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Warpstock Europe 2024 Follow Up
Sigurd Fastenrath:
Hi Martin,
first a typo, it is the 2024 follow up ;-)
I did watch the videos after the event before those have been deleted or made private.
The most important things for me are those with the news I exactly expected:
- WLAN: not even on the agenda, "We hear you" - but nothing happens, same since 2017 :-\
- German NLC Version: "might be with the 5.1.1 release...." or might not, same since 2017. Instead there have been some explanation, why NLCs do take so long, 7 years now. ::)
- but as ArcaNoae said: "The worst one can do is to blame the developers or ArcaNoae." :-\
So nothing new, that is what answers Rodericks Questions at the end of the event, why only a few people ( I do not know exactly how many at all attended, found no information there ) from Germany attend.
There are no news other than those everybody did know before.
Everything else I saw was about UEFI/GPT, there have been really great stuff from Keith Merrington, the only video online again. I would recommend to view this!
I admire all the work, Roderick and his team has put in this event, but the unfortunately low acceptance was forseeable.
Roderick asked at the end about suggestions for a next years Warpstock Europe:
- Only one, maximum two days, three days are to expensive, and the schedule can not be filled for such a long time (see this years topics, wich covers almost the same related things)
I have to state that I personally will not spent any more money for ArcaOS or related products, I stopped over a year ago. Warpstock europe proofed me, that this was a wise decision.
All the best to all of you!
Eugene Tucker:
Sigurd, I thought they said they were working on the wireless networking. and Louis explained why it was hard for them to nail down the drivers. I ask did you watch the same event?
Sigurd Fastenrath:
--- Quote from: Eugene Tucker on June 19, 2024, 01:06:39 pm ---Sigurd, I thought they said they were working on the wireless networking. and Louis explained why it was hard for them to nail down the drivers. I ask did you watch the same event?
--- End quote ---
Hi Eugene,
yes, I did. As far as I remember they said that they worked sometime in the past (please see all the explanations in related Video form 2017 to 2023), somewhere at the beginning they realised that it will not work the same way as with the Multimac Drivers (transform BSD Drivers) , since then there is no progress.
May be you have more informations, a Beta of a driver or some kind of, any signs of progress other than repeated announcements since 2017?
Yes, it may seem hard to you to write in that way, believe it or not, I write it without personal malice or resentment.
Fact is: ArcaOS is focussed on Industrial Users, and of course this is entirely in their hands and is legitimate.
BUT:
For years they have given the impression that they are doing something for the end user, but nothing has happened. Just look at the annonucements from 2017 till today. Only what industrial customers benefit from made it.
Things for the End User:
- a new Browser (Bitwise Works, NO spnsoring by ArcaNoae)
- Sound Drivers (Paul Smedly)
- Touch and Stylus Drivers (Wim Brul)
and others
all have been realized by others but ArcaNoae.
The annual announcements, which were of course non-binding, but still gave the wrong impression. There are no WLAN drivers, there is no German version, that is fact.
I believed in these promises for years and paid accordingly.
After 7 (!) years, to still come and say how difficult a German translation is (even though almost all tools are available in German translation) is now just ridiculous.
The community here in Germany is more or less dead.
For me ArcaOS is dead. That's just it.
Please don't take it personal, it is "Just the way it is". ;)
ivan:
I must say that I fully agree with Sigurd, in fact I have returned several of my computers back to Warp 4, and the other 2 are still at Aos 5.0.7.
I know that several people will say 'what about UEFI/GPT' to which my response is 'what about them, they are not part of OS/2, if they want to run windows just add another disk and install it on that.
Sigurd Fastenrath:
--- Quote from: ivan on June 19, 2024, 02:40:49 pm ---I must say that I fully agree with Sigurd, in fact I have returned several of my computers back to Warp 4, and the other 2 are still at Aos 5.0.7.
I know that several people will say 'what about UEFI/GPT' to which my response is 'what about them, they are not part of OS/2, if they want to run windows just add another disk and install it on that.
--- End quote ---
Same goes for me,
ARcaOS is DEAD, OS/2 not ;) :D
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