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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. Feline Poop? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Bite me LambdaMOOers!

  2. last by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    faust proust

  3. My question by SpanishInquisition · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Are you scared of religious groups attacking your OS because they believe it's an atheist one?

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    Je t'aime Stéphanie
  4. My question is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?

    I would like to dedicate this question to Natalie Portman, naked and petrified, and hot grits poured down pants. Thank you.

    1. Re:My question is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Ahh!
      It's nice to see that the old ways of petrified, barely legal girls and the pouring of hot grits down one's pants is still not forgotten.
      Keep up the trolling, Anonymous Coward

  5. ahhh, last night by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    while I was in bed jerking off to the sounds of slashdot.mp3 I heard a voice in the distance, the sound of Natalie Portman's voice rang true. The silhouette of her tender curves, caressing the plasma screen with her gentle fingertips...

    then I slammed my cock into Ass ! Fcuked ya Bitch!

    Stamped DeCSS code on her ass for good measure !

    Natalie Pr0tman has a sweet ass that I like to fuck!

  6. Re:poor web server by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    here's an ASCII parrot for ya, bub...

    _
    <O)
    (\\
    X
    8===D

  7. Re:poor web server by jpostel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    thank you, kind AC. no one knows my pain of not having ascii parrots.

    ;oD

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    Ummm, Jon, aren't you supposed to be dead...? - Otter(3800)
  8. Another great OS with cool screen shots by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    AnuOS features a very simple, easy to use interface and familiar metaphors to most Slashdot users (especially CmndrTaco). Check out these two screen shots (Login Screen, User Profile). It's a quick download, and I recommend everyone try it out if AtheOS just isn't right for you (which it probably isn't because it's not Linux, right).

  9. Re:I love to... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Haha! Way to go!
    Fuck the crappy POS known as "slashcode"!
    And by the way: when the hell is slashcode going to be released as open source?