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Title: Favorite/Required non-opensource OS/2-eCs apps?
Post by: Martin Iturbide on May 18, 2015, 05:31:31 pm
Hi

I always ask, like each year, which is your favorite application that runs on OS/2 and eComStation. But this year I wanted to make a different question.

I want to know which are you favorites OS/2-eCS apps that are non-opensource, which mean that the source code is not available, so this time firefox will not be on the list :)
Or if it is not your favorite but you need to use it (required), also list it. So, without counting the IBM OS/2 Warp binaries, which are the non-opensource apps you are using (like it or not) on OS/2-eCS.

I will have to start with:
- PMView. I really like this application and it is "must have" for OS/2-eCS users.

Regards
Title: Re: Favorite/Required non-opensource OS/2-eCs apps?
Post by: Dave Yeo on May 18, 2015, 06:06:21 pm
Injoy dialer for its dial on demand and NAT capabilities, needed if stuck on dial-up and wanting to share the internet connection
Title: Re: Favorite/Required non-opensource OS/2-eCs apps?
Post by: Matt Walsh on May 18, 2015, 06:35:15 pm
PM Mail for me.  Not open source, but owned by VOICE.  Great for managing my mail.
Matt W. ;)
Title: Re: Favorite/Required non-opensource OS/2-eCs apps?
Post by: Martin Iturbide on May 18, 2015, 07:31:56 pm
I noticed also that I use CleanIni (http://www.ca-arnold.de/e/index.html) from time to time. It is very a easy command tool to clean up the Ini files.
Title: Re: Favorite/Required non-opensource OS/2-eCs apps?
Post by: OS4User on May 18, 2015, 08:54:31 pm
for me   it is FC/2
Title: Re: Favorite/Required non-opensource OS/2-eCs apps?
Post by: ivan on May 18, 2015, 09:41:03 pm
I have a little list.

DFSee
BlueCad
HobLink
File Freedom
Describe.

Title: Re: Favorite/Required non-opensource OS/2-eCs apps?
Post by: Dave Yeo on May 18, 2015, 11:39:43 pm
Quote
HobLink

Be nice to get xf86sup.sys updated to work with the newest kernels as then can run the VNC server to get gimp etc displaying on the desktop.
Title: Re: Favorite/Required non-opensource OS/2-eCs apps?
Post by: Martin Iturbide on May 19, 2015, 04:31:58 am
Thanks for the feedback.

Maybe "File Freedom" should not be on the list. It is not opensource because it does not specify any license, but the source code is available for download. http://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/FileFreedom (http://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/FileFreedom)

Keep posting your favorite/required non-opensource software !!

Regards
Title: Re: Favorite/Required non-opensource OS/2-eCs apps?
Post by: Mentore on May 19, 2015, 09:11:48 am
Hi

I always ask, like each year, which is your favorite application that runs on OS/2 and eComStation. But this year I wanted to make a different question.

I want to know which are you favorites OS/2-eCS apps that are non-opensource, which mean that the source code is not available, so this time firefox will not be on the list :)
Or if it is not your favorite but you need to use it (required), also list it. So, without counting the IBM OS/2 Warp binaries, which are the non-opensource apps you are using (like it or not) on OS/2-eCS.

I will have to start with:
- PMView. I really like this application and it is "must have" for OS/2-eCS users.

Regards

Currently my list includes:


There are more programs which source code I would like to have available, like ZX Spectrum emulators, ohter graphic editors, CERES SoundStudio (which could be useful to create a full-fledged audio editor), and many more.

Mentore
Title: Re: Favorite/Required non-opensource OS/2-eCs apps?
Post by: Alex Taylor on May 19, 2015, 11:59:38 am
PMView Pro
MED
VX-REXX
ProNews/2
PMMail
X-File
Title: Re: Favorite/Required non-opensource OS/2-eCs apps?
Post by: Andi B. on May 19, 2015, 03:23:50 pm
Visual Slickedit 4.0x for OS/2
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ZOC
MED
PMView
Title: Re: Favorite/Required non-opensource OS/2-eCs apps?
Post by: Pete on May 19, 2015, 04:53:54 pm
Hi All

My favourite apps that are not open source - not in order of importance or use:-


RSJ - mainly used for burning CD copies for in car use

PMView - a great image viewer

Embellish - useful for editing images

Hoblink - useful for running x11 apps eg mediatomb

Cleanini - for those pre-eCS2.2b2 systems without DMT aka Desktop Maintenance Tool

INITools - useful tools for editing INI files

DFSee - the only times that this app has failed to recover data from crashed hard drives is when the drives have failed due to physical damage, ie detached read/write heads, or the drive electronics have failed making the drive totally inaccessible

BS_Info - comprehensive system information tool with links to various configuration tools

USB - aka USBcfg - having changed 2 mainboards recently this provided a quick way to check what USB controllers are on the new mainboards and reset config.sys files accordingly; apart from that I might as well plug my own app  ;-)

VirtualPC for OS/2 - not used that often these days as I cannot to figure out how to install Windows7 32bit into a vpc from the Windows7 Ultimate DVD; Could anyone who knows how to do this create a "How To" in a new thread please

RPF Zip Control - I still like this for zipping/unzipping

Association Editor - useful tool for setting what app *you* want to open what file type/filter


Looking at the above does make me realise just how much open source software I use and that I am more likely to be using OpenOffice, Seamonkey, WDSibyl, dvddao, ghostview and various other open source apps rather than any of the non-open source apps during the course of a "computing day".


Regards

Pete

Title: Re: Favorite/Required non-opensource OS/2-eCs apps?
Post by: Martin Iturbide on May 20, 2015, 12:01:08 am
Thanks for sharing.

Association Editor - useful tool for setting what app *you* want to open what file type/filter

If you are referring to AssoEdit (http://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/AssoEdit), it may not be specifically open source, but it is public domain, so it can be turned to open source.

Regards
Title: Re: Favorite/Required non-opensource OS/2-eCs apps?
Post by: Joseph M. Kempf on May 20, 2015, 09:18:48 pm
Hi All

My favourite apps that are not open source - not in order of importance or use:-

...



VirtualPC for OS/2 - not used that often these days as I cannot to figure out how to install Windows7 32bit into a vpc from the Windows7 Ultimate DVD; Could anyone who knows how to do this create a "How To" in a new thread please...


Regards

Pete

I regularly use VirtualPC and VirtualBox with OS/2-eCS as host.
I have installed and I run various flavors of Windows 7 in VirtualBox OSE v1.61(both P. Smedley's and T. Ebisawa's).  So far I have been unable to install Windows 7 in VirtualPC v5.1 or in VirtualBox v1.56. 
Title: Re: Favorite/Required non-opensource OS/2-eCs apps?
Post by: Sergey Posokhov on May 22, 2015, 02:10:23 am
FC/2, PMView, Embellish, MrEd.
Title: Re: Favorite/Required non-opensource OS/2-eCs apps?
Post by: Fahrvenugen on May 24, 2015, 12:17:09 am
I know i have listed this before, but will again.

PostRoadMailer

Still my favourite email app.
Title: Re: Favorite/Required non-opensource OS/2-eCs apps?
Post by: Dave Yeo on May 24, 2015, 07:00:23 am
Didn't PostRoadMailer get opensourced and rewritten in Java as Polarbar mailer?
Title: Re: Favorite/Required non-opensource OS/2-eCs apps?
Post by: nyao on May 24, 2015, 04:07:44 pm
filenova(is opensource) - VIO filer
 & ell - Archive Viewer
 & karl - pager
 & Mizu- graphic viewer
QueenCy - Paint
ALWALTFX - UI-Enhancer(Key,Mouse,etc...)
Future Wave Editor
Atok8 - Japanese IME
DrDialog
ThinkFreeOffice2.2(Java) - Office software that Japanese can use. OpenOffice is very bad.
Title: Re: Favorite/Required non-opensource OS/2-eCs apps?
Post by: Fahrvenugen on May 26, 2015, 07:26:17 am
Didn't PostRoadMailer get opensourced and rewritten in Java as Polarbar mailer?

Polarbar is the open sourced version of J-Street Mailer, which was the Java-based email client that Innoval sold.  However as I recall it wasn't a straight port (although I believe there was a bunch of shared code - if I recall correctly it was the same team of people doing the coding on both).

Regardless, the one I'd like is PostRoad, as the native OS/2 client (I still have it installed on my OS/2 partition, bugs and all!).  I was never a big fan of the Java client.

At this point I don't even know if the source code still exists.  I've emailed Dan Porter a few times to ask about it but have not received a reply.  That suggests that I either have an incorrect email address for him (very possible) or he isn't interested (also possible).  Either way is fine - it is his choice after  all.  Bit it is one app that I'd love to see the source made available.
Title: Re: Favorite/Required non-opensource OS/2-eCs apps?
Post by: Martin Iturbide on May 26, 2015, 06:31:32 pm
Hi nyao. Thanks for sharing.

I will really like to have more visibility about the OS/2 Japanese software that is available.  Thanks for letting me know about FileNova, I had collected the source code to be included also on github.

I will like to create some English pages about the Japanese software to have them mapped. I just created one one about FileNova (http://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/FileNova) and other about FileStar (http://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php/FileStar).

Regards