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Applications / Re: Apache OpenOffice port updates?
« Last post by St3gm4 on February 15, 2026, 05:09:48 pm »
I guess for me, my priority wishlists are:

  • Acceptable browser (more important than the rest)
  • Updated office suite (OpenOffice)
  • Wi-Fi compatibility (for specific USB dongles)
  • Bluetooth compatibility (for specific USB dongles like CSR 4.0 Bluetooth)
  • Unified audio support for DOS and Win-OS/2
  • Software rendering for 2D and 3D graphics acceleration via CPU (using SwiftShader, LLVMpipe, or Lavapipe; similar to ReactOS' software rendering)
  • Compatibility for printers with built-in scanners
  • Compatibility with modern projectors
  • Updated Java version
  • Ability to have boot animation (if possible)
  • Faster and more optimized FAT32 support (more acceptable transfer speeds)

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Applications / Re: Apache OpenOffice port updates?
« Last post by St3gm4 on February 15, 2026, 05:01:37 pm »
I think, from what I understand, they are prioritizing one project for now, and the reason why they can't do everything at once is because they lack developers on their side. So doing one thing for now is understandable because you want to meet some deadlines.

Every year, they need to release some updates, so I am hoping they won't drop their other projects while doing the other one.

One of the most important ports for me is the office suites and browser ports, so I think Bitwise has a lot of more important things to do, and it's understandable that they are prioritizing the browser ports because that is the most complex one.

I am still hoping for the updates of the office suites since I have been heavily using OpenOffice since I started using ArcaOS on my office desktop.

Hopefully, after the browser ports, they will be able to prioritize their other projects as well. but that could take too long… I wouldn't underestimate their work since their project is more difficult for a small team to do. Browser porting is no joke.

I really do believe that 80 percent of the problem is in the browser. Most people need a proper browser before anything else, and the rest are within the OS itself (drivers, compatibilities, etc.).
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Applications / Re: Apache OpenOffice port updates?
« Last post by Martin Iturbide on February 15, 2026, 04:05:13 pm »
Hello Michael

As far as I know Yuri Dario was the one porting OpenOffice for Bitwise, but last time I wrote him, he told me he was very busy with work.

We can do a fund raising, but without having the developer that wants to work on that it is kind of hard. Maybe if we can get Bitwise to set a goal to update OpenOffice we can give it a try.

Regards
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General Discussion / Re: What happened to Paul?
« Last post by David McKenna on February 15, 2026, 03:42:10 pm »
Good to hear from you Paul! You gotta take care of yourself first, everything else can wait.. Hope you get back to 100% soon!

Regards,
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General Discussion / Re: What happened to Paul?
« Last post by Neil Waldhauer on February 15, 2026, 03:22:50 pm »
I miss having you in the OS/2 community, Paul. I hope you decide to rejoin us.
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Applications / Re: Apache OpenOffice port updates?
« Last post by Neil Waldhauer on February 15, 2026, 03:21:48 pm »
Bitwise had both a C++ developer and fund-raising. What would you do differently?
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Applications / Re: Apache OpenOffice port updates?
« Last post by Michael on February 15, 2026, 02:08:22 pm »
Is there a way to save the project? It doesn’t seem unsolvable for a C++ professional.

But it should also be appropriately compensated. Perhaps through a fundraising campaign?
Should we give it a try?

Alternatively, it might also be an idea to organize the porting through Arca Noae? Then the software would have to be available for purchase in the shop, which would benefit the (external) developer.


@Martin: What do you think?
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General Discussion / Re: What happened to Paul?
« Last post by Martin Iturbide on February 15, 2026, 02:34:02 am »
Thanks Paul for writing.

It is good to hear you are getting better. Just take your time and I think everything will be better for you in the long term.

Regards
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General Discussion / What happened to Paul?
« Last post by Paul Smedley on February 15, 2026, 02:29:37 am »
Hi All,

I know I've been MIA for a while (thanks to those who noticed and reached out!).

Throughout 2025, I began to lose interest not just in OS/2, but with a lot of my other hobbies (including java programming for openHAB). At the same time, my general mood deteriorated. This all came to a head in September when I was diagnosed with quite severe depression. I'm now doing a LOT better, but it has been a rough 5 months. At this stage my ArcaOS box has been powered off some time - I think the last thing I built was something for Lewis back in September.

I cannot say at this time if I will return to ArcaOS - what I can say is that I've finally started enjoying extending some bindings for openHAB, and learning more about Java - so there is hope!

Just wanted to give the community an update.

Cheers,

Paul
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Applications / Re: Apache OpenOffice port updates?
« Last post by St3gm4 on February 13, 2026, 10:33:27 pm »
Ow shoot! How did I miss that? Thanks. ;D
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