The Be Lives!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday November 25, 2002 @10:30AM from the might-be-a-strong-word dept.

An anonymous reader submits: "As reported on the OS News: BeOS 5 PE Max Edition is based on the original BeOS 5 PE with an additional number of drivers, add-ons, AthlonXP/Pentium4 patches and more software. It includes new development tools from the OpenBeOS team but you will also be able to select the old tools. This is an ideal way to install BeOS 5 off a bootable CD image, for all those who wanted to try out BeOS but they were unable to do so because of the bugs/drivers and patches BeOS 5 PE needs to have applied into it before it successfully run on or support most modern PCs. BeBits has an overview of the files included in the package, and downloads for the Be Max in parts or as a whole (all 213MB). Enjoy!"

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Re:RADEON by questionlp · 2002-11-25 11:37 · Score: 5, Informative

According to http://www.bebits.com/app/3148, in the first half of the "Graphics" section:
Graphics Driver for ATI Radeon (updated in Max Edition V2.1)
Re:Tying two stories together... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-11-25 13:55 · Score: 4, Informative

Palm has their paws on the source. But they didn't make the changes. The changes were made either by editing the binaries (adding support for Athlons), producing new code (development tools), or editing what little source was released by Be, Inc. (the GUI file manager).
Palm is planning on using Be-style technology in an upcoming update to PalmOS, according to The Register. I believe a lot of Be's old workers work for Palm now.