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WHAT IS IT ========== FisicaLab (can be pronounced as PhysicsLab) is an educational application to solve physics problems. Its main objective is let the user to focus in physics concepts, leaving aside the mathematical details. WHAT NEWS? ... [More] ============== This is a bug-fix release: * Connect the radio buttons at UI (to select the units system) with the model. In version 0.3.3, the user can change the system, but the model don't does the corresponding change. COPYING ========= This program is free software, released under GPLv3, or (at your option) any later version. OBTAINING FISICALAB ======================= Source code and binaries are available here: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/fisicalab/ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/fisicalab/ http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/fisicalab/ MORE INFO ============ More info at official website: http://www.gnu.org/software/fisicalab/ [Less]

SYSTEMPREFERENCES 1.2.0 WHAT'S NEW? * Defaults: the new default panel now supports localisation and also a new preference-type: choice between an list of itmes * Themes: improvements in the Theme module, license and additional information WHAT IS ... [More] IT? System Preferences is an Application to manage preferences through pluggable control panel bundles. The Framework is compatible to Apple's. MORE INFORMATION? http://www.gnustep.org/experience/systempreferences.html DIRECT DOWNLOAD ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/usr-apps/SystemPreferences-1.2.0.tar.gz <ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/usr-apps/SystemPreferences-1.1.0.tar.gz> Riccardo PS: to enable themes, you need theme bundles. There are several being developed, but few developed. Check GAP's SVN repository, ask the GNUstep.org mailing list [Less]

13th January 2014 One Step to GNUstep version 0.9.6 One Step to GNUstep is a ready-to-use software development environment for Objective C programmers. It can run on most reasonably powerful, modern ... [More] computers. It is quick and easy to install. It provides the language facilities you need for developing in Objective C, together with the GNUstep libraries and a collection of GNUstep-based applications and development tools. Simply import it into a virtualisation system — such as Virtual Box, VMware Player or QEMU-KVM — and you're ready to go! Copyright This compilation of programs is copyright © 2014 Richard Stonehouse. It comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. For details, please see the page: Licences for This Software. How To Get It You will need virtualisation software. This Virtual Machine has been tested under current versions (and some older ones) of Virtual Box, VMware Player and QEMU-KVM. One Step to GNUstep is packaged as a set of three files containing an OVF format Virtual Appliance: GNUstep-VM.i686-0.9.6.ovf GNUstep-VM.i686-0.9.6.mf GNUstep-VM.i686-0.9.6-disk1.vmdk — huge file (approx 0.68 GB) These files, together with documentation, are at: http://www.rstonehouse.co.uk/extras/GNUstep-VM-0.9.6 It may be useful to check the SHA1 digests of the downloaded .vmdk and .ovf files against the correct checksums given in the Manifest (.mf) file. This is to guard against the possibility that the files may have been corrupted in downloading. It is especially recommended that you check the SHA1 checksums if you get an error when importing the OVF. The method of importing the VM to your system and running it depends on the virtualisation software you use. Features Changes from Previous Version The main changes from the previous version (0.9) are: 1. Based on the latest stable GNUstep libraries - gnustep-make 2.6.6, -base 1.24.6, -gui and -base 0.24.0 2. Added GNUstep packages EasyDiff, TalkSoup (and netclasses), Thematic and Zipper. Also the Sleek theme. 3. Built around a more recent (but not the latest) openSUSE, version 12.3. The cups-client package is now included. 4. An explicit and documented mechanism is provided for replacing the GCC 4.7/libobjc1 variant of GNUstep built in to the VM by either the GCC 4.7/libobjc2 or the clang 3.3/libobjc2 variant. 5. More up-to-date versions of the guest tools for Virtual Box and VMware Player are included. There is now very little reason to download and install the official guest tools. 6. Tested on QEMU-KVM as well as Virtual Box and VMware Player. Documentation on running under QEMU-KVM is now included. Compatibility 1. This is a 32-bit Virtual machine, which should run on both 32-bit and 64-bit processors. (Question - is the 32-bit capability still worth keeping?) Known Bugs and Limitations 1. Resizing the virtual screen does not work in this VM under Virtual Box. 2. The 'shift-tab' keyboard combination does not have the effect of a 'reverse tab' in YaST2 (ncurses mode) and probably in other ncurses applications. It is believed this may be a window manager problem. 3. This release is packaged in the OVF format, rather than the more modern and potentially superior OVA format, because the ability of virtualisation software to import OVA seems patchy. Further Information Documentation on this Release Documentation is included with the release. Start at: http://www.rstonehouse.co.uk/extras/GNUstep-VM-0.9.6/index.html [Less]

13th January 2014 GNUstep 2.6.6 for openSUSE 12.3 Introduction This repository gives openSUSE 12.3 users a quick and easy way of setting up a GNUstep installation, without the need to compile from source. ... [More] It also provides users of the latest One Step to GNUstep Virtual Machine (version 0.9.6) with a means of updating their installed GNUstep software. It contains binary packages for both 32-bit (i586) and 64-bit (x86_64) hardware. There are three variants — one for each of these architectures: * GCC/libobjc1 * GCC/libobjc2 and * Clang/libobjc2 The packages are configured to follow the UNIX/Linux FHS file-system layout, so the software is installed in the places where you would expect to find it in an openSUSE system. Where to Get It The packages and documentation are in an openSUSE-style repository at: http://www.rstonehouse.co.uk/extras/GNUstep-2.6.6/openSUSE-12.3 See 'Installing GNUstep 2.6.6 on openSUSE 12.3' at: http://www.rstonehouse.co.uk/extras/GNUstep-2.6.6/openSUSE-12.3/docu/install.html for installation instructions. Features Changes from Previous Version The main changes from the previous version (gnustep-make 2.6.5) are: 1. Based on the latest stable GNUstep packages at the time of writing (gnustep-make-2.6.6, gnustep-base-1.24.6, gnustep-gui-0.24.0, gnustep-back-0.24.0 etc). Some SVN/CVS versions of packages are included on an experimental basis. 2. The packages built with the Clang compiler, both 64-bit and 32-bit, were compiled using Clang version 3.3. Compatibility 1. These packages were built using gnustep-make version 2.6.6 and configured for an FHS file system layout. They are not compatible with older versions of GNUstep, or with GNUstep software configured for the Windows, Mac or GNUstep traditional file system layouts. 2. This release is intended for use on openSUSE 12.3. It is unlikely that it will work on other releases, due to numerous differences in compilers, libraries and release contents. 3. The Clang versions were built with --enable-objc-nonfragile-abi. 4. The 32-bit packages should be compatible with most current 32-bit x86 machines. They were compiled with -march=i586 and have been tested (to a limited extent) on a 32-bit machine that does not have the SSE2 extensions. Known Bugs and Limitations 1. If, after installing these packages and enabling Metadata Indexing, you revert to a version of GWorkspace that does not support this feature, the mdextractor window may appear and then hang. To avoid this, you should disable Metadata Indexing — do this before changing your GWorkspace, or (if you omitted to do so) type the following in a Terminal window: defaults write NSGlobalDomain GSMetadataIndexingEnabled 0 2. The version of Zipper included in this release may not correctly create or extract from lha archives if filenames beginning with a ‘-’ sign are used. This depends on the version of lha (or lhasa) installed on your system. Further Information Documentation on this Release Installing GNUstep 2.6.6 on openSUSE 12.3 - contains instructions for installing GNUstep using YaST2, zypper or RPM http://www.rstonehouse.co.uk/extras/GNUstep-2.6.6/openSUSE-12.3/docu/install.html GNUstep 2.6.6 Contents List Full - lists contents of this release http://www.rstonehouse.co.uk/extras/GNUstep-2.6.6/openSUSE-12.3/docu/contents.html Getting Started with GNUstep 2.6.6 - an introductory guide for users who are new to GNUstep http://www.rstonehouse.co.uk/extras/GNUstep-2.6.6/openSUSE-12.3/docu/getstart.html [Less]

This is version 0.24.0 of the GNUstep GUI Backend (`gnustep-back'). 1.1 What is the GNUstep GUI Backend? ==================================== It is a back-end component for the GNUstep GUI Library. The implementation of the GNUstep GUI Library is ... [More] designed in two parts. The first part is the front-end component which is independent of platform and display system. This front-end is combined with a back-end component which handles all of the display system dependent such as specific calls to the X Window System. This design allows the GNUstep applications to have the "look and feel" of the underlying display system without any changes to the application, and the library can be easily ported to other display systems. The GNUstep GUI Backend is for platforms using the X-Window System or Window's Systems. It works via a DPS emulation engine to emulate the DPS functions required by the front-end system. 1.2 Noteworthy changes in version `0.24.0' ========================================== Added experimental Opal backend. Allow for ARGB visual for OpenGL. 1.3 Where can you get it? How can you compile it? ================================================== The gstep-back-0.24.0.tar.gz distribution file has been placed at `ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core'. 1.4 Where do I send bug reports? ================================ Bug reports can be sent to the GNUstep bug list <bug-gnustep< at >gnu.org> 1.5 Obtaining GNU Software ========================== Check out the GNUstep web site. (`http://www.gnustep.org/') and the GNU web site. (`http://www.gnu.org/') [Less]

This is version 0.24.0 of the GNUstep GUI library (`gnustep-gui'). 1.1 What is the GNUstep GUI Library? ==================================== It is a library of graphical user interface classes written completely in the Objective-C language; the ... [More] classes are based upon Apple's Cocoa framework (which came from the OpenStep specification as release by NeXT Software, Inc). The library has been enhanced in a number of ways to take advantage of the GNU system. These classes include graphical objects such as buttons, text fields, popup lists, browser lists, and windows; there are also many associated classes for handling events, colors, fonts, pasteboards and images. The GNUstep GUI Library is designed in two parts. The first part is the front-end component which is independent of platform and display system. This front-end is combined with a back-end component which handles all of the display system dependent such as specific calls to X/Windows. This design allows the GNUstep applications to have the "look and feel" of the underlying display system without any changes to the application, and the library can be easily ported to other display systems. The GNUstep GUI Library requires the GNU Objective-C compiler, the GNUstep Base Library, the TIFF Graphics library, and a back-end component like the GNUstep 'Back' Backend. 1.2 Noteworthy changes in version `0.24.0' ========================================== New features include: * Require newer base release as we moved the -replaceObject:withObject: of NSKeyedUnarchiver there. * Support for newer releases of the gif library. * NSTabView is now flipped. * Theme improvements and changes to image mapping. Many bugfixes. 1.3 Where can you get it? How can you compile it? ================================================== The gstep-gui-0.24.0.tar.gz distribution file has been placed at `ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core'. Read the INSTALL file or the GNUstep-HOWTO for installation instructions. 1.4 Where do I send bug reports? ================================ Please log bug reports on the GNUstep project page `http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=gnustep' or send bug reports to <bug-gnustep< at >gnu.org>. 1.5 Obtaining GNU Software ========================== Check out the GNUstep web site. (`http://www.gnustep.org/'), and the GNU web site. (`http://www.gnu.org/') [Less]

The GNUstep Base Library, version 1.24.6, is now available. 1.1 What is the GNUstep Base Library? ===================================== The GNUstep Base Library is a library of general-purpose, non-graphical Objective C objects. For example, it ... [More] includes classes for strings, object collections, byte streams, typed coders, invocations, notifications, notification dispatchers, moments in time, network ports, remote object messaging support (distributed objects), and event loops. It provides functionality that aims to implement the non-graphical portion of the OpenStep standard (the Foundation library). There is more information available at the GNUstep homepage at `http://www.gnustep.org'. 1.2 Noteworthy changes in version `1.24.6' ========================================== * NSUUID implemented * New OSX version macros * TLS support improvements * Various new methods for OSX compatibility * Various other bugfixes 1.3 Where can you get it? How can you compile it? ================================================== The gnustep-base-1.24.6.tar.gz distribution file has been placed at `ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core'. Please log bug reports on the GNUstep project page `http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=gnustep' or send bug reports to <bug-gnustep< at >gnu.org>. [Less]

The GNUstep Makefile Package version 2.6.6 is now available. 1.1 What is the GNUstep makefile package? ========================================= The makefile package is a simple, powerful and extensible way to write makefiles for a GNUstep-based ... [More] project. It allows the user to write a project without having to deal with the complex issues associated with configuration, building, installation, and packaging. It also allows the user to easily create cross-compiled binaries. 1.2 Changes in version `2.6.6' ============================== Debian packaging support Minor bugfixes. 1.3 Obtaining gnustep-make ========================== You can get the gstep-make-2.6.6.tar.gz distribution file at `ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core' Please log bug reports on the GNUstep project page `http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=gnustep' or send bug reports to <bug-gnustep< at >gnu.org>. [Less]

MPDCon 1.5.1 The GAP Team is pleased to announce that MPDCon 1.5.1 is now available from the GNUstep Application Project (http://gap.nongnu.org). This is a minor release, only addressing build issues on system that do not have arc4random in their ... [More] libc, most notably Linux systems. Problem brought up by Alessandro Sangiuliano, fix tested by Charles Philip Chan. Thanks guys. MPDCon is a graphical MPD client application for querying and playing music on an MPD Server (http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Music_Player_Daemon_Wiki). MPDCon Features: * Player, allows you to change repeat and shuffle modes as well as crossfade on the server * watch and manipulate the current playlist * manage playlists * browse the whole music collection * Lyrics Inspector, connecting to lyrics.wikia.com to retrieve lyrics of current song * Song Inspector Prerequisites to use MPDCon: * You need an MPD server running somewhere * to build MPDCon, you need: * a recent libmpdclient library * GNUstep SQLClient library, at least with a SQLite3 backend * a library providing arc4random, i.e. libbsd on Linux systems, libc mostly everywhere else Changes in version 1.5.1: * addressing build issues on systems that do not have arc4random in libc Where to get it: From the GNUstep Application Project (http://gap.nongnu.org) on the MPDCon page: http://gap.nongnu.org/mpdcon/index.html Enjoy! The GAP Team [Less]

MPDCon 1.5 The GAP Team is pleased to announce that MPDCon 1.5 is now available from the GNUstep Application Project (http://gap.nongnu.org). MPDCon is a graphical MPD client application for querying and playing music on an MPD Server ... [More] (http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Music_Player_Daemon_Wiki). MPDCon Features: * Player, allows you to change repeat and shuffle modes as well as crossfade on the server * watch and manipulate the current playlist * manage playlists * browse the whole music collection * Lyrics Inspector, connecting to lyrics.wikia.com to retrieve lyrics of current song * Song Inspector * Playlist inspector with configurable random feed of the playlist Prerequisites to use MPDCon: * You need an MPD server running somewhere * to build MPDCon, you need: * a recent libmpdclient library * GNUstep SQLClient library, at least with a SQLite3 backend * a library providing arc4random, i.e. libbsd on Linux systems, libc mostly everywhere else Changes in version 1.5: * new filesystem collection browser * possibility to delete selected files from the playlist * many other bugfixes Where to get it: From the GNUstep Application Project (http://gap.nongnu.org) on the MPDCon page: http://gap.nongnu.org/mpdcon/index.html Enjoy! The GAP Team [Less]