Subj : Re: EleBBS/OS2
To : Mark Lewis
From : Kevin Nunn
Date : Tue Jun 27 2017 01:21 pm
-=> MARK LEWIS wrote to KEVIN NUNN <=-
ML> On 2017 Jun 27 06:14:16, you wrote to me:
ML> it is impressive isn't it? ;) the fact remains that there's no newer
ML> base than
ML> the Warp 4 stuff... IBM won't give it out to anyone for further
ML> development...
Base? Yes, it is 4.5 with patches to the kernel. But, it does have new
drivers, new installation programs. In my experience, it runs faster
than 4.5 and eCS. USB drives do work out of the box. Samba does work
out of the box. All of which Sean was saying didn't work.
ML> Warp 4 is the last that can be done... everything else is all the
ML> additional stuffs... think of it like linux... you have the kernel
ML> (Warp 4 in this case) and all the additional tools (GNU)... the kernel
ML> won't be updated further but the tools and accessories can/will...
I am aware of this and I agree, this time they have patched the
kernel, but I am not sure to what extent.
But Sean's point was that Acra is just a re-release of OS/2 4.5. Which
it is not. They have made improvements over 4.5 and from what I
understand, they started with 4.5 and not eCS. So it's not a redo of
eCS either.
And I'll say yes, there is problems with ArcaOS, of course there is,
just like any other OS. Will ArcaOS be 64bit or Multiuser? No, probably
not. But it works great for a BBS and if someone spends $200-500 on a
computer to run it on, I don't see how a $100 Operation System is a
"high price tag".
I realize we are way off topic and I am sorry for that, but I didn't
make the first post LOL.
