Command line enhancements in PC/OS

What some people dont know is that we work with PC/OS command line environment. We make so many GUI enhancements that some people forget we are also about the command line. I personally use the command line about 70% of the time. So now we we will go over what we do to improve the command line.

Installing Packages:

In a Debian based system alot of times we have to type the following commands to install a package from the repositories. "sudo apt-get install *.deb" We instituted the command 'install-package *.deb" this way we feel we have simplified for those that might not be completely cool with archaic command line terms. Here is an example.

For installing local packages which may take a little more syntax we have instituted install-local-package which is dpkg and the beauty of it is if you know dpkg you can add any modifiers after 'install-local-package'

Here is an example of install-local-package









So is installing packages the only way we have enhanced the PC/OS command line? No. Getting drive names and locations in PC/OS or any other linux systems determines what you know about other commands and adding the modifiers to those so that they are human readable and that you get the information that you need. For example, get-drives lists all the mounted disks on your system

These are only a few examples and while they may not seem impressive we are constantly working on it and more improvemenst will be made for PC/OS 11. Later on we will be releasing a list of the new commands and what they do.

Thunderbird and Exchange

Some people have asked us about using Thunderbird with an Microsoft Exchange server so we looked and I have found an example that actually worked. Originally printed in DownloadSquad.

1. Go to Tools > Account Settings
2. Account Settings
3. Your Name can be anything
4. Email Address should be your work email address (including the "@work.com")
5. In Server Settings, Server Type should be IMAP Mail Server
6. Server Name: In Outlook, go to Tools > Address Book and right-click on the pull-down on the top right (it should say "Global Address Book") and select properties. The new window will have a text box that has your current server name in it, this is what you put into Thunderbird's server name box.
7. User name should be your login name for your PC
8. "Never" should be selected for secure connection
9. Edit the default outgoing server (SMTP)
10. Description can be anything
11. Server Name: In Outlook, go to Tools > Email Accounts > View/Change Existing > Next and double click on your default MS Exchange Server. In the new pop-up window, the top text box is the one with your outgoing server name. It might be something like server.work.com. Just put in "server" into Thunderbird's server name box, you don't need the ".work.com" part.
12. Check "Use name and password "
13. "User Name" should be your login name for your PC
14. "No" should be selected for "Use secure connection"
15. All other choices can be left as default, and you should now be able to get your email

Setting up Thunderbird to access your work's Global Address Book:

1. First off, get your Global Address Book server name. In Outlook, Tools > Address Book. Then right-click on "Global Address List" that appears in a drop-down menu and select "Properties". Copy the server name under "The current server is:".
2. In Thunderbird, Tools > Address Book
3. File > new > LDAP Directory
4. In the General tab, name it whatever you want to, and paste the server name into the "Hostname" area.
5. Base DN is going to be the stuff after junk separated by commas and set equal to dc. For example, using junk.work.com as your server name it would be dc=work,dc=com
6. Port number = 389 (default) then ok.

PC/OS VirtualStation 10.1 released

Today we are releasing the new VM image. This VM image includes the latest bug fixes and updated apps from PC/OS 10.1. This image is in VDI format for Oracles VirtualBox software.

Highlights Include

All the Sun VirtualBox tools Preinstalled
We expanded the Virtual Hard disk size to 40 gb due to user demand
Tested on Oracles VirtualBox OSE distribution

To use the VM the username and password are "virtual"

Pricing has not changed. To order the distribution in VM format donate $20.00 USD to the project and we will mail the media. Dont forget to let us know which release of VirtualBox you want whether it is Linux/Mac OS X and Windows.

You can download it from here

PC/OS 11 FAQ Released

PC/OS 11 FAQ released. With this we talk about changes coming in PC/OS 11. Kernel changes, UI changes, releases and system delivery. Its in PDF format so you guys can download it and have a look-see. We are striving and continuing to improve PC/OS, your feedback is important. Keep it coming.