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  XSWEEKLY Shell Related News 10.02.01 - 16.02.01
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	You know, each week I sit in front of my kb pondering what
to write about.  Each week I wait until the last minute and usually
come up with something really horrible or really harsh.  There seems
to be no in between.  Something either grabs me and I go off on a 
tangent or I have nothing to write about and something like this
pops up out of my kb.

	I think I need a new hobby really.  Sitting 12 to 14 hrs in
front of a computer isn't doing it for me any more.  Eight hours at
work, then I go home, play with my daughter until she goes down for
the night, then firing up my home system and spending another 6 hours
on that.  I think there is still a sun but I'm not totally sure.  Sleep
is something that other people do I swear.  If I'm not on the computer
I'm playing some game or tweaking my LAN.  I really do need to get
a life here.

	With all that said, in the coming months, XSWeekly, and any
other project that I am working on may come to an end.  I will be
moving over to NOC here at work and the birth of my next child will
be sometime in May.  With the new position and a new baby, I will
have little to no time for anything other than real life.  Hopefully
I will still have enough time to do this letter and maybe another
project or two but as it is looking now, probably not.  There goes
my idea of a life huh?

- demigod

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  This weeks mailbag question is:

  What is your favorite shell/os site?

  e-mail - mailbag@xsweely.com
  url - http://www.xsweekly.com/mail.html

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- #LiteStep

  Before root went on his hiatus, he redid the PoundLS page.  This
  is a site for people who hang out in #litestep on efnet.  If you
  are a regular or want to check out the bio on someone, swing on
  by there.
  
  url - irc.litestep.net

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- rootrider Is Taking A Break ~ rootrider (10:09 13.02 na)

	Seems that root has spent so much time doing CS and LS stuff
	that it has started to interfere with his real life.  He
	posted on fpn that he will be taking some time away from all
	computer life to see if he can't work things out in the real
	world.  Good luck man.

	url - http://floach.pimpin.net
	(source: http://floach.pimpin.net)

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- Necro Filling In ~ necro (9:43 14.02 na)

	Necro, famed author of the LSFAQ, is lending a hand over at
	FPN while rootrider is away sorting out real life.  Great to
	see people helping out like that.  Way to go man.
	
	url - http://floach.pimpin.net
	(source: http://floach.pimpin.net)

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- jAMPtoo 1.11 ~ Wout! (10:15 05.02 ls)

	jAMPtoo is a modified version of MrJukes jAMP module.
	jAMP is a winamp title scrolling mod that now boasts a few
	new features such as more font options, better transparency,
	and LSBox support.

	New in this version:

	- Added: + Scrolling!!!  Got quite a lot of requests, so here
	  it is, two different types of scrolling even!
	- Time display!  You can now display the play-time in a
	  different place than the (scrolling) text!
	- Hide when winamp not loaded (for non LSBox/wharf use)

	url - http://www.ls2k.org
	e-mail - wout@graffiti.net
	(source: http://www.ls2k.org)

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- Tasks 0.91 ~ repugnant (10:10 13.02 ls)

	Tasks.dll is one of the most popular modules for LiteStep.
	It is a highly configurable task manager originally written
	by jugg.

	New in this version:

	- Updated Jugg's task module to handle negative coordinates
	  in the !TasksMove command.  Much thanks go out to Jugg for
	  the module and for walking me through how to fix it.

	url - http://www.ls2k.org
	e-mail - repugnant_shit@hotmail.com
	(source: http://www.ls2k.org)

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- SharpMP3 0.10a ~ kaiden (14.45 13.02 se)

	"SharpMP3 sports a complete rewrite. Every bit of the code
	has been completely rewritten & now fully supports skinning
	for everything. However i didn't really want to release this
	yet because there's lots i wanted to do but I'm very
	strapped for time for the next week or two. So expect slow 
	updates to it. Now go download it and get to skinning."

	url - http://sharpe.ninthstar.net/
	e-mail - kaiden@sharpeshell.com
	(source: http://sharpe.ninthstar.net/)

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- LiteStep Module Configurator ~ Flea (10:13 14.02 ls)

	Got a submission from Flea that he has updated his online
	LiteStep Mod Configurator.  This is a nifty little site that
	will generate working .rc code for the selected module.
	
	New in this version:
	
	- Better organization of modules.
	- Default values entered automatically.
	- Color picker popup box for fields that require a color.
	- Autocheck for integer fields and color fields.
	- Ability to download the module you're configuring.
	- More modules.
	- And so many more changes.

	url - http://www.worldismine.org/litestep/mod-config.php
	e-mail - vdang@worldismine.org
	(source: Flea via submission)

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 [ Latest Builds ]
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- LiteStep
     o 24.6 build 010201
     o http://builds.litestep.net/builds/ls-0246-dev-20010102.zip

- geOShell
     o 4.6.5a
     o http://news.geoshell.com/Plugins/Download/geoshellr465a.zip

- PureLS
     o 012201
     o http://www.purels.org/binaries/01-01-28r.zip

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- Vanders on the move ~ vanders (11:37 16.02 at)

	Vanders, author of AEdit, AView, and a few other AtheOS
	programs, has moved his site and given it a bit of a 
	face lift.
	
	url - www.vanders.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
	e-mail - vanders@cableinet.co.uk
	(source: AtheOS Mailing List ~ Just a quick note)

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 [ Latest Builds ]
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- SEAL
     o 1.0E
     o http://michalopoylos.tripod.com/seal/s1e-disk.zip

- V2_OS
     o 0.70
     o ftp://vp.dyn.dhs.org/0.70/v2_os.img

- AtheOS
     o 0.3.1
     o http://www.atheos.cx/download/list.php3?0.3.1

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