Submitted by Serenity Systems has released beta 2 of eComStation 2.0. Improvements include, but are not limited to: ACPI which now works better; SNAP Graphics boots directly from the CD; support for JFS booting; Firefox/Thunderbird replaced Mozilla; Cairo has been added; and much more. eComStation betas are available to registred customers.
Will it install (dual boot) on intel Macs? If yes I’ll buy it.
Having a machine to run Mac OS X, eComstation, and Haiku would be great. (No Windows here).
ecomstation is showing a lot of promise. i am really looking forward to the final release or 2.0
It’s good to see an old operating system being refreshed and put to good use.
I remember in 1995 os/2 was my desktop of choice… Towards the end of the BBS age..
Cairo, as in vector-based graphics library?
the very same…
It would be nice if companies stopped making you pay to become a beta tester, after all, you’re actually helping them.
I used OS/2 until Version 4, then my new hardware wouldn’t boot it anymore…
I’d gladly use eComstation on a second PC, just for kicks.
They have a live CD of the current version (non-beta). I tried it on my 3 year old IBM PC… it worked well. Maybe the figure that if you pay to be in the Beta program, you will actually use it/test it and report back to them, since you’ve invested somethiing into it.
You actually aren’t paying to be in a beta program. The people who are receiving the beta, such as me, are those who have purchased upgrade protection. It’s basically all updates, drivers, betas, and finals for you. It’s very reminicent of the annual contracts from IBM. They happen to be including 2.0 final if you have the upgrade protection at all in this case.
I myself use eCom as my main OS, so it’s been worth it for me. They are really making strides and there is a ton out there for the OS that many people don’t know about.
Can anyone post some screenshots?
See if you like this one…
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/5192/ecsdesktop3oh.jpg