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Applications / Re: Test build of dooble with qt5
« on: May 04, 2022, 02:01:23 am »
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Guess this has to be done by people how actually have problems and a solution. Maybe a wiki page? People like me can't contribute much as it simply worked.

Well, most of it works very well. Small annoyances can be easily worked around, pending a proper fix (and those will not need to be documented, once they are fixed). The biggest challenge is to learn how to use Dooble. It is somewhat different than old browsers that we have had. I did install a windows version, and it seems to be much the same (without the bugs).

I have installed to a number of machines now. Some were not completely updated to Pentium4 before installing (they were kept up to date, using ANPM, but not changed to Pentium4), and Dooble works fine. The best install experience was after I installed the DejaVu fonts (from HOBBES). Dooble picked them up automatically.

For those of you who don't want to use ANPM (RPM/YUM), give your head a shake, and learn to use it. If you keep things up to date, you usually don't have problems (it is far from perfect, but YUM is a very complex program, and ANPM makes it a lot easier). Trying to do all of that manually will be a lifetime project, and you will probably miss things (it is a lot more than just DLLs).

I agree that "most of it works very well".  While using ANPM to install it gave the usual warning of dependencies installation, there didn't appear to be any installed.  However, since I used it to Update All last night, perhaps this was the reason.

The only trouble I had was when I tried to download an ODT documentation file from GitHub.  (Like you, I wanted to find out how to use it, since the settings (or Preferences) menu is a bit opaque.)  First the page didn't display all the apparent text; however since I forgot the recommendation about Fonts, this could have been the problem.  Then clicking on the ODT file didn't result in a download; right clicking on it so as to save the link didn't work either since Dooble then froze and required me to kill the process; though the Save window remained open after the killing, clicking on OK didn't save it, as apparently the killing of Dooble prevented it.  I finally booted the Linux volume to access <https://github.com/textbrowser/dooble/tree/master/Documentation> to download it.

Still, it, even in the Preview stage, is a clear improvement over FF 45.

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Bonjour,

I'll see how ThunderBird (under Linux) performs with GMail passed May 30th.
There seems to be a way to make it to work with Office 365 at some point:
  https://blog.programster.org/connecting-thunderbird-to-office-365-when-using-2FA
  https://kb.wisc.edu/helpdesk/page.php?id=102005
I've also been told there's a payware extension for ThunderBird.

The security @Work has been elevated for the IT guys in such a way I receive a code by SMS for every connection.
I now feel like I am working at IBM or something!  :P

For the ones who would like to keep on using the good old PMMail, it will be quite difficult.

@Rémy : je transmettrai le message. J'espère pouvoir aller visiter sa nouvelle maison, près du "berceau" d'IBM/Lexmark France.  ;) En remontant la Loire à la nage, si je veux (mais si je le veux vraiment, hein !), je peux même aller chez lui sans utiliser une goutte d'essence...

--
Guilaume Gay

If constrained by a work environment beyond your control, then Yes there is likely a problem.  However if one has control over it there certainly are alternatives.  (GMail could be a different story and I can't comment on it.)

I have three Domains at GoDaddy and was informed about a year ago that its old tried-and-true Workspace E-Mail was being retired in favor of Office 365 Outlook.  After being assured it would work w/ third party clients, I switched.

Lo-and-Behold, after much frustration and loss of time, I couldn't get it to work on PMMail or Thunderbird.  I finally remembered that when I had HughesNet as my ISP I had no problems.  So I did some research and discovered that Hughes Web Services provides e-mail services even for Domains hosted elsewhere.  In short I set up accounts w/ HWS for it to host e-mail for two of my Domains and it works fine w/ PMMail.  For one address it is USD 2.99/month and for up to five addresses at a given Domain it is USD 5.99/month,  I'm sure there are also alternative providers allowing like services, thus permitting circumventing that D--- M$.

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Applications / Re: Test build of dooble with qt5
« on: May 02, 2022, 10:10:04 pm »
Hey guys,

I'm many have read posts of a build of dooble existing and is waiting on an rpm.

I couldn't understand why a zip wasn't being provided, so I spent a little bit of time this morning building it myself, the result is https://smedley.id.au/tmp/dooble-2022.04.04-os2-20220424.zip

...

Enjoy!

Cheers,

Paul

Thanks Paul for your work.

I just learned today about the availability of Dooble from the recent OS2 Voice newsletter.  Thus, I haven't done anything yet.

I have read the posts in this thread about RPM installation as well as the Zip file you kindly provided.  My question is:  Does the zip file allow selection of the volume for installation?  (My assumption is that RPM probably installs it to the Boot Volume.)

I ask since I have from the days of Warp 3 - and perhaps even PC DOS - had separate partitions for applications.  Thus my ArcaOS boot volume on this machine is relatively-small, being only about 6.5 Gb with 3.8 Gb free.  I know I could forge ahead and experiment - after first imaging ArcaOS with DFSee - but I thought advance information would save time and headaches.

TIA.

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Internet / Re: New Browser Delay Discussion
« on: May 02, 2022, 07:58:25 pm »


I was virtually paralysed when Russia invaded Ukraine and started a war by the end of February. I couldn’t do anything besides thinking on how catastrophic this is for everyone. When I caught my breath I realised that I can’t stand it any longer and need to leave Russia ASAP. It’s not only that it became impossible to do business due to all the sanctions. It’s mostly because I couldn’t tolerate what’s going on. I couldn’t be part of the country that turned into 1930’s Germany (even though I was born there and spent there all my entire life except one year). The least I could do is leave. So I was completely occupied with organising an immediate relocation (with the help of my friends, including some OS/2 folks, as well as some guys from the independent news outlet I also work for).

As I was getting closer to the leave, I got some confidence back and made myself work on the browser a bit between solving numerous move out problems. I don’t understand why this became a subject to criticism as if it were better if hadn’t done this. A few days ago I finally left Russia and plan to stay in Turkey for a while. Currently I’m a person with no home and no residence permit anywhere but Russia (where I’m not going to get back) — and this exposes a huge number of every day problems, starting from inability to have a bank account (and therefore bank cards) to prohibition to stay in a country for more than three months in a row (so I need to move between countries until I get a permit). So until this is solved somehow, my life situation remains volatile and my resources are very limited (in addition to limitations that were already there before the war).



What are your residence plans, Dmitriy?

While here in the USA immigration is a "hot issue", it appears that refugees from Ukraine, Russia (and, with limitations, Afghanistan) are favored.  I haven't practiced Immigration Law for decades, but I could look into it if interested.  Just a thought.

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