This is the latest edition of the bi-weekly netlabs.org newsletter. The newsletter can be read on the web at the following URL:
wiki.netlabs.org/index.php

News from netlabs.org:
25. February - 3. March
ACPI Subsystem for eComStation
Some updates and fixes
See: svn.netlabs.org/acpi/timeline

Dynamic Windows Library
Nice bunch of updates again
See: svn.netlabs.org/dwindows/timeline

Java port for eCS (OS/2)
Sponsoring update
See: svn.netlabs.org/java/timeline

NewView
New ticket raised
See: svn.netlabs.org/newview/timeline

Odin32
Authors file in UTF8 provided
See: svn.netlabs.org/odin32/timeline

Qt Applications for OS/2
One fix, one new ticket and Gottit updated
See: svn.netlabs.org/qtapps/timeline

Qt Version 4 for OS/2
Highmem ticket raised and two corelib updates
See: svn.netlabs.org/qt4/timeline

USB
Many updates and fixes
See: svn.netlabs.org/usb/timeline

xATA
New ticket raised
See: svn.netlabs.org/xata/timeline

18. February - 24. February
eFTE2 Editor
Two updates
See: svn.netlabs.org/efte/timeline

Java port for eCS (OS/2)
Mix of updates and more sponsoring received
See: svn.netlabs.org/java/timeline

Lucide
One ticket closed as invalid
See: svn.netlabs.org/lucide/timeline

NEPMD
Two updates
See: svn.netlabs.org/nepmd/timeline

Odin32
One ticket closed, two new ones raised
See: svn.netlabs.org/odin32/timeline

Qt Applications for OS/2
Mix of apps updated as well as new tickets for qPDFView
See: svn.netlabs.org/qtapps/timeline

Qt Version 4 for OS/2
One fix applied
See: svn.netlabs.org/qt4/timeline

RPM and YUM
Small update
See: svn.netlabs.org/rpm/timeline

Samba for eCS (OS/2)
Number of fixes
See: svn.netlabs.org/samba/timeline

Unix Ports and more
Configuration options extended as well as quite a bunch of updates
See: svn.netlabs.org/ports/timeline

USB
Nice progress
See: svn.netlabs.org/usb/timeline

WSE Events
Checkboxes added
See: svn.netlabs.org/wse_events/timeline

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Paul Smedley has updated Apache/2 to v2.2.24.
smedley.id.au/os2ports_new/index.php

"The Apache HTTP Server Project is an effort to develop and maintain an open-source HTTP server for modern operating systems including UNIX and Windows NT."

Download: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/76425158/httpd-2.2.24-os2-20130301.zip

Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.

If you'd like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul's website, or using the Mensys
Online Store www.mensys.net/os2ports/

Paul Smedley has added WPA Supplicant v1.1 build.
smedley.id.au/os2ports_new/index.php

"wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant for Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, and Windows with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN)." This is required for connecting to a wifi router using WPA or WPA2 security. You need a working wireless card driver.

Download: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/76425158/wpa_supplicant-1.1-os2-20130112.zip

Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.

If you'd like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul's website, or using the Mensys
Online Store www.mensys.net/os2ports/

Paul Smedley has updated MySQL to v5.1.67.
smedley.id.au/os2ports_new/index.php

"MySQL 5.1 Community Edition is a freely downloadable version of the world's most popular open source database"

Download: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/76425158/mysql-5.1.68-os2-20130301.zip

Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.

If you'd like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul's website, or using the Mensys
Online Store www.mensys.net/os2ports/

tech.slashdot.org/story/13/03/01/0140227/ecomstation-22-beta-the-legacy-of-os2-lives-on

"Yes, those OS/2 Warp bastards just don't want to quit. Today the eComStation 2.2 beta live CD was released for public download. There is also this positive review from TechRepublic, and OS/2 Zelots partying/ranting at their community sites."

Also on OS/2 World: www.os2world.com/past-news/80-software/19516-ecomstation-2-2-beta-demo-cd-english

Request eComStation 2.2 Beta Demo CD: www.ecomstation.com/democd/