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BeOS?

Discussion in 'The Alternative OS' started by fuka, Mar 7, 2002.

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  1. fuka Newcomer, in training

    Can someone give me some info about what exactly beos is? I know its an operating system, thats about it, hah.

    1. is it a unix based system? or what?
    2. compatibility?

    info!!!!

    hehe
    fuka, Mar 7, 2002
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  2. svtcobra TechSpot Paladin

    Its gone is what it is..Be decided to call it quits and sold itself to Palm.

    Here is the press release:

    http://www.beincorporated.com/

    Go play with Linux..
    svtcobra, Mar 7, 2002
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  3. Phantasm66 Newcomer, in training

    Phantasm66, Mar 7, 2002
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  4. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    BeOS is not dead as long as there's at least one user using it! New applications or updates are being released almost every day at BeBits

    Mictlantecuhtli, Mar 8, 2002
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  5. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    To answer your questions, fuka:
    1 - BeOS is not UNIX based system. It's somewhat POSIX compliant - in other words, Unix applications that don't use graphics are likely to compile under BeOS. It has its own GUI which has nothing to do with XFree86 (or other UNIX GUIs).
    2 - There's a compatibility list at http://hardware.frizbe.net
    You'll see that quite a lot of recent hardware work with it.
    Mictlantecuhtli, Mar 8, 2002
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  6. Arris TechSpot Evangelist

    Infact before Apple invested in NeXT they had made an offer to buy BeOS to build their latest MacOS on. Just their offer hadn't seemed good enough at the time for the owner to sell, now Palm have acquired BeOS as Mic says ;)

    Shows you what the big boys thought about BeOS.
    Arris, Mar 8, 2002
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  7. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    As svtcobra says!
    Mictlantecuhtli, Mar 14, 2002
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  8. Ion Hunter Newcomer, in training

    BeOS should of been the OS of the future. I find it more stable, faster, compliant, than any other OS on the market.

    My wife, who is very very computer illiterit, found it easier to use the Be operating enviroment than Windows XP! Sure, its not the tweakers/hackers paradice like Linux, and it's not as wide spread as Windows, but they sure but together an OS that gave the competition a hefty scare. :eek:
    Ion Hunter, Mar 28, 2002
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  9. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    Good to have another BeOS user here! I felt a bit lonely..:)
    Mictlantecuhtli, Mar 29, 2002
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  10. ScarletHippo Newcomer, in training

    I ususally just ignore beOS. But after reading that FAQ that Mictlantecuhtli posted, i must say my interest is peaked, to say the least. I was thinking of making a dedicated Linux box, but know I'm undecided as to whether i want Linux or beOS. what do you all think?

    p.s. Sorry for hijacking this thread a bit
    ScarletHippo, Mar 29, 2002
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  11. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    If there's room for both, install both, if not, install BeOS :)
    Mictlantecuhtli, Mar 30, 2002
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  12. MYOB Newcomer, in training

    Is BEOs still available? the company site has that forbidiing air of "we're closed" on it, and I know Palm bought the staff and technology last november. If so, where? I've got personal edition, but i want the full pro version
    MYOB, Apr 5, 2002
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  13. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    Pro isn't free because it contains some licensed software such as RealPlayer G2 & MP3 encoder. It might still be available in some stores, possibly with a bargain price. Also, you might want check out BeoS Developer's Edition. Are there specific reasons why PE isn't enough? You can create BFS partitions with its DriveSetup and copy the files there, bypassing that 500M limit.
    Actually, I have R4.5 and R5 Pro, originals, for sale :).
    Mictlantecuhtli, Apr 6, 2002
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  14. MYOB Newcomer, in training

    The only problem I have with PE is the boot disk. If I could use a boot loader, it would be fine. Real Player doesn't interest me, and I still have XP with its patched version of MP8 to encode MP3's
    MYOB, Apr 6, 2002
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  15. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces

    You can, if you do as I said earlier, ie. copy the files into a real BFS partition (and install BootMan or similar tool). As you might know, BeOS is installed simply by copying the files to another drive.
    Mictlantecuhtli, Apr 6, 2002
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  16. MYOB Newcomer, in training

    I remembered that as soon as i went offline, and i've done it. And my two Windows OS's are working too, so my triple boot is properly up and running. So now i casn get rid of my ancient Win95 machine
    MYOB, Apr 7, 2002
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