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GIMP, Civ:CTP, and low-cost box Coming to BeOS

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the porting-fun dept.

In a frenzy of porting, Be.com has unveiled that both the GIMP and Civilization:Call to Power will be ported to BeOS. With the news of a new low cost Be system, I'm gonna have to look closely at getting one. Update: 06/22 11:14 by J : flaggz writes "We've posted a screenshot of the GIMP toolbox for BeOS. "

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  1. Re:How did they do it? by flaggz · · Score: 3

    It has long been a goal to modularize the UI in GIMP for purposes of portability and server functionality. We are doing the port as a 100% BeOS interface kit application. Porting GTK+ to BeOS would be useful, but we thought GIMP wouldn't really be a first-class Be application in a non-native toolkit.

    James
    EventLoop

  2. Screenshot of GIMP on BeOS by flaggz · · Score: 3

    Hey folks, we've added a bit of content to our web pages. There's a preliminary screenshot of the main GIMP toolbox here.


    James
    EventLoop
  3. Concern... by clump · · Score: 3

    I had some conern about Be. I am a converted-to-Linux WinSheep and I felt that another OS might overshadow Linux and my platform would be forgotton. Small wonder that when I saw things along the lines of more people supporting Be, I was concerned.

    Then I got to thinking. What was the whole reason I decided for Linux as opposed to Win32? I wanted an OS that:
    1.) Played Quake

    2.) Was stable

    3.) Was customizable

    4.) Did what I wanted it to do.


    So now came this BeOS as an alternative to Win32 and, of course, my Linux. I felt this was bad and all people porting to it would ruin my way of computing. Then I began thinking a bit more..

    The development to other platforms is not *bad*. Lets say Be does shadow Linux and can do things Linux cannot. I feel that competition in this instance will be good for everyone, even if Be isn't free. If it does some neat feature, some Linux people might like it and support/emulate it. If Be raises the bar in technology, well... they raised the bar and now the world has more technology and Joe user has another choice. I feel that choice is much more important than my sentiment for Linux.

    Just thought you would like to hear what a Linux user thinks.
    -Clump