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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. poor web server by jpostel · · Score: 0, Redundant

    everytime anyone links to atheos, the server is crushed. i could not even see the lovely ascii parrots the last time the site got slashdotted.

    ;ob

    mmmm...BeOS

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    Ummm, Jon, aren't you supposed to be dead...? - Otter(3800)
    1. Re:poor web server by jpostel · · Score: 0, Redundant

      how lame of me. i respond to my own post.

      i was moderated down as redundant for a joke that i posted because someone else made the same joke later.

      i was moderated down as redundant for a joke that i posted because someone else made the same joke later.

      now that was redundant. moderate for the fun, not for the money. can't we all just get along.

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      Ummm, Jon, aren't you supposed to be dead...? - Otter(3800)
  2. Ideal applications by Flavio · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Who would you recommend Atheos to?

    In other words, where could Atheos be a better choice than other open source OSs?

    Thanks!

    Flavio