Productivity and General
  • OpenOffice 3.2 - for OS/2 is now available with the purchase of eComStation 2.1, or you can buy it now at Mensys.nl.  This update has been compiled to run natively on IBM OS/2 and eComStation. Distribution will be limited to Support Agreement users.
  • PMView Pro - shareware image viewer, editor, and converter - Supports over 40 graphic formats (gif, jpg, jpeg, bmp, tiff) and can convert to and from each format.

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  • Firefox - Warpzilla is the OS/2 port of open source, Firefox web browser, and related products and technology, designed to run on both OS/2 and eComStation.
  • BORG Calendar - is a combination calendar and task tracking system. The calendar supports all sorts of appointments and also a simple todo list. (ver. 1.6.1 only)
  • Embellish - an image editor for all format, including anti-aliasing effects and more. Here's some more info on image editors for OS/2, plus some info on installing Embellish.
  • Gimp 2.2.8 - needs the X11 server included with eComstation 1.2 and special instructions are needed to get it running on eComStation 2.x.
  • KompoZer - a complete Web Authoring System for the OS/2 Desktop.
  • FM/2 - This is the development home for FM/2, the Swiss Army Knife of GUI file managers.
  • 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, JFS and, to some extent, EXT2/3 or REISER filesystems too.

Internet
  • BitTorrent Pak - Uses the enhanced ctorrent (update) client and Smartlaunch to manage your torrents, so there is no more python to deal with! See my article about using Bittorrents and Smartlaunch!
  • OpenChat/2 1.07 - the best IRC client for OS/2 and eComStation. The key for it is here! The GemZ 3.12a script is a must have for OpenChat. Update: OpenChat/2 1.08
  • PMINews 2.0 - is a powerful yet easy to use news reader that gives users no shortage of choices in how they read the news. Its multi-threaded design allows you to do several things at the same time within it. If you use newsgroups or think you might want to try them, try PMINews 2.0!
  • ProNews/2 - The USENET Newsreader now available in version 1.60. While it has some bugs and missing features, it also has the most elegant and usable interface of any newsreader I have ever tried.

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  • Thunderbird - is Mozilla's next generation e-mail client. Thunderbird makes emailing safer, faster and easier than ever before and can also scale to meet the most sophisticated organizational needs.
  • PmMail/2 - an e-mail client for OS/2 and eComStation. PMMail for OS/2 is a product of VOICE.
  • Psi/2 - is a capable Jabber client aimed at experienced users. Its design goals are simplicity and stability. Psi is highly portable and runs on Windows, OS/2, Unix/X11, and MacOS X.
  • Secure FTP - a 256-bit strong cross-platform FTPS client package written in Java providing for secure FTP connections using SSL.
  • FtpBrowser - One of the best FTP client I've ever seen. However, it is no longer supported by the author. The key can be found if you look for it.
  • Privoxy - a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners and pop-ups.

WPS enhancers

  • Xworkplace - probably the most feature-rich freeware Workplace Shell enhancer on the planet.
  • Desktop Wizard 1.41 - adds excellent zip/unzip integration to the desktop (see my review).
  • DragText v3.8 - is the latest release of a distinctly different Desktop enhancement for OS/2 Warp. Present almost everywhere yet invisible until needed.
  • lSwitcher, Version 2.7 -  is a task switcher application for OS/2 and eCS, which includes an enhanced replacement for the standard Alt-Tab switcher anda feature-rich task bar.
  • WPS-Wizard is a set of classes to add unique features to the WPS. It's seamlessly integrated and offers e.g. an info area for folders showing previews of images (eCS 1.2MR and above) and PDFs (if Lucide is installed), a technically advanced and unique Icon engine for using PNG image files as icons, a Rexx interface to the WPS and much more.
  • WarpNote - offers you an easy way to keep all your thoughts, quick notes, web links, addresses, phone numbers, and other information in one place. Whether you need to create a to-do list, plan daily tasks or organize recipes, WarpNotes finally provides you with everything you need for a fully featured, native eCS application.

Multimedia

  • WarpVision - the multimedia player for OS/2 (review). Play mp3, DVD, and tons of video formats. If you can find a Hauppage WinCast PCI tuner, the TVIN gives an excellent picture.
  • mPlayer -  MPlayer is a movie player which runs on many systems (see the documentation). It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska files. You can watch VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, DivX 3/4/5, WMV and even H.264 movies.
  • Warp Overlay 1.05 - a must if your using WarpVision. Here is an update to Warp Overlay. Install the update before rebooting or the dlls will be locked. It works with my ATI 9200 and 7200 All-in-Wonder cards.
  • EmperoarTV version 2.04 - has been released (11/20/2009). This software brings support for many DVB cards, as well as the Hauppauge PVR150/250/350/500 TV cards to the OS/2 platform, including high quality MPEG2 hard disk recording and playback. You can listen to FM radio programs in stereo, watch TV programs in excellent image quality, and more.
  • PM123 - is a high-quality digital audio player for IBM's OS/2 Warp operating system.
  • Z! - VIO window audio player, I use it for shoutcast.

Utilities

  • 4allc_OS2 - best freeware sciencific calculator for OS/2.
  • AssoEDIT - the association editor (ASSOEDIT.EXE) is a tool that allows you to inspect and, optionally change associations set for file types and file filters.
  • CFGTOOL130 - an editor specialised for the CONFIG.SYS quite useful to anybody using OS/2.
  • WPTOOLS - the CHECKINI cleans out OS/2's ini files and removes garbage entries.
  • eAccounts - account and password manager for OS/2 and eComStation, fast PM interface and data base encryption / decryption with one major password.
  • DYNDNSUPD - Updates a dynamic host on DYNDNS.ORG (20K) Freeware, 25-Jun-2007. Gets the external IP address, checks it against the given host, and updates dyndns.org if necessary. Information on the last 4 hosts are saved in OS2.INI.
  • GBMV2 is a fast and simple bitmap viewer and editor for the OS/2 Presentation Manager. This archive contains an enhanced release of the GBMV/GBMV2 Bitmap Viewer/Editor and the GBM file dialog (German/English).
  • RexxAutoStart - Rexx Autostart is designed to provide a workaround for timing problems that may lead to a WPS hang on startup on certain OS/2 versions and fixlevels. [Detail]

Games

  • OS2World.com Gaming site - best and probably the only gaming site for OS/2. If you are looking to play games, OS/2 is not the platform for you. However, we do have Doom, Quake, Quake II, Doom Legacy, etc.

System

  • SNAP Graphics - (freeware) for OS/2 takes graphics device driver to the next level with increased functionality and support for even more graphics chips!
  • Panorama video driver - Panorama is an alternative modern video driver for eComStation and OS/2. You must pay for a Support Agreement for eComStation. Recommended for:
    • ATI Radeon X1300 (R500 family) and above
    • Intel X3000 and above
    • NVidia GeForce 6200/6600 and above.
    There is also a free verison for Radeon R200 video cards (ATI Radeon 7000 .. 9250)
  • UNIAUD - a generic OS/2 MMPM audio driver that supports the vast majority of audio hardware. UNIAUD is based on the ALSA Project. Here is the ftp site.
  • Samba is a free implementation of the CIFS/SMB protocol for Unix, which allows LAN-Server style file and printer sharing among machines running Windows, Mac OS X ,Unix or eComStation (OS/2). There is a netlabs based effort (by and large done by Paul Smedley, with contributions from Yuri Dario, Silvan Scherrer and Herwig Bauernfeind ) to port the Samba server and create a Samba client for eCS (OS/2) in order to replace the functionality of the outdated IBM-LAN Requester/Peer/Server components.
  • eCUPS - This printer system project is intended to create a seamless integration of eCUPS into eComStation.
  • TAME - the scanner solution for OS/2 and eComStation.
  • Audio/Data- CD-Creator is a set of WPS classes for easy creation of audio and data CDs. Burn CDs entirely via drag'n'drop by using the power of the WPS (Update: 057pre). There was one error during the install of 057 pre, but it installed and works for me.