Preloaded Industrial Software

Blonde Guy ArcaOS preloaded computers can come with an load of software intended for OS/2 in industrial applications. This page lists what is in the current pre-load. This list is updated over time to incorporate new essential OS/2 software as well as to keep up to date versions of existing software.

Software

• Operating system: ArcaOS 5.1.0
• Suntan Special is included with each computer. All applications that are pre-installed by Blonde Guy can be kept up to date using Suntan Special.
• Computer maintenance programs include Suntan Special, DFSee, and PCI to scan the system hardware.
• RPM/YUM, a software configuration framework, is installed. Suntan Special acts as a layer over RPM/YUM to replace the detailed knowledge of how to install and configure software using YUM with pre-packaged application installations.
• The FAT32 file system is installed.
• Java (OpenJDK 6.00) is installed.
• DVDTools is installed to provide DVD and CD writing.
• 4os2 provides an alternative to the OS/2 command prompt with more features.
• A number of fonts are added. Thanks to Alex Taylor for developing some OS/2 specific fonts. Liberation and Deja Vu fonts are also added to support some programs.
• Also asscoedit, vncserver are installed.
• HelpDesk client software by OS/2 VOICE is installed to permit remote administration tasks to be performed by Blonde Guy. Access to the computer is controlled by the user, not by Blonde Guy.

Suntan Special

I use Suntan Special to install the software on all Blonde Guy computers. Suntan Special software can be used to install all updates to the system and its applications and to install additional applications. When newer versions of software are released, Suntan Special can keep your Blonde Guy computer up to date.

DFSee

DFSee is a generic disk, partition and filesystem utility for maintenance and data-recovery. It supports partition tables (FDISK, LVM), FAT, FAT32, HPFS, NTFS, and partly JFS, EXT2/3 or REISER filesystems./p>