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David McKenna

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ArcaOS 5.1.1 is out.
« on: February 17, 2025, 02:15:17 am »
 Has English, German, Spanish and Russian versions. Installed my English update in less than 5 minutes, but install.flg says it was updated to 'ArcaOS 5.1.0 en', so I wonder if there is no difference with version 5.1.0 in the English version (the ISO says 5.1.1).

 Be interesting to hear how other language users get on with their installation...

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Re: ArcaOS 5.1.1 is out.
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2025, 02:44:18 am »
As far as I understand, mostly small incremental changes for English, Xworkplace for example has been updated. I'll report the install flag bug.

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Re: ArcaOS 5.1.1 is out.
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2025, 03:15:49 am »
Hello.

Here it is the official announcement:
- https://www.arcanoae.com/arcaos-5-1-1-now-available/

As far as I know it has some updates like XWP and CWMM. The announcement points to this site (https://www.arcanoae.com/wiki/arcaos/) to check for the changelog, but sadly it is not available yet for 5.1.1.

Give 5.1.1 a try and provide feedback !!! I'm generating my ISO right now.

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Re: ArcaOS 5.1.1 is out.
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2025, 03:45:05 am »
Has English, German, Spanish and Russian versions. Installed my English update in less than 5 minutes, but install.flg says it was updated to 'ArcaOS 5.1.0 en', so I wonder if there is no difference with version 5.1.0 in the English version (the ISO says 5.1.1).

 Be interesting to hear how other language users get on with their installation...

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Lewis said you need to request a new ISO as he figures you have a 5.1.0 one

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Re: ArcaOS 5.1.1 is out.
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2025, 01:42:42 pm »
Good, change history link is now posted
- https://www.arcanoae.com/wiki/arcaos/change-history-arcaos-5-1/
Check all the updated in 5.1.1

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Re: ArcaOS 5.1.1 is out.
« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2025, 07:54:39 pm »
I've downloaded AOS 5.1.1.   However, I can't figure out how to UPGRADE my system.  I can go through all the installation options, but the installer warns me it will format my boot disk.  That's not something I wish to do, obviously!

Can anyone tell me how to UPGRADE from 5.1 to 5.1.1?

Thanks in advance!

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Re: ArcaOS 5.1.1 is out.
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2025, 08:32:15 pm »
Well  it worked like a charm for me. Be sure you read the install options and select the update box on or near the bottom of the type of install you want. This is  on the 3rd of 4th screen. But I am not sure.

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Re: ArcaOS 5.1.1 is out.
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2025, 09:38:14 pm »
Thanks for the advice! I missed that checkbox to upgrade/update rather than install.  When I selected it everything went fine1

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Re: ArcaOS 5.1.1 is out.
« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2025, 10:14:44 pm »
Well  it worked like a charm for me. Be sure you read the install options and select the update box on or near the bottom of the type of install you want. This is  on the 3rd of 4th screen. But I am not sure.
On a couple of systems, the Update/update has been greyed out. Exiting the installer and running a chkdsk on the boot drive resolves this.

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Re: ArcaOS 5.1.1 is out.
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2025, 10:26:56 pm »
 Thanks Dave - I got a new ISO and this one installed fine and shows it is 5.1.1 in my VirtualBox. Now to install on some real hardware...

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Re: ArcaOS 5.1.1 is out.
« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2025, 02:06:30 pm »
Hello

Any first impressions about ArcaOS 5.1.1 ?

Here it works fine in my VirtualBox VM (7.1.6 - Windows Host). I did a clean install and I can not find any new issue.

OSNews posted something about it: https://www.osnews.com/story/141738/arcaos-5-1-1-released/


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Re: ArcaOS 5.1.1 is out.
« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2025, 03:41:20 am »
This is a small thing, but I think it's kind of cool. If you boot the new ArcaOS 5.1.1 installer in VirtualBox, notice that the mouse is integrated. You can move them mouse between the host and guest seamlessly, because Amouse now supports running under VirtualBox.
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Re: ArcaOS 5.1.1 is out.
« Reply #12 on: February 19, 2025, 06:40:29 am »
I am very satisfied with the German version. Runs even more smoothly under VBox. Dooble is also making good progress, so I plan the productive use again. Thanks to everyone involved!

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Re: ArcaOS 5.1.1 is out.
« Reply #13 on: February 19, 2025, 04:28:21 pm »
Hello

What graphical changes in ArcaOS 5.1.1 do you think it can be listed in the OS2World wiki as a screenshot?. Now that ArcaOS has XWP 1.0.17 (from 1.0.15) I have the following:
- https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php?title=ArcaOS_5.1.1_Screenshots

Please, people with ArcaOS 5.1.1 in Spanish, German and Russian are welcome to post their screenshot for the wiki.

What else produced a visual change in 5.1.1 that deserve a screenshot?  (Compared to 5.1.0)

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Re: ArcaOS 5.1.1 is out.
« Reply #14 on: February 20, 2025, 09:32:47 pm »
Please, people with ArcaOS 5.1.1 in Spanish, German and Russian are welcome to post their screenshot for the wiki.

OK... My ArcaOS systems are somewhat bland-looking, because I have been busy and couldn't spend much time customizing my Desktops (yet). However, what stands out the most in Russian systems is obviously the omnipresent Cyrillic alphabet, so that might be enough for the moment being. Here you are: