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@shaneland.co.uk gem.shaneland.co.uk