Category Archives: Arca Noae

Arca Noae Package Manager: Dutch language pack refreshed

The Dutch language pack for Arca Noae Package Manager has been refreshed to address a minor typographical error in the message file.

Arca Noae Package Manager is available in English with Dutch, French, German, Italian, and Swedish language packs (more languages to be added).

This open source utility is available to everyone, free of charge, regardless whether you have an Arca Noae software subscription.

Please review the wiki for important first-time installation notes and other tips.

Arca Noae Package Manager: Dutch language pack now available

Arca Noae Package Manager has been refreshed to include support for the Dutch language pack (thanks to Jacques van Leeuwen for the translation).

The package is now available in English with Dutch, French, German, Italian, and Swedish language packs (more languages coming soon). Dutch includes a fully translated help file, as well.

This open source utility is available to everyone, free of charge, regardless whether you have an Arca Noae software subscription.

Please review the wiki for important first-time installation notes and other tips.

Arca Noae Package Manager: language packs refreshed

All language packs for Arca Noae Package Manager have been refreshed, and a complete French help file has been added (thanks to Guillaume Gay for the translation). The other help files saw minor updates, mainly to correct compilation errors.

The package is available in English with French, German, Italian, and Swedish language packs (more languages to be added). Dutch is coming soon.

This open source utility is available to everyone, free of charge, regardless whether you have an Arca Noae software subscription.

Please review the wiki for important first-time installation notes and other tips.

Arca Noae Package Manager: Italian language pack now available

Arca Noae Package Manager has been refreshed to include support for the Italian language pack (thanks to Gabriele Gamba for the translation).

The package is now available in English with French, German, Italian, and Swedish language packs (more languages coming soon). Italian includes a fully translated help file, as well.

This open source utility is available to everyone, free of charge, regardless whether you have an Arca Noae software subscription.

Please review the wiki for important first-time installation notes and other tips.

Arca Noae Package Manager: Swedish language pack now available

Arca Noae Package Manager has been refreshed to include support for the Swedish language pack (thanks to Jan-Erik Lärka for the translation).

The package is now available in English with French, German, and Swedish language packs (more languages coming soon). Swedish includes a fully translated help file, as well.

This open source utility is available to everyone, free of charge, regardless whether you have an Arca Noae software subscription.

Please review the wiki for important first-time installation notes and other tips.

ACPI package version 3.23.01 released

An ACPI packageArca Noae is pleased to announce the immediate availability of our ACPI Package for OS/2 and eComStation version 3.23.01.

This release contains the following changes:

  • Updated to ACPICA 20150930. ACPI 6.0 is now supported.
  • Documentation updates and corrections.
  • Fixed a problem which caused a reboot on some systems when a trap occurred.
  • Automatically limit to Virtual Wire mode on systems with unsupported IOAPIC setups.
  • Minor changes to PCI setup for systems which need to run in VW mode.
  • There are toolkit changes with this version.

This driver package is available for download from the Arca Noae website as part of your Arca Noae OS/2 & eCS Drivers and Software Subscription. Please log into your account in order to access your software.

More information about the ACPI Package may be found in the ACPI wiki.

If you haven’t yet purchased a software subscription, this is a great reason to do so now.

Subscription Renewals

Subscription renewal discounts

Did you know that the value of your Arca Noae Drivers & Software Subscription grows year over year?

Renewals are subject to a 10% discount when ordered within a month of expiration. We’ve also implemented renewal reminder emails to make renewing your subscription easier. If you renewed by making another full purchase, we’ll be getting in touch to extend a credit voucher for your next order of anything in our store, including sponsoring.

The renewal discount applies to personal and commercial editions, and applies to the total number of subscriptions renewed.

If your original purchase was through one of our resellers, you should definitely order your renewal through the same channel. It may take a short while for all of our resellers to add the proper SKUs to their stores, so be sure to contact your vendor of choice to ask about renewal ordering if you have any questions or don’t see it listed.

If you are already an Arca Noae subscriber, thanks for your business. If you still haven’t felt the need, or for whatever reason have held off purchasing a subscription, we’d welcome the chance to prove the value of our subscription service to you.

Blue Lion, by Arca Noae

Presentation: Blue Lion – A First Peek

We’ve added a new item to our Presentations, Whitepapers, & Case Studies page.

Blue Lion – A First Peek was a presentation given by Lewis Rosenthal via Skype to the Dutch OS/2 Users Group (eCS-gg), Saturday, January 9. The discussion focuses on Blue Lion’s new Preboot environment, including screenshots of current alpha builds, and references some planned features of the new installation media and maintenance environment. The presentation is provided as a PDF.