experimental test release of the FAT32 driver was created on May 17 2006
 * Writes to FAT32 partitions should be faster now
 * THIS IS A TEST RELEASE AND SHOULD ONLY BE USED ON TEST INSTALLATIONS, BUT DATA CORRUPTION MAY OCCUR!!!
 * It is available through the fat32user group at YahooGroups
 * See: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fat32user/

08. - 14. May

 * FAT32 Progress
 * There is ongoing development of the FAT32 IFS for OS/2 and eComStation
 * A new test version of the driver will be released in the not too distant future
 * Mailing list for users: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fat32user/
 * Mailing list for developers: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fat32dev/
 * New SWT for OS/2 Development
 * SWT is the basis for porting the Eclipse development environment to OS/2 and eComStation
 * See the mailinglist/newsgroup for current progress
 * A subversion repository is already created
 * Mailing List: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.swt.devel
 * Subversion Repository: http://svn.netlabs.org/swt

01. - 07. May

 * EDM2 Updates
 * The formatting of some articles about the OS/2 API Documentation has been improved
 * See: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Special:Recentchanges
 * WarpVision Build Instructions
 * If you want to compile WarpVision yourself, there are some helpful instructions available now
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/wvgui/wiki/WarpVisionBuildHowTo
 * Added DWS 2006 presentations
 * Almost all Developers Workshop presentations are now available from the FTP Server (only one is still missing)
 * See: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/events/DWS2006/presentations/
 * QT3 Library News
 * Drag and Drop will be implemented before the RC 7 comes out
 * There are plans to create an official binary and runtime distribution for the QT3 on OS/2
 * Various small fixes
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3/timeline

24. - 30. April

 * UniAudio
 * some custom fixes and new ALSA fixes
 * no new binaries available yet
 * WarpVision 1.0 available
 * WarpVision Version 1.0 is finally available!
 * As usual, please read the INF file that comes with the distribution
 * Download WPI: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/wvgui/wvgui1.0GA.wpi
 * Download ZIP: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/wvgui/wvgui1.0GA.zip
 * Cairo Version 1.1.2 released
 * A new version of the Cairo libraries are available for OS/2 and eComStation
 * Download binaries: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/Cairo/cairo-1.1.2-os2-dev.zip
 * Download sources: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/Cairo/cairo-1.1.2-os2-src-with-dependencies.zip
 * WarpIn 1.0.10
 * Various bugs fixed
 * Homepage: http://warpin.netlabs.org/
 * Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/warpin/warpin-1-0-10.exe
 * FontLib Example in EDM2
 * See: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Ft2lib

17. - 23. April

 * FAT32
 * FAT32 has now moved to SVN/TRAC as well
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/fat32
 * WPS-Wizard
 * Added to SVN/Trac: http://svn.netlabs.org/wps-wizard
 * EDM2 Updates
 * There are various updates to the EDM2 wiki
 * A number of articles originally published by Micho Durdevich were republished at EDM2
 * See: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Micho_Durdevich
 * QT3 Library News
 * There have been some minor changes in the QT3 library
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3/timeline

10. - 16. April

 * Odin
 * New odin release.
 * Check changelog for updates.
 * See: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/odin/Daily/
 * Cairo Stuff
 * The presentation on Cairo from the Developers Workshop 2006 is available now
 * Some Cairo examples are also available
 * Presentation: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/events/DWS2006/presentations/ProgrammingCairo-dws06.pdf
 * Cairo Examples: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/Cairo/cairo-1.0.4-os2-dev.zip
 * Everblue Update
 * A current build of Everblue is available for people to play with
 * This is intended for developers, not for regular end users
 * Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/eb20060414.zip
 * Now in SVN: http://svn.netlabs.org/everblue

03. - 09. April

 * XWLAN Wireless LAN Monitor
 * New version 2.13 is released
 * Please see the excellent documentation for a changelog
 * See: http://wlan.netlabs.org/
 * netlabs.org Developers Workshop 2006
 * Homepage: http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Developers_Workshop_2006
 * Presentations: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/events/DWS2006/presentations/
 * Recorded presentations: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/events/DWS2006/ogg/
 * Not all information is available and put online yet, so keep watching these locations the coming days!
 * Don't miss all the great stuff that has been discussed and showed (even via WebCam and Realtime audiostream!)
 * QT3 Library News
 * Various enhancements, like a fixed trap after issuing exit from a QApplication
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3/timeline
 * Multichannel Testing tool for Uniaud (NEW)
 * This tool is useful for setting up/testing a multichannel environment.
 * It requires UNIAUD audio driver and latest UNIAUD API (uniaud.dll from March 2006 or later).
 * The tool is a Presentation Manager application.
 * All needed information is included in the ZIP file, just read the readme file.
 * See: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/uniaud/multtest.zip

27. - 31. March / 01. - 02. April

 * Samba Server and Client Update
 * A new version of the Netdrive Samba plugin and the Samba Server were released
 * It was built using the new LibC 0.6.1 CSD1
 * Netdrive plugin: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/samba/ndpsmb-3.0.9-b13.zip
 * Samba Server: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/samba/samba-3.0.9-a8.zip
 * QT3 Library News
 * QSessionManger class was implemented
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3

Participation
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 * How can you participate
 * Contribute to the NikiWiki
 * Visit our netlabs.org Wiki at http://wiki.netlabs.org and add your ideas and thoughts.
 * Revise existing articles and enhance them.
 * Contribute to EDM/2
 * As a developer you can add or extend articles at http://www.edm2.com.
 * Translate articles in other languages or correct them.
 * Support developers in jobs they do not like :-)
 * Organize new projects
 * If you have an idea for a new project try to find support for the idea in usergroups or with friends.
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 * netlabs.org community
 * Subscribe to the community@netlabs.org mailinglist (see NikiWiki for more details).
 * Discuss your thoughts and ideas with the whole netlabs.org community.

20. - 26. March

 * QT3 Library News
 * Various items added and fixed again
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3/timeline
 * GenMac 1.7 test release
 * 10 new chipsets added
 * WPA support coming
 * http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.genmac.user/260
 * LibC 0.6.1 and Unix utils
 * Updated majorly, see http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/timeline for a list of changes (a lot :-))
 * LibC ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.1-csd1.zip
 * Knut built some utils as well (coreutils and more), see ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/alpha
 * EDM2 Updates again
 * See: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Special:Recentchanges

13. - 19. March

 * GCC 3.3.5 CSD1 released
 * For a list of changes, please see the Documentation Package mentioned below
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/query?status=closed&milestone=libc-0.6.1
 * Download Runtime: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.1-csd1.zip
 * Download Compiler: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/gcc-3.3.5-csd1.zip
 * Download Documentation: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/gcc-3.3.5-csd1-doc.zip
 * New WDSibyl Release
 * Documentation is available in Englisch and German
 * WDSibyl is a Pascal compiler for Win32 and OS/2
 * See: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/wdsibyl/
 * Update of Doodle's Screen Saver to Version 1.6
 * A WarpIn install package is available and also the source code
 * There are three new modules, bug fixes and other improvements
 * see the changelog or the homepage of DSSaver for details
 * Homepage: http://dssaver.netlabs.org/
 * WVGUI 1.0 RC3
 * RC3 contains documentation in INF format in the DOC subdirectory
 * See the documentation for a changelog
 * Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/wvgui/wvgui1.0rc3.zip
 * Developers Workshop
 * new details for some presentations
 * See: http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Developers_Workshop_2006#Schedule
 * EDM2
 * The OS/2 API Doc was updated, the UniCode part
 * See: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Special:Recentchanges

06. - 12. March

 * QT3 Library News
 * QWidget::setMask was implemented and a pixmaps bug was fixed
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3
 * Updates to LibC
 * During Wintercamp, large changes were made to LibC
 * A new release of LibC will be released soon
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/timeline
 * netlabs.org Wintercamp 2006
 * See: http://about.netlabs.org/?detailcontentregions_id=2
 * The yearly Wintercamp took place. As usual it was a week of great snowboarding and skiing, coding and talking about upcoming software projects
 * Voyager was one of the main topics of this Wintercamp. Details of the discussion will be presented at Developers Workshop 2006
 * There was plenty of snow in the Swiss alps :)

27. - 28. February and 01. - 05. March

 * Updates to EDM/2
 * the OS/2 API documentation had some small updates
 * See: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/OS2_API
 * See: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Special:Recentchanges
 * Updates to LibC
 * bugs have been fixed and a couple of new features have been introduced into LibC
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/timeline

20. - 26. February

 * Voyager & OS/2 Open Source Software
 * Voyager is a netlabs.org project to provide a WPS like desktop based on open source software
 * There will be a lot of discussion about Voyager at the Developers Workshop 2006, which will take place in Biel, Switzerland (8. & 9. April 2006)
 * See: http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Voyager
 * See: http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Developers_Workshop_2006
 * Netlabs.org Developers Workshop 2006 News
 * The first topics for presentations have been announced
 * See: http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Developers_Workshop_2006#Workshop_Program
 * Registration for the Workshop is open
 * Registration is again via Mensys, the cost is 45 EUR for two days and 25 EUR for one day, entrance for students is free
 * See: http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Developers_Workshop_2006

13. - 19. February

 * Ongoing FAT32 Development
 * Lars started to make bigger source code modification
 * If you test stuff, please be sure to read the User and Dev list, to know what is experimental what is a release version!
 * If you want to help with development, or just follow development discussion, join the FAT32DEV list
 * See: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fat32dev
 * For users, there is a mailinglist too
 * See: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fat32user
 * Homepage: http://fat32.netlabs.org/
 * Netlabs.org mentioned in Newsforge Article
 * the article was also mentioned on Slashdot
 * See: http://software.newsforge.com/software/06/01/30/192226.shtml?tid=150&tid=132&tid=16
 * WarpIN 1.0.9 released
 * A changelog can be read during the installation process
 * Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/warpin/warpin-1-0-9.exe
 * See: http://warpin.netlabs.org/
 * WarpVision 1.0 RC2 released
 * After unpacking the archive, be sure to read \doc\wvgui.INF
 * it also contains a changelog
 * TRAC Tickets: http://svn.netlabs.org/wvgui/report/1
 * Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/wvgui/wvgui1.0rc2.zip

06. - 12. February

 * netlabs.org FTP Server mirror
 * The University of Erlangen mirrors the netlabs.org FTP server
 * See: ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/os2/mirrors/ftp.netlabs.org
 * netlabs.org news now on the Wiki as well
 * http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Netlabs_bi_weekly_newsletter
 * QT3 Library News
 * QRegion was implemented
 * if you need a cutting edge version of the QT3 port, check it out from the subversion repository!
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3
 * Valknut 0.3.7 was ported to OS/2 and eCS
 * Valknut is a program that uses the Direct Connect protocol. It is compatible with other DC clients, such as the original DC from Neomodus, DC++ and derivatives. Valknut also interoperates with all common DC hub software.
 * a QT3 library from Subversion was used for this port
 * because it requires QProcess and QSound
 * See: http://dcgui.berlios.de/
 * See: Screen Shot
 * See: http://froloff.homeip.net/zips/valknut-0.3.7-os2.zip

30. - 31. January and 01. - 05. February

 * Universal Audio driver bug reporting
 * if you have problems with the Universal Audio driver, PLEASE open a problem ticket in TRAC
 * this is the only way to make sure that the problem is not forgotten and that you get help from the author
 * see: Open Tickets
 * see: Create New Ticket
 * LIBC TRAC tickets are now in the newsgroups as well
 * Tickets and feedback to tickets, for LIBC, are now also send to the gmane newsgroup
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/report/1
 * See: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.libc.user

Newsletter #1
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Here is the news for January 16th - 29th 2006

23. - 29. January

 * Updates for UniAudio
 * a new release is available at the ftp server: Version 1.1.4 Release Candidate 1
 * this version is ACPI safe (it can be used with the ACPI driver from the eComStation Beta Zone)
 * to report bugs, open a ticket in the "trac" for UniAudio
 * http://svn.netlabs.org/uniaud
 * See: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/uniaud/uniaud114rc1.zip
 * Updated WarpVision
 * a new release is available, being the Version 1.0 Release Candidate 1
 * See: http://warpvision.netlabs.org/
 * Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/wvgui/wvgui1.0rc1.zip
 * XWP 1.0.4 Swedish
 * The Swedish language files have been released
 * See: http://xworkplace.netlabs.org
 * QT3 Library News
 * Alpha channel support for pixmaps was implemented
 * QWidget::setMask was implemented for non-toplevel widgets
 * If you want to get involved in the project, there are mailing lists available
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3/wiki/WikiStart
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3

16. - 22. January

 * Updates for GenMac are being prepared
 * when this update will be released is not yet clear!
 * HotPlug will be supported as this is important for proper PCCard (note, NOT PCMCIA!!) and USB support
 * WPA support for the WLAN cards is in the works
 * See http://wlan.netlabs.org
 * New version of Doodle's Screen Saver (version 1.51)
 * Russian language support
 * Fixes
 * Two new modules, based on Cairo
 * See http://dssaver.netlabs.org
 * Fat32 driver version 0.9.11 now available as WPI package
 * Fixed non-recognition problem of USB removable drive change.
 * Fixed "free space" problem.
 * Fixed some minor warnings such as "non used variable" on compilation.
 * Fixed the problem that CACHEF32 cannot call "chkdsk.com" if a different drive is not a boot drive.
 * See http://fat32.netlabs.org/?show=download
 * QT3 Library News
 * the current version of the QT library for OS/2 is 3.3.1 RC-06
 * it is available from the netlabs.org FTP server (ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/qt3/)
 * the current version has some limitations, like missing implementation of QProcess or QSound classes
 * this will be fixed in the next release
 * the next step will be 3.3.1 RC-07
 * you can track the development via the Trac timeline of Qt3 (http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3/timeline)
 * if you have ported applications to OS/2 or eCS with this library, please let us know!
 * See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3
 * OS/2 and eComStation Developers Workshop 2006
 * the initial website for the Developers Workshop is now online
 * you can find information about the location, and how to get there, as well as some hotel recommendations
 * See: http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Developers_Workshop_2006