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BeOS is a high performance desktop operating system made by Be that runs on Motorola/IBM PowerPC and Intel/Cyrix/AMD Pentium.
Intended purpose
server/mainframe: Only low end servers can run on this operating system.
desktop/workstation: general desktop and content creation workstations
handheld: not appropriate
real time: not appropriate
Kind of OS: proprietarye66
“BeOS is not a properitary unix! Its completly new!!!! Nothing is coming from unix, not the kernel, etc. NOTHING! It’s only posix compliant! Nothing more.” —Marco Schmoeckere66
Current Version: Release 4
Hardware Supported: IBM/Motorola PowerPCw14, Intel/Cyrix/AMD Pentiumw14
Kernel: proprietarye81
“BeOS’ kernel is ‘prioprietary’. It uses its own kernel (small but not really micro-kernel because it includes the file system and a few other things).” —Hubert Figuièree81
Text Command Shell: standard UNIX shells (default shell is bash)
Graphic Command Shell: Trackere80
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screen shot courtesy of Pat Gunn’s Operating Systemsw57
Other:
“It may have a few flaws, but I have yet to see any OS get the performance out of that cheap $60 video card that Be gets. It has, by far, the smoothest, most responsive UI I’ve seen yet. Designed to be a media editing machine, once it gets some real hardware support, it’ll hit its intended mark well.” —Arthur Corlisse78
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http://www.BeForever.com/ News
http://www.BeosCentral.com/ News
http://www.os2ezine.com/v3n13/wright.htm Article: “A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing in a Den of Lions, Part 1”
http://www.planbe.com/ Links and BeOS Webring
http://www.mindwork.de/ Distrubtion of BeOS and Development of BeOSApps
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The BeOs Bible; by Scot Hacker, Chris Herborth, Henry Bortman; Peachpit Press; December 1998; ISBN 0201353776; paperback; 650 pages; $27.99
Be Developer’s Guide (Book 1); by the Be Development Team; O’Reilly & Associates; December 1997; ISBN 1565922875; paperback (with CD-ROM); 950 pages; $39.96
BeOS: Porting Unix Applications; by Martin C. Brown; Morgan Kaufman Publishers; June 1998; ISBN 1558605320; paperback; 500 pages; $44.95
Inside the BeOS; Modern File System Design; by Be Inc. Dominique Giampaolo; Morgan Kaufmann Publishers; October 1998; ISBN 1558604979; paperback; 250 pages; $27.96
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Created: June 22, 1998
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