

Note that the cause of repeating system sounds has been found to be a bug in IBM's SND.DLL, and there is a workaround available. This is based on the GPL ALSA Project from Linux and provides drivers for various sound chipsets, including HDA, AC97, and PCI cards. The UniAud sound drivers have been refreshed (). This is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, MP3, OGG, AAC) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

VLC media player version 3.0.11 has been ported () to OS/2. You may also like to read my earlier mini review. The big new feature in 5.0.4 was the ability to upgrade from a previous 5.0.x install, making it easy to apply all the latest updates. This refreshed install contains various updates, including initial support for USB3, and the ability to install from a bootable USB stick. From VOICE News.ĪrcaOS 5.0.6 has been released (). There were plans for future updates to the WPS integration package, but the previous version from Mensys should continue to function it extends the WPS data file class to recognize document files, has integrated support for WPS-Wizard hint and folder info area, and provides Rexx hooks for reading document properties. Bug reports can be filed in the OpenOffice Bugzilla, and presumably the OS/2 source code continues to be available in the Subversion repository.

Bitwise took over OpenOffice development from Mensys, but the primary developer on the project remains the same they allow you to purchase "development units" in their online shop, as a means of donating to the ongoing development, and being offered the download link. OS/2 Warp News and Rumors Latest News & Files |īitwise has released () their OS/2 port of Apache OpenOffice 4.1.8.
