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Answer» I played with BeOS once or twice several YEARS ago. Apparently the creator sold his soul to Palm and dumped the OS going open source. Have not tried it but think the latest version (R5) is available here...R5 is actually BeOS's child os, Haiku. I'm talking about the original os. I think it was R3. Haiku is still under development.never heard of this OS... google here i comeQuote from: unlovedwarrior on May 30, 2007, 08:11:05 AM never heard of this OS... google here i comehttp://haiku-os.org/ is the WEBSITE for it's child If you figure out how to make a BeOS CD, let me know... I've been playing around with beos. (Finally figured out what I was doing wrong to install it) It's actually a pretty cool operating system. Extremely light-weight and boot fast. I timed it on my computer (1.2ghz cpu & 256mb ram) and it took less than 30 seconds, from the moment you push the power button, to the time you actually have a usable system. Windows XP takes somewhere around 1 minute and linux takes about 2.5 minutes. BeOS comes bundled with just about everything you would need for an os. It has about a dozen games, document processing, software development, web server, a few cool screensavers, image manipulation and effects, video editor (haven't used it yet), 3d modeler, media player for audio and video. BeOS can be networked with other computers, but I haven't figured out how, and since I don't have internet at home, I haven't researched it at all. With that said, I haven't attempted to connect to the internet either, although it should be possible and maybe even very simple. The gui is very simple and easy to understand. I bet even my grandma could figure it out in a few minutes. There's also plenty of programs you can download from bebits.com if you aren't happy with the pre-installed stuff. Here's the links to the os downloads: http://www.bebits.com/app/2680 http://www.beosmaxfiles.org/ |
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