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This page will be used to gather news about netlabs.org and it's projects.

If you are looking for the bi-weekly newsletter, please go here: Netlabs_bi_weekly_newsletter

11. December - 17 December

  • New 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 to Compiling XWorkPlace
  • PathRewrite article
  • kBuild
  • QT

4. December - 10 December

  • XWorkPlace 1.0.6
  • WarpIN 1.0.14
  • 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 [LP]
    • 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 is 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
  • Lucide
  • Voyager Documentation

Guidelines for mail gathering and bi-weekly processing

This is intended to be a procedure on how to create the bi-weekly newsletter, so that multiple people are able to do it, in case others are away.

The news is gathered on a weekly basis. Sources for news are various. We know the following:

  • #netlabs channel, just connect and see what comes by
  • http://news.netlabs.org/
  • various SVN timelines for the projects that are already in SVN (needs to be listed explicitly?)

There is a mail id on netlabs for mailing out the newsletter to various contacts. The mail id is: news at netlabs dot org It uses the following IMAP mailserver: mail dot netlabs dot org

For the start of a new newsletter a copy from the previous one can be made and then copy the new news into it, to make life easy :-) The easiest way to get the text is grabbing it from the webpage in normal view mode. Check the text a second time, and align it a bit. Address it with BCC to the following addresses:

  • martin at os2world dot com
  • stevew at jafar dot hartnell dot edu
  • submit at os2voice dot org
  • webmaster at ecomstation dot com
  • webredactie at os2-gg dot nl
  • ktk at netlabs dot org
  • j dot van dot der dot heide at hccnet dot nl
  • os2info at gmx dot net

Don't forget the subject line with the next number and of it goes.

After the newsletter is sent the 'Netlabs bi-weekly newsletter' webpage has to be updated. (http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Netlabs_bi_weekly_newsletter). Just copy the news on top of the others and add a heading.

Then the draft version of the bi-weekly page can be emptied and the heading for the next week can be added.

That is basicly the process of the bi-weekly newsletter.

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