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Perspectives of eComStation in 2010


TITLE: Perspectives of eComStation in 2010

DATE: 2009-12-31 18:23:10

AUTHOR: eCo Software
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Date: 2009/12/31

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What's new in 2009?

  • eComStation 2.0 RC7, eComStation 2.0 GA

Applications:

  • OpenOffice.org 3.1 GA
  • PMView (2009/05) improved for SMP/Panorama VESA
  • always the latest Thunderbird, Firefox
  • DFSee 10.0

New technologies:

  • Flash-player

ACPI

  • Poor support of users during 2009
  • Intel ACPI source code 2008/12
  • ACPI is patching the kernel on-the-fly (suspend/resume)
  • support of Embedded controller is implemented

Hardware support:

  • CUPS (USB, debugging)

Work with community:

New libraries/toolkits:

  • GCC 4.x
  • eCo Software toolkit is updated
  • Qt4 toolkit

New shareware products:

  • DVD/CD Toys,
  • Virtual keyboard
  • (2008: SearchPlus + eCo Tunes + eCS FAQ brochure)

Networking:

  • Samba server/client (heavy debugging)

Improvement of base OS/2

  • New method: Patching kernel via ACPI (example: suspend/resume)
  • New method: patching dll / exe (example: WPS associations)
  • Better ACPI/SMP compatiblity (uconv.dll)
  • WPS associations // drink.milk.mp3

New sites (promo sites):

Test the program:

CalcMi - Shows result of calculation in real-time

Comentarios:

eComStation is recommended for home users: a) no viruses, b) native software + ported programs + start other OSes inside VM, c) A thousand of REXX-scripts aimed to automate small tasks, d) play favorite DOS-games.

 

Siberian OS/2

 


 

 

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Now we can discuss how to attract new users.

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