If you would like to unsubscribe from XSWeekly at any time, simply send an e-mail to xsweekly-unsubscribe@wuzzle.org and you will be removed. You can e-mail me at demigod@xsweekly.com with any questions, suggestions, etc. XSWEEKLY Shell Related News 10.02.01 - 16.02.01 ------------------------------------------------- You know, each week I sit in front of my kb pondering what to write about. Each week I wait until the last minute and usually come up with something really horrible or really harsh. There seems to be no in between. Something either grabs me and I go off on a tangent or I have nothing to write about and something like this pops up out of my kb. I think I need a new hobby really. Sitting 12 to 14 hrs in front of a computer isn't doing it for me any more. Eight hours at work, then I go home, play with my daughter until she goes down for the night, then firing up my home system and spending another 6 hours on that. I think there is still a sun but I'm not totally sure. Sleep is something that other people do I swear. If I'm not on the computer I'm playing some game or tweaking my LAN. I really do need to get a life here. With all that said, in the coming months, XSWeekly, and any other project that I am working on may come to an end. I will be moving over to NOC here at work and the birth of my next child will be sometime in May. With the new position and a new baby, I will have little to no time for anything other than real life. Hopefully I will still have enough time to do this letter and maybe another project or two but as it is looking now, probably not. There goes my idea of a life huh? - demigod ---------- [ Mail Bag ] ---------- This weeks mailbag question is: What is your favorite shell/os site? e-mail - mailbag@xsweely.com url - http://www.xsweekly.com/mail.html ----------- [ Spotlight ] ----------- - #LiteStep Before root went on his hiatus, he redid the PoundLS page. This is a site for people who hang out in #litestep on efnet. If you are a regular or want to check out the bio on someone, swing on by there. url - irc.litestep.net ................................................. -= Shell Specific =- ................................................. ------------------ [ Top News Stories ] ------------------ - rootrider Is Taking A Break ~ rootrider (10:09 13.02 na) Seems that root has spent so much time doing CS and LS stuff that it has started to interfere with his real life. He posted on fpn that he will be taking some time away from all computer life to see if he can't work things out in the real world. Good luck man. url - http://floach.pimpin.net (source: http://floach.pimpin.net) +-------<*>-------+ - Necro Filling In ~ necro (9:43 14.02 na) Necro, famed author of the LSFAQ, is lending a hand over at FPN while rootrider is away sorting out real life. Great to see people helping out like that. Way to go man. url - http://floach.pimpin.net (source: http://floach.pimpin.net) --------- [ Modules ] --------- - jAMPtoo 1.11 ~ Wout! (10:15 05.02 ls) jAMPtoo is a modified version of MrJukes jAMP module. jAMP is a winamp title scrolling mod that now boasts a few new features such as more font options, better transparency, and LSBox support. New in this version: - Added: + Scrolling!!! Got quite a lot of requests, so here it is, two different types of scrolling even! - Time display! You can now display the play-time in a different place than the (scrolling) text! - Hide when winamp not loaded (for non LSBox/wharf use) url - http://www.ls2k.org e-mail - wout@graffiti.net (source: http://www.ls2k.org) +-------<*>-------+ - Tasks 0.91 ~ repugnant (10:10 13.02 ls) Tasks.dll is one of the most popular modules for LiteStep. It is a highly configurable task manager originally written by jugg. New in this version: - Updated Jugg's task module to handle negative coordinates in the !TasksMove command. Much thanks go out to Jugg for the module and for walking me through how to fix it. url - http://www.ls2k.org e-mail - repugnant_shit@hotmail.com (source: http://www.ls2k.org) ---------- [ Programs ] ---------- - SharpMP3 0.10a ~ kaiden (14.45 13.02 se) "SharpMP3 sports a complete rewrite. Every bit of the code has been completely rewritten & now fully supports skinning for everything. However i didn't really want to release this yet because there's lots i wanted to do but I'm very strapped for time for the next week or two. So expect slow updates to it. Now go download it and get to skinning." url - http://sharpe.ninthstar.net/ e-mail - kaiden@sharpeshell.com (source: http://sharpe.ninthstar.net/) ------ [ Misc ] ------ - LiteStep Module Configurator ~ Flea (10:13 14.02 ls) Got a submission from Flea that he has updated his online LiteStep Mod Configurator. This is a nifty little site that will generate working .rc code for the selected module. New in this version: - Better organization of modules. - Default values entered automatically. - Color picker popup box for fields that require a color. - Autocheck for integer fields and color fields. - Ability to download the module you're configuring. - More modules. - And so many more changes. url - http://www.worldismine.org/litestep/mod-config.php e-mail - vdang@worldismine.org (source: Flea via submission) --------------- [ Latest Builds ] --------------- - LiteStep o 24.6 build 010201 o http://builds.litestep.net/builds/ls-0246-dev-20010102.zip - geOShell o 4.6.5a o http://news.geoshell.com/Plugins/Download/geoshellr465a.zip - PureLS o 012201 o http://www.purels.org/binaries/01-01-28r.zip ................................................. -= Alt OS Specific =- ................................................. ----------- [ Web Sites ] ----------- - Vanders on the move ~ vanders (11:37 16.02 at) Vanders, author of AEdit, AView, and a few other AtheOS programs, has moved his site and given it a bit of a face lift. url - www.vanders.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk e-mail - vanders@cableinet.co.uk (source: AtheOS Mailing List ~ Just a quick note) --------------- [ Latest Builds ] --------------- - SEAL o 1.0E o http://michalopoylos.tripod.com/seal/s1e-disk.zip - V2_OS o 0.70 o ftp://vp.dyn.dhs.org/0.70/v2_os.img - AtheOS o 0.3.1 o http://www.atheos.cx/download/list.php3?0.3.1 .................................... 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