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At OSFree project we are currently working to get 0.0.5 milestone which it is "Filesystem API  implementation. LX loader must allow loading of MINICMD.EXE task via L4VFS  and execute it. Minimal set of API must be implemented. All pointers operations must be replaced by handles (implement handle manager). OS/2 Server must be much structured. "

We expect this milestone to be completed in May. You are invited to check the roadmap at: www.osfree.org/wiki/doku.php/en:roadmap

Any developer is welcome on this open source project. There is still a lot to be done like in the following areas:

1. Presentation Manager. Draft sources exists from FreePM project. Sources allow to imagine architecture of PM (it is client-server, like X) and GPI part (GD used as background to provide primitives)

2. Installer subsystem. WarpIn based. We need to get warpin sources and provide special backends for installation time (this means not directly create WPS objects, profiles modification but create first-time-start scripts instead).

3. Command line tools. Make revision. Add missed features.

osFree is a FOSS (Free Open Source software) operating system development project, aiming to replace eventually all OS/2 subsystems with Open source analogues. It aims for OS/2 Warp 4 (Merlin) as a base compatibility system, which does not mean that we will not support features of newer (OS/2 Warp Server for e-business and eComStation) OS/2 versions. This includes rewriting not only user-level code but the OS/2 kernel too.

Visit the Project's Homepage at: www.osfree.org

You can visit the Chat Room at: irc://efnet/osfree

Or you can visit the Forums at: www.osfree.org/board/

We are reusing many other Open Source projects.
The projects are listed at:
www.osfree.org/wiki/doku.php/en:credits

If you are a developer and you are willing to help us in building an Open Source OS/2 replacement please visit this page, we need your help:
www.osfree.org/wiki/doku.php/en:develop


Please remember that you can support OSFree by making a paypal donation at:
sourceforge.net/donate/index.php


Regards

OSFree Team