e-ball Awards 2010 - list of nominations

2010-06-03 15:34:20 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

The 1-st e-ball Awards attracted the attention of users and developers. Here is the list of winners in 2009: http://ecomstation.ru/awards

New voting is planned to the end of 2010, but you can nominate the programs today.

Submit your nominations within following categories:

• Best eComStation Application
• Best WorkPlace Shell Application
• Best eComStation Utility
• Best eComStation Driver
• Best eComStation Developer Tool
• Best eComStation Game
• Best eComStation tool for engineer/student
• Best eComStation web-site
• Best eComStation Automation program
• Best eComStation Widget
• Best eComStation Student Product
• Best Technical Article for eComStation Developers

Post your nominations via web-form (Send the name of program, category, homepage, why is it best?)

ATTENTION: The competition covers the programs created (or updated significantly) during 2010.

Let's test HTML5 and OGG-Theora

2010-04-25 12:28:01 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru, Ed Durrant]

With regards the list of videos (mainly on Youtube in flash format), you may want to take a look a Sigurds "what the hell is II" video at http://ecomstationaustralia.podbean.com - if you are using Firefox/2 version 3.5 or later, the video and sound will simply play as it is using HTML5 and OGG-Theora which is built into the base firefox code and hence NO Flash, or other plugin is required.

I hope you'll see the result is quite good - certainly as good as youtube flash and none of the hassles, hangs and heavy processor load that Flash brings!

Translate applications to your language

2010-03-27 00:29:31 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

How to make system useful for new users? how to increase the comfort of work? It's necessary localize more applications

eComStation PC: Week of TV/FM tuners

2010-03-14 02:31:37 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

The next week is dedicated to TV/FM tuners compatible with eComStation. There are some popular TV players:

• T&V HappyPlayer
• Emperoar TV

Here is the list of tested models: 28 models. Add new reports or comment reports posted by other users.

Homepage of eComStation PC

JFS.IFS (2010/03) for eComStation

2010-03-12 02:20:25 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

New version of JFS.IFS contains important fixes. The users with eComStation software subscription can install it today.

• Download via BETAZONE,
• here is the FAQ about Software subscription and BETAZONE
• FAQ about JFS
• How to install updated driver? Replace all 40 files? No need to do this, update this files and reboot: jfs.ifs, jfs.sym and ujfs.dll, ujfs.sym

BldLevel signature @#slainc:1.8#@##1## 03/09/2010 08:42:24 slamain::::0::@@ JFS/eCS (c) Mensys BV 2010

20100309

• Avoid lost labels and traps when more than 20 drive letters assigned http://bugs.ecomstation.nl/view.php?id=2685
• Revert percentage complete calculations to count from 0 to 100% just once http://bugs.ecomstation.nl/view.php?id=2399

20100121

• Avoid trap if DOS VDM passes attributes flags 0xffff http://bugs.ecomstation.nl/view.php?id=2077
• Avoid trap when volume opened in DASD mode http://bugs.ecomstation.nl/view.php?id=2680
• Avoid traps when JFS formatted USB flash disk ejected http://bugs.ecomstation.nl/view.php?id=2468
• /autocheck:v+ now forces autocheck (EK) http://bugs.ecomstation.nl//view.php?id=2328

eComStation in sci-tech labs / students

2010-03-05 22:30:31 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

The students can select new areas of research, exchange knowledge and start the development of new eCS tools. Homepage for students and engineers

New ideas/offerings for the students:

• Chemistry: we need more tools to draw molucules, 2D graphics.
• 2D/3D graphics -- the users need simple program to create 2D and 3D graphics (Use MesaGL and OpenGL 1.x libraries)
• Hardware, programming microchips: bootloader for the Microchip PIC microcontrollers (Supports families of PIC devices: 16F, 18F, dsPIC30)
• Let's publish information about applications/tools for medicine.
• Updated software: PMViewMol3D

Initiate new project today and win the prize at e-ball Awards 2010

Poll: Which new features of eComStation 2.0 are most important to you?

2010-02-23 18:27:48 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

The date of eComStation 2.0 release is coming.
What is new in eCS 2.0?
What is the reason to upgrade the OS?

Here is the question: Which new features of eComStation 2.0 are most important to you?

Please select:

• New sub-systems and libraries (ACPI, SDL, Cairo, ..)
• Support of modern hardware (Panorama VESA, Genmac, Uniaud, i3/i5/i7)
• Useful system utilities (new widgets, ..)
• Modern applications (web-browser, communications, viewers)
• Improved network support (Samba client)
• Advanced desktop (eWorkPlace, WPS associations fix, ..)
• New functions of the installer (disk tools, ..)
• (ALL) all this features are important for me
• (NO) I need something different

(Don't forget input anti-spam 6-digits CODE on the page of voting below the list of answers)

e-ball Awards 2010

2010-02-07 21:17:58 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

The 1-st e-ball Awards attracted the attention of users and developers. Here is the list of winners in 2009: http://ecomstation.ru/awards

The voting is planned to the end of 2010, let's wait for new interesting programs!

What is the list of categories in 2010?

• Best eComStation Application
• Best WorkPlace Shell Application
• Best eComStation Utility
• Best eComStation Driver
• Best eComStation Developer Tool
• Best eComStation Game
• Best eComStation tool for engineer/student
• Best eComStation web-site
• Best eComStation Automation program
• Best eComStation Widget
• Best eComStation Student Product
• Best Technical Article for eComStation Developers

ATTENTION: The competition covers the programs created (or updated significantly) during 2010.

VMWare supports eComstation as client in their ESX product

2010-02-04 14:48:07 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [Ed Durrant, http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/eComStation/ ]

This is an announcement to describe that VMware now supports eComStation 1.2R on VMware vSphere 4.0 Update 1. Support for this operating system does not include VMware Tools. Our release announcement is located here

Support details will be visible online at our VMware Compatibility Guide

Thanks for your ongoing interest in operating system support on VMware.

Luke Congdon, Product Manager

http://www.vmware.com

Migration to Firefox 3

2010-01-30 13:52:23 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

eComStation users should migrate to Firefox 3. How to download the web-browser?

• Firefox 3 in the catalogue of eComStation.RU
• Firefox is uploaded to ftp.netlabs.org/incoming
• www.mozilla.org

Seems that eComStation 2.0 will be equipped with Firefox 3 by default.

Why to migrate?

Google is sending emails to admins, users. You can read the posting about Firefox 3 here: googleenterprise.blogspot.com

NeoWPS: Sunny icons are updated

2010-01-21 04:37:59 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

eComStation is strong if it has strong and reliable applications. One more popular product from eCo Software is updated: Sunny icons.

New version includes icons for Virtual PC, StartUp folder, etc

Main features of Sunny icons:

• Path - useful to browse the desktop
• Search - find the document in the folder faster
• Large transparent cute icons
• Piano Launchpad - quick launch of applications

Download Sunny icons

eCo Shop news

2010-01-06 02:48:35 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

We are interested to know if you are interested register applications from Sundial Systems:

• DBExpert
• MESA 2
• Clearlook
• Relish

This applications were updated:

• Plugins for NetDrive
• Maul Publisher 3.16
• DrWeb is updated every day, here is Dr.Web LiveCD
• DFSee 10.1

eCo Software newsletter [2010/01]

2010-01-01 01:13:01 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [eCo Software, news]

Don't forward this announcement to other sites

eCo Software is the largest group of professional developers and designers on eComStation market.

1. Disk utilities

DVD/CD Toys utilities - easy to install, easy to burn disks. DVD Toys is a set of utilities to burn CD and DVD disks (Blu-Ray, HD-DVD),

Try new version of cdrtools 2.01.01a59 (DVD Toys homepage -> Downloads), Whatsnew: supports UDF.

2. Utilities

Virtual Keyboard/2 for eComStation - onscreen keyboard for touchscreens + useful to input umlauts and special characters. USB Dock - fixed small bugs, more records in the database of devices. // BETAZONE

3. eComStation Desktop

a) Animated mouse pointers are ready for SMP computers now. Wait for official release of amptr (contact the author of the program and inform him if you are interested in this update). Homepage of amptr

4. Video drivers

a) Send us the IDs of modern adapters tested with Panorama VESA (Official name of adapter, VendorID:ProductID)

5. eComStation 2.0 Essentials

We are collecting the utilities which should be installed to every eComStation PC, send us more suggestions

6. JFS filesystem

A) New BooJFS 2009/07 (BETAZONE) fixing problems with flash disk eject; more detailed messages; fast long format; etc.

B) Please inform us what to improve in JFS.IFS? Do you have bug-reports? (point to ecomstation.com or trac.ecomstation.ru)

7. Warpstock Europe 2009 conference

• RUS: Report from the conference (photos)
• slides: Perspectives of eComStation in 2010

8. eCo Software support service

a) The database of supported hardware contains more than 1800 reports now.

b) New site related to network drivers was opened - Genmac wrapper (unofficial site)

9. Additional information

• Welcome to eCo Software homepage
• eCo Software runtimes
• Full pricelist of eCo Software products
• BETAZONE -- How to download ACPI, Panorama, eSchemes?
• Previous eCo Software newsletter

Exchange reviews of software to voucher

2009-12-31 17:26:29 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

To stimulate the sellings of eCS software, eCo Shop offers vouchers to russian users which can write small reviews of eComStation software.

It's important to generate more screenshots of eComStation to flood the Internet with the pictures of eComStation desktop. This is the only way to promote eComStation today.

European users can send the reviews to eComStation.RU site, we are ready publish your text in 1-7 days.

Exchange reviews of software to voucher

2009-12-10 19:46:28 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

To stimulate the sellings of eCS software, eCo Shop offers vouchers to russian users which can write small reviews of eComStation software.

It's important to generate more screenshots of eComStation to flood the Internet with the pictures of eComStation desktop. This is the only way to promote eComStation today.

New/refreshed reviews

2009-12-06 21:43:18 -- Eugene Gorbunoff [ecomstation.ru]

You can publish your reviews, articles and technical articles on eComStation.RU. Contact us via web-form

Here is the list:

• (RUS) English/German eComStation + russian language
• (ENG) Virtual keyboard/2 for eComStation
• (RUS) Report from WSE2009 conference (some photos)
• (RUS) How to accelerate boot of eComStation on netbooks