ProjectX version 0.9.15 has been packaged (12/23/2009) with some OS/2 startup scripts. This is a Java program that converts, repairs, and/or cuts DVB (MPEG-2) files.
JdeBP's CMD version 1.1.1 has been released (12/25/2009); you can find the latest version on Hobbes. This is a 32-bit command interpreter to replace the 16-bit CMD that comes with OS/2. It comes with a suite of related utilities, and there is a corresponding 32-bit Unicode Console API with a Developers Toolkit to replace the 16-bit VIO, MOU, and KBD subsystems.
ProjectX version 0.9.15 has been packaged (12/23/2009) with some OS/2 startup scripts. This is a Java program that converts, repairs, and/or cuts DVB (MPEG-2) files.
Ren83toLONGNAME version 1.00 has been released (12/9/2009). This will rename directories and files from their "real" names to their LONGNAME extended attribute.
wpsMon version 1.00 has been released. This is a tool for starting and terminating the WPS, and for registering, deregistering and replacing WPS classes.
Marryampic II version 0.8 has been ported to OS/2. This is a memory matching game. From OS2.org.
ndplq has been updated (12/4/2009). This is a directory based quota management plugin for NetDrive that allows limiting the size of specified directories.
The GUI controls example of the SWT toolkit has been updated (11/27/2009). This is the Java GUI toolkit used by Eclipse; you can follow the development on this blog.
Jeti/2 version 0.7.8 has been updated (11/23/2009). This is a Java 1.4x client for instant messenger services, including Jabber, AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and ICQ. From OS2.org.
gif2png version 2.5.2 has been ported (11/14/2009). This program converts files from the Graphic Interchange Format to Portable Network Graphics.
Icon Plus version 1.1.0 has been released (11/13/2009). This program converts icons between various formats.
Download Machine version 0.24 has been released (11/8/2009). This Java progam is a batch download tool with resume support for HTTP and FTP.
DVDBurn version 0.9.7 has been released. This is a GUI frontend for ffmpeg, dvdauthor, mkisofs2, and dvddao to transcode video files, create a DVD structure, and build and burn a DVD image.
OpenSSH version 5.3p1 has been ported (10/28/2009) to OS/2. OpenSSH is a free version of the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol suite, and uses Security/2 for some features.
TextHelper version 1.07 has been released (10/19/2009). This is a rudimentary editor, but has special support for printing text in various compact ways on HP Deskjet and Laserjet printers. From VOICE News.
ISO9660 Analyzer Tool version 1.7 has been ported (10/11/2009) to OS/2. This is a tool for detecting the structure of many types of DVD/CD-ROM image file formats.
QEmu version 0.11.0 has been ported (10/3/2009) to OS/2. This is a virtual machine / emulator; there are screenshots and an overview (in German). From OS2World.
PMViewMol3D version 0.2.3 beta has been released (9/20/2009). This program is intended for fast visualization of molecular structures, using OpenGL (WarpMesaGL). It can handle output files produced by programs such as UNEX, Gaussian, PC GAMESS / US GAMESS, and Priroda. From OS2.org.
WSedit version 0.99k has been released (9/19/2009). This is an editor with CUA and Wordstar key commands, syntax highlighting, translation, spell checking, function key macro recorder, and a lot of other features. Also available is WSformat, a formatting and printing program for Wordstar files. WSedit is Freeware, WSformat is Shareware.
Martin's Editor version 0.99k has been released. This is an editor that supports text files up to 20 MB, with auto codepage recognition, persistent blocks, and more.
PMTPOSD2 version 1.09 has been released (9/18/2009). This is an On Screen Display utility for Thinkpads, which shows the volume settings, LCD screen brightness, and monitor selection. It is open source; the source is included in the package. From VOICE News.
Stella version 3.0 has been ported (9/14/2009) to OS/2. This is a multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator which allows you to play all of your favorite Atari 2600 games. From OS2.org.
4allCalc (formerly pmCalc) version 4.12 has been released. This is a calculator with scientific functions, easy transfer to/from the clipboard, regression, and more.
USB ModeSwitch version 1.0.2a has been ported (9/5/2009) to OS/2. This is a small mode switching tool for controlling "flip flop" (multiple device) USB gear; such devices present themselves as a USBMSD device for (usually Win32) driver installation, and then switch to their primary function.
The osFree project has released (9/3/2009) version 0.04. This is a project to create open-source versions of the base OS/2 pieces; this preview shows that OS/2 executables can be run on the L4 kernel. There is also a mailing list. From VOICE News.
REXXUTIL documentation version 1.2 has been released. This INF file describes the OS/2 REXX Utilities library in much more detail than IBM's REXX.INF, includes all new functions added since Warp 3, and has detailed coverage of subjects like EAs and WPS setup strings.
mtpsync version 0.0.2 has been released (8/23/2009). This is a utility to work with USB MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) devices.
A graphical firewall port configuration utility was updated on the eComStation Betazone (for Software Subscription customers only). From VOICE News.
Mercury Messenger version 1.9.5 has been released (8/9/2009). This is a Java MSN Messenger client. From VOICE News.
The Java Imaging Utilities version 0.14.3 has been released (8/3/2009). This library offers functionality to load, analyze, process and save pixel images.
memtester version 4.1.2 has been ported (8/1/2009) to OS/2. This is a utility for testing the memory subsystem in a computer to determine if it is faulty.
A FTPBrowser patch has been released (7/31/2009). This binary patch fixes some Y2K issues in FTPBrowser 1.71.
A Impos2 palette patch has been released (7/31/2009). This binary patch fixes the color palette rendering in Impos 2.1.
GNU indent version 2.2.10 has been ported (7/31/2009) to OS/2. This tool is useful for reformatting source code.
Version 0.03 of an experimental OS2LDR replacement has been updated (7/19/2009). It features support for a configuration file, in which you can specify which kernel file to boot, along with other features.
An OS/2 port of the Tesseract open source OCR engine version 2.04 has been released (7/1/2009).
aget version 0.4.1 has been ported (6/23/2009) to OS/2. This is a multi-threaded HTTP download accelerator.
OS2MT has been updated (6/20/2009) to version 0.78 beta. This is a maintenance tool that enables you to download and install various applications with a couple clicks of the mouse. There is also a mailing list for it on Yahoo Groups.
SETI@Home is a distributed computing project similar to the encryption cracking efforts run by distributed.net. The SETI@Home concept is to distribute radio telescope data gathered by the SETI project (SETI = Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) to thousands of computers over the Internet so that the data can be analyzed for signals that might be of intelligent origin. The client software runs in the background when your computer is idle. An OS/2 client of "boinc" version 6.6.29 is now (6/19/2009) available. If you run it, join the OS/2 team.
PM VNC Viewer version 1.04 has been released (6/13/2009). This is a VNC client, which allows remote control of any VNC server, whether it be Unix, Win32, Mac, or OS/2 systems.
Internet Application Integration version 1.0.9.2 has been released (6/5/2009). This allows you to specify the default Internet applications for web, mail, news, ftp, and irc. It can also install the Run! package and add registry entries for FT2Lib support.
RUN! version 0.80 has been released (6/4/2009). This program can eliminate the batch files and config.sys entries often needed to start 'helper-apps' (e.g. opening your web browser from your email client). It sets the current drive, directory, & BeginLibPath to the directory containing the .exe, starts the program, then terminates. It can also set environment variables, change the priority, redirect output, and more.
eCo Software has created the "La-la-la" site, dedicated to software for music. Included (5/18/2009) are eCo Tunes and MMIO Cast, both of which are interfaces for Internet radio. From OS2.org.
QueenCy version 0.2.10 has been released. This is a painting program for OS/2, which supports the Wacom tablets. There are also drivers for the Wacom tablets on that page, including support for USB. From os2.jp.
REXX Function package for REXX based CGI scripts version 1.51 has been released (5/9/2009). This provides additional REXX functions for CGI scripts. It handles form processing (GET and POST methods) with data validation, supports file uploads, sending e-mail and attachments via SMTP, checking and retrieving POP3 mail, getting documents via HTTP, building PDF documents and a range of useful date, file and string functions, and more. Thanks to Igor Pool for the news.
LPR32 version 1.1 has been released (4/20/2009). This is port driver for IP printing, which can be used as an alternative to IBM's SLPR driver.
Paul Smedley has ported (4/16/2009) ISC DHCP client version 3.12. It has been modified to be compatible with the old IBM DHCP client.
Dr.Web version 5.00 has been released (4/6/2009). This is an anti-virus program, which still supports OS/2.
GOCR version 0.47 has been ported (4/1/2009) to OS/2. GNU Optical Character Recognition reads images in many formats and outputs a text file. From OS2.org.
addcr/delcr has been released (3/27/2009). This is a more versatile version of the unix2dos / dos2unix newline conversion utility, which accepts filenames with wildcards, recurses into subdirectories, and can either convert files in-place or convert & copy them to a target directory.
Paul Smedley has updated (3/24/2009) his Gutenprint printer driver, based on the IBM postscript driver. It fixes a couple bugs that prevented OS/2 applications from being able to change CUPS printer settings, and has around 680 PPD files from Gutenprint already imported into the driver.
Sonix USB PC Camera version 1.0 has been released. This program allows you to view images and take snapshots with the Sonix USB PC camera.
Paul Smedley has released (3/5/2009) an OS/2 build of Gnash version 0.8.5, an open source Flash movie player. It supports many, but not all, Flash version 7 features. Note that there is not currently a browser plugin. Thanks to Gary Wong for the info.
BMI Doctor/2 version 1.15 has been released (3/5/2009). This is a program to calculate body mass index and basal metabolism.
libcdio version 0.81 has been ported (1/29/2009) to OS/2. This is a library for CD-ROM and CD image access.
ABCm2PS has been ported (1/29/2009) to OS/2. This is a program for typesetting of musical scores; it uses a page description language (ABC) and produces PostScript output.
eCSClamAV version 1.0.0 has been released; this is a GUI for the ClamAV anti-virus package. From OS2.org.
whois version 4.7.30 has been ported (1/17/2009) to OS/2. This is a new whois (RFC 954) client that is intelligent and can automatically select the appropriate whois server for most queries.
pbzip2 version 1.0.5 has been ported (1/10/2009) to OS/2. This is a parallel version of bzip2, which is faster on SMP machines, and remains fully compatible with bzip2.
ipSpool version 1.04 has been released (1/9/2009). This is a queue processor that manages the pipe between a printer and an Internet address; this can be used for port 9100 printing, such as with HP JetDirect cards. From VOICE News.