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#1
Quote from: RobertM on 2007.11.02, 02:41:15
(1) I find OS/2 to still be more stable than Windows. While GUI hangs are an issue with OS/2, tools like CAD help eliminate that issue (comes with eCS). In addition, even IF Windows was more stable when initially installed, it degrades severely over time, which OS/2 isn't prone to do to nearly the ame degree.
Unless you're using Windows 98, this is the exception rather than the rule.  When I retired my P4 in January it had been running the same Windows XP install since early 2003.  Four years on one install and never a blue screen, never a crash, never a quirk, and this PC was typically on 24x7 running any number of intense games or apps.  In the 'old days' it was common for Windows server operators to schedule periodic reboots.. They don't do that so much anymore.  Windows 2003 boxes can run for months and months without issue.  If Windows is not playing nice, 9 times out of 10 it is a sure sign there's something legitimately wrong with the hardware.
Quote from: RobertM on 2007.11.02, 02:41:15
(2) OS/2 still can serve more traffic than Windows on less resources (making it an ideal server solution).
OS/2 can be a good server if you have hardware it likes, the software you need, and nobody touches it.  Meeting all of these requirements may be tricky depending on what you want to do.  Bolting on *nix ported things like Apache and Samba are nice, but if you're at that point just to get the functionality you want, why not just run *nix?  They make VERY lean Linux distributions these days.  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damn_Small_Linux ).  The benefit of OS/2 in this case again, is that it's virtually unhackable unless someone exploits a weakness in the the *nix-based code that happens to exist in the OS/2 port.
#2
I can sum up the perception of OS/2 very easily and visually.

1.  Go to www.mozilla.org
2.  Click "SeaMonkey 1.1.5" under "Other Mozilla Software"
3.  Observe the green box in the upper right.
"DOWNLOAD NOW"
-- "Windows"
-- "Linux"
-- "Other Systems"
4.  Click "Other Systems"
5.  Observe:  The only "Other System" is OS/2

It's not so bad that OS/2 is an 'other'.  What sucks is that OS/2 is the ONLY 'other'.  They should at least throw a broken BEOS build up there or something so it doesn't look so pitiful.  It's bad enough OS/2 is the last kid picked for flag football, they should at least know his name ; ;
#3
I want to make a slipstreamed OS/2 install.  I have WSeB CP2, and I have downloaded the relevant fixpacks and updates I want to apply to it.  I have UPDCD 2.61, but the included documentation (and the website) is difficult for me to understand.  There is a lot of talk of "optional" programs but I have no idea which ones I really need.

What I want is a bootable install ISO that is all updated.  I'd highly prefer a single DVD-R ISO, but if this is not possible I can do the double CD ISOs also.  I do not need to burn the ISO in OS/2, as it's in a virtual machine that is not directly accessing the DVD+R/W drive at this time (and I don't trust burning in a virtual machine).

What *exactly* do I need to make this happen?
#4
I'm trying out OS/2 4.52 in Virtualbox on a Dell Inspiron E1705 laptop running Vista x64.

One small problem I just discovered is that the "Lock" keys don't work.  I thought maybe virtualbox was causing it, but I got a "win95key" app that has a tool to detect keystrokes, and it definitely sees the Lock keys being pressed.  OS/2 just isn't acting on them.

Has anyone seen this problem before?  I poked around on Hobbes and google but didn't really see anything specific to this issue.
#5
I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.6 with the Innotek FT2LIB 2.60.

Many websites, especially vBulletin forum sites, display the default font too large.  This causes some problems on sites with small text boxes, since text goes spilling out of the box and has unpredictable results.

I've duplicated my browser settings identical to Firefox on Windows but there's no change.  If I decrease ALL the fonts a notch it fixes the fonts that are big, but then smaller, correct fonts get too small.

Here is an example of the problem.  OS/2 is on the left, Vista is on the right.