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BeOS Max Edition v3.0 Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the eternal-flame dept.

JigSaw writes "After Be went down, 2-3 "distros" of BeOS 5 PE (the free version of BeOS) were created and continued making releases by literally tweaking the internals, patching the kernel etc. in order to bring BeOS up to speed with new hardware. Additionally, these distros include lots of third party software. BeOS Max Edition is the most popular of the bunch, and version v3.0 came out today. The BFS ISO installs in its own BFS partition, however it requires a bit of attention in the way you have to burn it."

2 of 268 comments (clear)

  1. Aaah! My Eyes!! by tweder · · Score: 5, Informative

    Good Lord! There should seriously be a disclaimer attatched to the link to BeOS Max Edition website.

  2. BeOS AbiWord Port by uwog · · Score: 5, Informative

    Since I saw AbiWord already in the 3rd screenshot, I figured there might be some interest left for an AbiWord 2.x port for BeOS as well. If anyone is interested in such a port, he/she should stand up now and contact the AbiWord Developers Mailing List. If we find no active BeOS developers within the next 2 weeks, we'll drop the currently unmaintained and outdated BeOS port from our tree.