Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 18:35:13 -0500 From: madodel at ptdprolog.net Subject: [VOICENWS] Event: PASUG Mtg: Thurs, Nov 18th From: "Larry Lavins" .. PHILADELPHIA ALTERNATE SYSTEMS USER GROUP .. http://www.phillyos2.org The Philadelphia Alternate Systems User Group (PASUG) invites all interested computer users to attend the November meeting. . THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18th, 2004 7:00-10:00PM Bryn Mawr Community Center, 9 S. Bryn Mawr Ave, Bryn Mawr,PA .. *** THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18th MEETING AGENDA *** .. -- NEW RELEASE: eComStation v.1.2 -- The November meeting presentation by PASUG member Doug Leach will feature the new release of eComStation 1.2 from Serenity Systems. We'll quickly go through an installation to a clean partition and review some of the features and choices. eCS 1.2 is fundamentally MCP2 with Fixpak 4, plus networking and device driver updates. Additionally, Serenity has incorporated a new installer which was easy and trouble-free on Doug's system. In addition to the base OS, eCS bundles a number of applications and other software into the installation. These include versions of the desktop enhancements from XWorkplace and Styler/2 folder, and title bar enhancements. Although some may see it as eye candy, the functionality provided by these utilities was enough to give up almost all of Object Desktop. Also included in the default install are Mozilla 1.7, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Innotek Runtime Environment (required for new Mozillas), Innotek Java 1.4.2, a version of RSJ CD Writer, Macromedia Flash 5 (unfortunately not Flash 7) and the Escape GL screensaver. Lastly the eCS Maintenance Tool (MT) is also installed for system updates. For those who haven't seen it, eCS MT is sort of Windows Update (without IE of course!) superseding the old WarpUP CD's formerly created and sold by Indelible Blue. That said, it's also true that most features included in eCS 1.2 are available from other sources, including device driver updates and fixpaks if you have a Software Choice or Passport Advantage subscription. If you have a system with MCP2 and Fixpack 4 on it, you may not want or need this upgrade. But for a fresh install, it was found to be most appealing to have almost everything up to date. Other November agenda items include announcements, news & new software releases, Q&A session as time may permit, and possible 50/50 raffle. Soft drinks, pretzels & chips will be available. MEETING FORMAT & TIME SCHEDULE (Subject to change) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. 7:00 - 7:30 Meeting start, announcements, etc. .. 7:30 - 8:15 Presentation Part 1: eCS 1.2 Installation .. 8:15 - 8:30 Meeting break: refreshments, raffle, etc. .. 8:30 - 9:50 Presentation Part 2: eCS 1.2 features, etc. .. 9:50 Close-down, pack-up & exit building by 10:00pm - - - - - Mark the date and time: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18th at 7:00pm. PASUG meetings are open and free for all users, their guests and others interested in learning about OS/2, Linux & their associated technologies. Please try to be on time promptly by 7:00pm to avoid missing earlier parts of the meeting. ADVANCE ANNOUNCEMENT A group dinner party is being planned for December, in lieu of a regular monthly meeting, similar to the December 2003 event. Details will be announced in the near future. .. ** WE SUPPORT OPEN STANDARDS ** PASUG meetings are held at the Bryn Mawr Community Center, next to Ludington Library, at the corner of Lancaster and Bryn Mawr Avenues, Bryn Mawr, PA. on the 4th Thursdays of Jan to Oct, and the 3rd Thursdays in Nov and Dec. Directions to the Bryn Mawr Community Center (BMCC) and other useful information about the PASUG activities may be found on our web site at http://www.phillyos2.org; or contact U/G Leader Larry Lavins: llavinsDESPAM at ucwphilly.rr.com, or phone (215) 878-9608. -- Warpstock Europe 2004, Arnhem, The Netherlands, November 26-28th, 2004 http://www.warpstock.net Warpstock 2005 - Where/When? Stay tuned to http://www.warpstock.org [Moderator's note: All posts are sent without guarantee to the accuracy of the content. We try to verify details and URLs but this is an entirely volunteer run list, so 100% fact checking and the quality/useability of products announced here is impossible. If you respond to this post please remove the DESPAM from the poster's email addresses. Please do not send requests for information about a specific post to the moderator unless it is an update or I sent it.] -- To unsubscribe yourself from this list, send the following message to majormajor at os2voice.org unsubscribe news end Or, visit http://www.os2voice.org/MailingLists.html If you have an announcement you would like posted to the VOICE News list, please send it to submit at os2voice.org. Please include a valid reply address and a real contact name. If you wish to comment on this post, please reply to feedback at os2voice.org