New ports are available for the next beta, including:
For a complete list of changes for the next beta, take a look at the changelog.
The next beta is scheduled for the 27th, March 2006.
And the obligatory screenshot:
(playing a local video using MediaCenter and four videos played with VLC over a local network)
For more information about various topics take a look at the most recent blogs.
The first C# application using System.Windows.Forms developed in and for SkyOS:
As you can see, there are still a few minor graphical glitches.
Read more about it here.
Mono 1.1.13 has been ported to SkyOS.
All mono assemblies for .NET 1.1 and .NET 2.0 are ported as well. Porting Managed.Windows.Forms has begun and is almost finished (screenshots coming soon).
Read more about it as well as a summary of the entire porting process and problems I encounterd on this page.
As you can see, the skyos.org website has been completely re-designed. A big thanks goes to Karol Orzel for his beautiful design, and to Tom for creating the theme and necessary CSS files. We hope you enjoy the new site!
Furthermore, a new video is available showing the proof-of-concept work on the "Media Station". Another proof-of-concept deals with password protected files and folders.
Darkness has his initial version of the Software Store Server script working, which can be used to set up your personal software store, allowing you to distribute your applications to other SkyOS users.
Note: Don't forget to update your RSS feed url
Changelog from now on available at this location
Lukas Linemayr developed a VNC Viewer which will finally make it possible to remote control other system running Operating Systems like SkyOS, Windows, Linux, MacOS and others. In combination with the SkyOS File and Folder Sharing you can new easily administrate and use other systems.
Furthermore, the translation team was really busy recently. Core components like the GUI Dialogs, Installation, Desktop, etc. are now available in 21 languages, including: Afrikaans, Arabic, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, German, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (BR), Russian, Swedish, Tagalog, and Turkish.
