Showing posts with label HOBBES. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HOBBES. Show all posts

2008/01/25

WarpIn doesn't work!

A lot of people find that they cannot use WarpIn anymore, or that a WPI archive that was perfectly working, suddenly stops working.
The most common solution to these problems is to look for duplicate copies of Warpin DLLs on your libpath. Most of the time removing a DLL that was left on disk from an old WarpIn installation solves the problem.
A good and quick way of looking for duplicate DLLs on your libpath is using the "which" utility that you can find here.

2007/10/15

I am new to eComStation. Where can I find software, info, etc.?

There are a lot of resources for eCS (and OS/2), but if you're used to the abundance of the Windows or Linux world you'll have a hard time finding them.

First of all: if you find infos and/or software for OS/2, you have a very high chance that the software will work correctly in eCS, and a slightly lower chance that the informations will still be valid for eCS.

The first repository of eCS and OS/2 software that you should check is Hobbes. It is by far the most used and the most complete repository. Another good repository is OS2Site.

There is a site that is to eCS what SourceForge is to Linux: it's Netlabs. The main site may not be very functional or friendly at this stage, but its FTP repository is full of software, and you can find a lot of infos on software in development in its SVN/Trac pages.

A good (probably the best) site for eCS-related news is V.o.i.c.e, with its Voice-News mailing-list and its newsletters.

Speaking of software, you can find a good categorized compilation of OS/2-eCS software here. Each page includes informations, screenshots, tips, dependencies, etc.

If you are a developer, you can find a lot of infos in this wiki.