Updates from last month's column:

DFSee, which has been presented by Tony Butka at previous SCOUG general meetings, is now at version 9.15 as of 03/21/2009. It is a FDISK, display, analysis, and recovery tool for disks and file systems. It includes the ability to resize FAT and FAT32 partitions, and has some JFS and LVM support. Go to http://www.dfsee.com/.

NOTES:

1. You can also use search key dfsee9 on Hobbes.
2. DFSee is shareware. Registration is at Mensys (http://www.mensys.net/dfsee/).
3. It is available as a zip file (at Hobbes and www.dfsee.com), or a WarpIN archive (www.dfsee.com only).

DCRaw version 8.92 has been released as of 03/05/2009, along with version 0.49 of the "vcd" experimental version. This is a digital camera RAW file conversion utility. Use search key dcraw on Hobbes.

MagicDraw UML version 16.5 beta 1 has been released as of 03/02/2009. This is a Java-based UML modelling tool. Go to http://www.magicdraw.com/.

WPIView version 1.1 alpha 5 has been released as of 03/17/2009. This is a utility to view, install, and extract WarpIN packages. Go to http://members.aon.at/herwig.bauernfeind/wpiview/.

JGraphpad version 6.0.7.1 has been released as of 03/26/2009. This is a Java-based powerful, free diagram editor that allows you to create flow charts, maps, UML diagrams, and more. Go to http://www.jgraph.com/jgraphpad.html.

FlashBlock version 1.5.9 (for Firefox 1.5.x and later) and version 1.3.12 (for SeaMonkey and other Mozilla browsers) have been released as of 03/25/2009. This is a Mozilla / Firefox extension that replaces Flash animations with a "click to play" placeholder. Go to http://flashblock.mozdev.org/.

Privoxy (formerly known as JunkBuster) is now at version 3.0.12 as of 03/25/2009. This is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups, and other obnoxious Internet junk. Go to http://www.privoxy.org/.

PHPMyAdmin version 3.1.3.1 has been released as of 03/24/2009. This is a set of PHP scripts to administer MySQL over the Web. Go to http://phpmyadmin.sourceforge.net/.

From this month's "Paul Smedley has been busy" file:

• Gnash version 0.8.5 has been released as of 03/05/2009. It is an open-source Flash movie player. It supports many, but not all, Flash version 7 features. Go to http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/index.php?page=gnash.

  NOTES:

  1. You will need the GCC runtime (LIBC063.DLL); for that, go to ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip.
  2. More info on Gnash is available at http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/.
  3. According to Steve Wendt, there is not a browser plugin available yet.
  
  
• ImageMagick version 6.5.0-5 has been released as of 03/23/2009. This is a free software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. It can read, convert, and write images in a large variety of formats. Go to http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/index.php?page=imagemagick.

  NOTE:

  1. You will need the GCC runtime (LIBC063.DLL); for that, go to ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip.
  2. More info on ImageMagick is available at http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php.
  
  
• Subversion version 1.6.0 has been released as of 03/22/2009. It is a version-control application, intended to replace CVS. Go to http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/index.php?page=subversion.

  NOTES:

  1. You will need the GCC runtime (LIBC063.DLL); for that, go to ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip.
  2. More info on Subversion is available at http://subversion.tigris.org/.
  3. An older version (1.5.2) is also available at http://silk.apana.org.au/subversion/.
  
  
• PHP 5.2.9 has been released as of 03/19/2009. It is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. Modules supported include bz2, curl, dbase, gd, exif, filepro, gettext, mbstring, mysql, mysqli, openssl, pdo_mysql, pdo_sqlite, pgsql, and sqlite. It features a module for Apache 2.2, as well as CGI and CLI versions. Go to http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/index.php?page=php-5.

  NOTES:

  1. You will need the GCC runtime (LIBC063.DLL); for that, go to ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip.
  2. More info on PHP is at http://www.php.net/.
  3. Paul also has a PDF module and a Z39.50 client using the YAZ toolkit available.
  4. An older version (4.4.2) is also available at http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/index.php?page=php-4.
  
  

This month's new listings - Drivers:

More from this month's "Paul Smedley has been busy" file:

• UniAud version 1.9.12 has been released as of 03/23/2009. In this release, the driver code has been updated to ALSA 1.0.19, except for the HDA code, which is at 1.0.18a while some crashes are being investigated. This build features better support for HDA than earlier versions of UniAud, and will eventually become UniAud version 2.0. Go to http://svn.netlabs.org/uniaud/wiki/WikiStart.

This month's new listings - Applications:

BMI Doctor/2 version 1.15 has been released as of 03/05/2009. This is a program to calculate body mass index and basal metabolism. Use search key bmidr2 on Hobbes.

JAlbum version 8.2.6 has been released as of 03/15/2009. This is a web photo album generator that requires Java 1.5. Go to http://jalbum.net/.

NOTE:

1. Since there is no native Java 1.5 version for OS/2, Steve Wendt provided the following link on how to get Java 1.5 to run on eCS: http://home.arcor.de/michael.holzapfel/eCS/java/Using%20Java%20on%20eCS.html.

SDLMAME version 0.130 has been released as of 03/15/2009. This is a SDL version of the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. Use search key sdlmame on Hobbes.

Libkva version 1.1.0 has been released as of 03/15/2009. This is a library for displaying video streams, which supports SNAP video overlays, WarpOverlay!, and DIVE. It has been used in KMP and recent ports of MPlayer. Use search key libkva on Hobbes.

DVD/CD Toys version 0.04.01 has been released as of 03/23/2009. This is a set of utilities to burn CD and DVD disks, and ISO images. Go to http://en.ecomstation.ru/projects/dvdtoys/.

Sonix USB PC Camera version 1.0 has been released. This program allows you to view images and take snapshots with the Sonix USB PC camera. Go to http://home.hccnet.nl/w.m.brul/sonixcam/.

SearchPlus version 1.6 has been released as of 03/09/2009. This tool does simultaneous multiple file searches, including in zip archives. Search criteria can include contents, file size, file date, attributes, and actions can include edit, open, delete, copy, move, execute. Use search key SearchPlus on Hobbes.

DejaVu fonts version 2.29 has been released as of 03/08/2009. This is a font family based on the Bitstream Vera Fonts, which provides support for a wide range of Unicode characters. Go to http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/.

jRipper version 1.0 has been released as of 03/08/2009. This is a CD ripper and audio converter that supports WAV, Flac, MP3, OGG, and AAC formats. It requires Java 1.4. Go to http://www.rbri.org/jripper/jripper.html.

Art of Illusion version 2.7.1 has been released as of 03/08/2009. This is a full-featured 3D modelling, rendering, and animation studio that requires Java 1.5. Go to http://aoi.sourceforge.net/.

NOTE:

1. Since there is no native Java 1.5 version for OS/2, Steve Wendt provided the following link on how to get Java 1.5 to run on eCS: http://home.arcor.de/michael.holzapfel/eCS/java/Using%20Java%20on%20eCS.html.

ACDataSeeker version 0.5.1 beta has been released as of 03/22/2009. This is a multi-threaded PM text and file finder, intended as a replacement for PMSEEK.EXE. Use search key acdata on Hobbes.

Lua version 5.1.4 has been released as of 03/19/2009. This is a powerful, fast, lightweight, and embeddable scripting language used in various scientific and commercial applications (and even some games). Go to http://www.os2site.com/sw/dev/lua/.

Agena version 0.13.2 has been released as of 03/24/2009. This is an interpreted language suited for sophisticated procedural programming, with syntax like simplified ALGOL 68, with elements taken from Lua (see previous item) and SQL. Go to http://www.os2site.com/sw.dev/agena/.

Btrieve Commander has been updated as of 03/19/2009. This is a Btrieve file viewer / editor. Go to http://silk.apana.org.au/btc/.

A number of XCenter widgets are available as of 03/19/2009. Included are a batter widget for notebooks and UPSs, a temperature widget, a USB monitor, a firewall widget, a POP3 mail checker widget, and a weather widget. Go to http://en.ecomstation.ru/projects/neowps/?action=widgets.

wxWidgets (formerly known as wxWindows) is now at version 2.8.10 as of 03/17/2009. This is a sophisticated cross-platfor C++ framework for writing advanced GUI applications using (where possible) the native controls. Go to http://www.wxwidgets.org/.

WDSibyl has been updated as of 03/17/2009. This is an open-source continuation of the commercial product Sibyl, which is a Pascal/Delphi compiler. Go to http://www.wdsibyl.org/.

EMT4PM version 4.38 has been released as of 02/08/2009. It is a PM utility to build disk images, and write images to disk. Go to http://dvalot.free.fr/emtcopy.htm.

Addcr/Delcr has been released as of 03/27/2009. This is a more versatile version of the unix2dos / dos2unix newline conversion utility, which accepts filenames with wildcards, recurses into subdirectories, and can either convert files in-place or convert & copy them to a target directory. Use search key addcr on Hobbes.

ArgoUML version 0.28 has been released as of 03/24/2009. This is a modelling tool written in Java to help you do your design using UML. Go to http://argouml.tigris.org/.

SmartCVS version 7.0.6 has been released as of 03/23/2009. This is a Java CVS GUI client, with features like built-in File Compare/Merge, transaction display or List Repository Files, etc. It requires Java 1.4.1 or higher. Go to http://www.syntevo.com/smartcvs/.

Borg version 1.7.1 has been released as of 03/14/2009. This is a Java calendar app, with RDBMS support, a simple address book, and task categories. Go to http://borg-calendar.sourceforge.net/.

GenealogyJ version 2.4.5 has been released as of 03/23/2009. This is a program for handling all of your genealogical information in a graphical way. This requires Java 1.5. Go to http://genj.sourceforge.net/.

NOTE:

1. Since there is no native Java 1.5 version for OS/2, Steve Wendt provided the following link on how to get Java 1.5 to run on eCS: http://home.arcor.de/michael.holzapfel/eCS/java/Using%20Java%20on%20eCS.html.

Even still more from this month's "Paul Smedley has been busy" file:

• MySQL version 5.1.32 has been released as of 03/06/2009. It is the world's most widely-used open-source database. The OS/2 port features named pipes, data replication, databases > 2GB, and more. Go to http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/index.php?page=mysql-5-1.

  NOTES:

  1. You will need the GCC runtime (LIBC063.DLL); for that, go to ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip.
  2. You will also need GCC433.DLL; for that, go to http://download.smedley.info/gcc433.zip.
  3. A list of changes in MySQL 5.1 vs. MySQL 5.0 is available at http://dev.mysql.com/refman/5.1/en/mysql-nutshell.html.
  4. An older version (5.0.67) is available at http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/index.php?page=mysql-v5; this also requires LIB063.DLL.
  
  
• ScummVM version 0.13 has been released as of 02/28/2009. This allows you to run several adventure games, provided you have the data files. A number of games are supported, including some games based on LucasArts' SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion) system. Go to http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/index.php?page=scummvm.

  NOTES:

  1. More info on ScummVM is at http://www.scummvm.org/.
  
  
• CUPS version 1.3.9, Gutenprint version 5.2.3, and Splix version 1.1.1 have been updated as of 03/20/2009. CUPS is the Common Unix Printing System; the goal is to improve the printing support in eComStation. Splix is for use with Samsung or Xerox printers. Go to http://svn.netlabs.org/ecups/wiki/CupsPort.

  NOTES:

  1. The CUPS port driver is at http://svn.netlabs.org/ecups/wiki/PortDriver. This allows the standard OS/2 printing subsystem to interface with CUPS.
  2. A list of printers that are potentially supported is at http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/OpenPrinting; those mentioned as working with CUPS or Gutenprint should work.
  3. A how-to document on how to use CUPS is at http://svn.netlabs.org/ecups/wiki/HowTo.
  
  
• Bzip2 version 1.0.5 has been released as of 03/15/2009. This is a block-sorting file compressor, which is comparable to gzip with better compression. Go to http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/index.php?page=bzip.

  NOTES:

  1. You will need the GCC runtime (LIBC063.DLL); for that, go to ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip.
  2. You will also need GCC433.DLL; for that, go to http://download.smedley.info/gcc433.zip.
  
  
• Mediatomb SVN r2018 has been released as of 03/23/2009. This is an open-source UPnP media server with a nice web user interface, which allows you to stream your digital media to a variety of UPnP- compatible devices. Go to http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/index.php?page=mediatomb.

  NOTES:

  1. You will need the GCC runtime (LIBC063.DLL); for that, go to ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip.
  2. You will also need GCC433.DLL; for that, go to http://download.smedley.info/gcc433.zip.
  
  

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