[GEM Development] OpenGEM Release 4 is now online (FreeDOS gets a big boost in the GUI arena!)

[Shane M. Coughlan]

Shane Land is proud to announce three new software products.

OpenGEM Release 4 Core, OpenGEM Release 4 Complete and OpenGEM Release 4 
Experimental are now online at http://gem.shaneland.co.uk

OpenGEM Release 4 is the release of the GEM GUI designed to operate 
effectively with FreeDOS 1.0.  It's small, light, and fast.  Best of 
all, it has been carefully tested to ensure it's one of the most 
reliable choices for file management you can get.

OpenGEM Release 4 is a single-tasking 16bit GUI.  It has configuration 
tools (SETUP.BAT at C:\) and will detect upgrades or new applications to 
be installed.  It can even repair itself if the core GUI sustains damage.

OpenGEM Release 4 is the ninth formal release of OpenGEM software, and 
the tenth public release of the software.  It builds on a distribution 
that was started in late 2001, and which went through five beta releases 
before OpenGEM 1.0.0.  The core code of OpenGEM is based on Digital 
Research's GEM, a solid GUI platform developed commercially in the 1980s.

OpenGEM Release 4 Core
OpenGEM Release 4 Core is not a complete OpenGEM distribution.  It 
contains the core GUI of OpenGEM, but none of the applications like word 
processing, DTP etc.  It is intended to help you manage your files, and 
it can be upgraded to include more GEM applications and features through 
packages that will be made available on the OpenGEM website. This 
software replaces GEMini Release 3.

OpenGEM Release 4 Complete
OpenGEM Release 4 Complete is a complete OpenGEM distribution.  It 
contains the core GUI of OpenGEM, and all of the applications like word 
processing, DTP etc.  It is intended as a complete graphical work 
enviroment for end-users.  This software replaces OpenGEM Release 3.

OpenGEM Release 4 Experimental
OpenGEM Release 4 Experimental contains the same files and functionality 
as OpenGEM Release 4 Core, but uses more of the experimental code from 
the FreeGEM community.  It has 3D menus, and more features than the 
standard OpenGEM release, though it is not assured to run as smoothly.

You can get OpenGEM Release 4 Core, OpenGEM Release 4 Complete and 
OpenGEM Release 4 Experimental for free by going to 
http://gem.shaneland.co.uk

OpenGEM is released under the GNU GPL.  The OpenGEM SDK contains the 
source code, and development tools for working with OpenGEM.  You can 
download the OpenGEM SDK from http://gem.shaneland.co.uk

Here is a list of OpenGEM Releases:

OpenGEM Release 4 - 15th July 2005
OpenGEM Release 4RC1 - 20th June 2005
OpenGEM Release 3 - 10th August 2004
OpenGEM 2.2.0 - 1st October 2003
OpenGEM 2.1.0 - 6th June 2003
OpenGEM 2.0.0 - 19th May 2003
OpenGEM 1.2.0 - 12th September 2002
OpenGEM 1.1.0 - 7th August 2002
OpenGEM 1.0.1 - 3th August 2002
OpenGEM 1.0.0 - 20th July 2002

Regards

Shane
gem at shaneland.co.uk
gem.shaneland.co.uk