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X11 on BeOS?

Posted by Cliff on from the now-that-would-be-neat dept.

ilkahn asks: "I have started playing around with BeOS and I think it is an amazing client OS, with amazing speed, and great usability. I would be very interested in migrating some of the boxes I have to BeOS on the client side, however there is one major roadblock standing in my way. Most of the applications that I use on a day-to-day basis require an X server for their display, and I have found no way to display X applications inside of Be. Does anyone know of any X servers or any way of displaying X apps in Be?"

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  1. BeWine resources by Patrix · · Score: 3

    If you search for BeWine, you will find a port of X11R6.3 and X11R6.4 for BeOS (bewine.loungenet.net or something like that).

    You can also check out GeekGadges, at http://www.ninemoons.com - I think they're the ones porting X...

    Also look on bebits.com, they're the 'freshmeat.net' of the BeOS world :)

    Cheers,
    Patrix.

  2. BeWINE by Enoch · · Score: 3

    The project that is trying to get WINE running on BeOS has, I believe, gotten X running. You can check out their web site here.

    Jeremy

  3. Here's how by gabbarsingh · · Score: 3

    Grab the package from here. It will be installed by Software Valet and it will change the .profile. From a new terminal fire the command "Xbeos -ac". It would start the xserver and take up the whole screen and the BeOS desktop is no longer viewable. Alt-F[1-12] for a different workspace. Start another terminal and do an "fvwm &" and an "xterm &". Now Alt-F[1-12] to the xserver workspace and voila! the xterm is there alright. Telnet into your linux machines and export any displays, including netscape, gnorpm etc. over - welcome to BeOS!