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BeOS For Linux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the making-things-pretty dept.

Bob Gortician writes "The BlueOS guys have posted a few screenshots of their progress in porting the BeOS interface to Linux. Note that this is an intermediary step toward a BeOS clone OS. " I actually had a Be machine for a while, and played with it - nice OS, and well thought out, just a problem of very little applications for it.

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  1. More information on BlueOS by Eugenia+Loli · · Score: 5, Informative

    Please go to BeNews and read the explanation for these two BlueOS screenshots. The second shot uses a "dummy" content for its windows.

    Also, click here to read the Interview with the BlueOS project leader at OSNews.

  2. Not so much applications as... by b0r0din · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Driver support. Had virtually no video or sound support, so everything was in grey and mute. I loved the interface, and it booted up as quick as can be, but there's only so much you want to do with no driver support. Why make an application when no one else has a machine it'll run nicely on?

  3. Fragmentation... by Cutriss · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not that the majority of Linux users care about the Mac, but the fact is that Mac OS X represents something I believe a whole bunch of Linux users should get behind if they want their OS to succeed - It's Linux with the useability that Joe Sixpack can handle. BeOS has its uses, but aside from the glory hack of porting its interface to Linux, I'm afraid that this can only serve to fragment the already small effort behind pushing Mac OS X as Linux's true way to combat Windows, because let's face it - Neither KDE nor Gnome are going to make my mother leave Windows anytime soon...

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  4. This should cause atleast two main benefits by BoxJockey · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The developing of a BeOS clone via this route may yield atleast the se two main benefits:
    * Linux and other *nix's will gain another easy to use, mature, comprehensive GUI.
    * BeOS will gain from more exposure and may get new development.

    This is a great way to continue this great product.

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  5. GUI without the GUTS by glenmark · · Score: 5, Informative

    While BeOS had a nice GUI, its read strength was its highly efficient threading model, which made the OS very effecient and responsive. The OS was especially adept at efficiently utilizing multiple CPUs.

    While it is certainly nice that Linux users will have the opportunity to benefit from a nice new GUI and API, the best part of the OS, alas, is being left behind...

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