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  1. Need Win32 1% by warpjogi · · Score: 1 · on Virtual PC for OS/2 released
    Hi!

    Yes, I have VPC/2 and I am running OS/2 @ home. I only need Win32 if I get an application (like tax application in Germany or a library application) I can not use with ODIN.

    This happens only five times a year and for all other my wife and myself use OS/2!

    Some examples:

    • Communication with ADSL or/and ISDN, to FidoNet and the Internet.
    • Answering machine
    • Programming with jEDIT on a native Java aplication.
    • Exchanging Sounds and songs with AudioGalaxy/2 or LimeWire in the GNUtella network
    • Word processing, Using Spreadsheet or Layout application with Papyrus or StarOffice 5.1a.
    • Web Browser like Mozilla or Opera
    • ...and many, many more

    My source is www.os2.org and as long as I can work with OS/2 I will do it because it is fast, rock solid and it has a nice GUI the *nix community could learn from!

    Jogi/2
  2. OS/2 is alive and kicking by LordNimon · · Score: 5, Informative · on Where Have the OS/2 Junkies Gone?
    I'm really surprised that a Slashdot reader has to ask this question. It's not like we OS/2 users have been hiding from everyone. It's extremely easy to find all sorts of information about OS/2 on the Internet.

    In short, there are plenty of OS/2 users today, although most of them are in Europe. In fact, if Slashdot weren't so US-centric, then the editors would have realized how stupid this "Ask Slashdot" is. Why? Because the biggest OS/2 conference of the year is being held right now in Belgium! The 2nd-biggest was held last month in Toronto.

    There are actually two versions of OS/2 available today: the Convenience Pack (CP) from IBM and eComStation from Serenity Systems. eCS is a VAR version of the CP, meaning that it's basically the CP code base, with an enhanced installer, lots of third-party apps built-in, and a bunch of other enhancements. I'm running it right now on a dual Athlon system - the Tyan Tiger MP works great for OS/2, and yes, OS/2 does support SMP systems.

    There have been lots of advances in OS/2 over the past year. Project Odin is serious competition for Wine, and can run many Windows apps that Wine doesn't. Plus, Virtual PC for OS/2 was just announced and will be available in a couple months.

    Device support has also improved significantly. The only major category of devices that isn't supported is Firewire, but everything else is very thoroughly supported. In fact, video support is phenomenal, thanks to the SciTech Display Doctor video drivers. With these drivers, OS/2 can do what Windows and Linux can't: you can change your video card without reinstalling or reconfiguring any drivers!

    I could go on for hours, but I'm going to let other OS/2 users fill in the rest.

  3. We are here! RUNNING FASTER AND BETTER! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Where Have the OS/2 Junkies Gone?
    Hi gang!
    We are not loud but we are still here and the Warpstock Europe 2001 in Belgium is running THIS weekend!

    OS/2er's and eComStation users are hapyy these days:

    • ODIN supports a system layer to start directly Win32 apps under the OS/2 WPS
    • VirtualPC for OS/2 will be the next step to run also other *nix ans Win32 apps which are not running under XFree86OS/2 or ODIN
    And? Which operating system will you delete today to use an OS/2 based? =:-)

    Have fun! OS/2 will never die here!


    Jogi/2 using OS/2 Warp 4.51
  4. We are here! RUNNING FASTER AND BETTER! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Where Have the OS/2 Junkies Gone?
    Hi gang!
    We are not loud but we are still here and the Warpstock Europe 2001 in Belgium is running THIS weekend!

    OS/2er's and eComStation users are hapyy these days:

    • ODIN supports a system layer to start directly Win32 apps under the OS/2 WPS
    • VirtualPC for OS/2 will be the next step to run also other *nix ans Win32 apps which are not running under XFree86OS/2 or ODIN
    And? Which operating system will you delete today to use an OS/2 based? =:-)

    Have fun! OS/2 will never die here!


    Jogi/2 using OS/2 Warp 4.51
  5. Re:Cool... is this the modernized Amiga? by Drooling+Iguana · · Score: 1 · on AtheOS

    What about this?

  6. Easy Installation by SpiceWare · · Score: 1 · on Petreley on Win2k Installs and Softway Systems

    Byte has an article this week, OS/2: The Little Engine That Could, that touches on OS ease of installation in OS/2 Is Hard To Install...Not!

    My favorite part of this article talkes about the ease of installing OS/2 compared to installing Windows in that OS/2 does not require you to install DOS first to use the CD: Note that in no case do you have to install DOS and a CD driver first, like Microsoft requires for Windows 95, 98, and NT.

    I've found this to be true when I've installed 95 on a new machine I built(I used the 95 partition to run Windows software under OS/2 using Win32-OS/2, now known as Odin). I've not installed 98 or NT so I don't know if the DOS requirement is valid for them.

  7. Re:I've never seen an OS/2 article on Slashdot by Keith+Russell · · Score: 1 · on GTK+ for BeOS Update
    There are OS/2 sites out there. OS/2 SuperSite and OS2.org are two I can name off the top of my head. That's not the point.

    The subhead at the top of the page says "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters." Unfortunately, it usually ends up "News for kernel hackers. Linux stuff that matters." The only reason this BeOS story got posted is because the subject (GTK+) tied back to Linux. That's the way it is for all BeOS stories. I sometimes think this is how they determine what gets posted:
    • Linux: Always!
    • Windows: Only if it's an Evil Empire story
    • BeOS: If they can grep "linux" or "open source", and find something
    • OS/2: ... (blank stare) ... Ooh, look! The next story mentions Linus Torvalds!
    To be fair, Linux gets (and deserves) far more press than OS/2 does. Outside of existing OS/2 shops, Linux is more relevant. As far as Slashdot's OS coverage goes, however, I'd rate them only slightly above InfoWorld, who have recently trampled "reviews" of BeOS 4.5 and OS/2 Warp Server for e-Commerce on their way to yet another "Linux will rule the world" column.

    Keith Russell
    OS != Religion
  8. OS/2 will also be able to run Linux binaries by timur · · Score: 4 · on Sun to run unmodified Linux Binaries
    Not anytime soon, but probably by early next year, OS/2 will also be able to load and run Linux binaries. Take a look at Project EverBlue. Currently, it's basically a port of xlib to OS/2, so that you can run recompiled X apps directly on OS/2's desktop. A screenshot can be seen here.

    Those of you familar with the Win32-OS/2 Project (recently renamed to Project Odin), know that it's possible to load and run some Win32 exectuables under OS/2 (most notably Quake II). The next step for Project EverBlue is to create an ELF loader so that OS/2 can load Linux binaries. Then Wine will be ported to OS/2 (via a merge with Odin), and at that point, OS/2 will be able to run ...

    1. DOS apps better than any other OS
    2. 16-bit Windows apps, better than most other versions of Windows can
    3. Most Win32 apps (just like Wine)
    4. All OS/2 apps
    5. Most, if not all, Linux apps

    Combine that with the power of the WorkPlace Shell, and you'll have one kick-ass operating system.

    --
    Timur Tabi
    Remove "nospam_" from email address

  9. OS/2 will also be able to run Linux binaries by timur · · Score: 4 · on Sun to run unmodified Linux Binaries
    Not anytime soon, but probably by early next year, OS/2 will also be able to load and run Linux binaries. Take a look at Project EverBlue. Currently, it's basically a port of xlib to OS/2, so that you can run recompiled X apps directly on OS/2's desktop. A screenshot can be seen here.

    Those of you familar with the Win32-OS/2 Project (recently renamed to Project Odin), know that it's possible to load and run some Win32 exectuables under OS/2 (most notably Quake II). The next step for Project EverBlue is to create an ELF loader so that OS/2 can load Linux binaries. Then Wine will be ported to OS/2 (via a merge with Odin), and at that point, OS/2 will be able to run ...

    1. DOS apps better than any other OS
    2. 16-bit Windows apps, better than most other versions of Windows can
    3. Most Win32 apps (just like Wine)
    4. All OS/2 apps
    5. Most, if not all, Linux apps

    Combine that with the power of the WorkPlace Shell, and you'll have one kick-ass operating system.

    --
    Timur Tabi
    Remove "nospam_" from email address