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Ask AtheOS Creator Kurt Skauen About His Creature

Posted by timothy on from the no-x-no-worries dept.

Developer Kurt Skauen, programming for fun, ended up answering the frequent cries to write a graphical Free OS not tied to the X Window system by doing just that. His AtheOS has been mentioned here a few times before -- it's a Free (as in GPL) Operating System for Intel-and-compatible CPUs with an integrated GUI, a tendency toward POSIX, and more than a hint of BeOS. There are quite a few sites with more information about AtheOS, but you may have trouble just getting past the beautiful screenshots and nearly as beautiful AtheOS FAQ. (There are also ASCII parrots.) Ask Kurt about the past, present, and future of AtheOS here (ask as many questions as you'd like, but please only one per post) and we'll forward the best ones to Kurt for his answers.

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  1. cached! by pjgunst · · Score: 2, Funny

    Never complain about a site being slashdotted as long as we have google...

    Atheos homepage

    the FAQ

    Atheos links

    Screenshots are here

    the parrots

  2. Are you happy ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    about not having some bearded weirdo running after you, crying: 'It's GNU/Atheos, it's GNU/Atheos!'?

    b.