anyone running BeOS?

[nabeels786]

how is it? how much space does it use?

When i get my new comp, i'm going to install 2k/mandrake/beos on here to play around with.

[filburt1]

I ran the personal edition once, I think it was 5.

It was a really cool and Unix-esque OS, I love the fake taskbar thing they made :) Be aware that BeOS is dead though and there's no official support for it anymore.

[nabeels786]

oh there isnt?

i want that interface, i went to work yesterday and saw a computer running it. it looked so cool.

how is freebsd?

[JungleMan]

I used the Personal Edition once. Even when Be was still in business, this sucker had less support than Linux.

A multimedia OS with no available shockwave plugin, no 1394 support, or support for major MP3 players, etc?? give me a break...:rolleyes:

[nabeels786]

lol, i guess i wont run it then..

[sail3005]

it's a good OS, about the only thing i could do in it though is run a notepad because it didn't support my NIC card. i have heard that it is very stable, but i guess that doesn't really matter, since Be's future, well, doesn't exist.

[Tryst]

BEOS was good but lack of support kiled it. It did have MP3 support but required a seperate program to do it. Unlike Microsoft, it did not have everything installed as standard. If you won't ever play music or video on your PC, why have support built in and taking up resources?

I used it in the early days and found it very fast and took up very little resources. The applications that were made for it left a lot to be desired but again, it was early days and nobody put very much effort into user friendly applications. Had it got the support it deserved, there would have been a lot more interrfaces that resembled the ones we see regularly in Windows.

[zmerlinz]

there is something similar that i have used and that is very cool to use it is called QNX, has anyone heard of it, well you can find info at www.qnx.com

[i00]

i use beos ..

the pe is 500mb (virtual partition) (the full can take less if u decide 2 place it in an existing partiton), and u can shove apps in the virtual partition aswell
..it does have built in mp3 support and u can download a shockwave plugin 4 it

The Good:
Imposible 2 crash
great compatiablity (few drivers required)
totally pnp (if u dissable u're floppy in the bios beos will still detect it)
virtual partition options
runs div X better (when u download the plugin)

The Bad
Lacked support

[zmerlinz]

Originally posted by i00
The Good:
Imposible 2 crash


Nothing is impossible to crash !!

[Tryst]

I have managed to crash BeOS a few times. It is difficult but can be done.

[Sastraxi]

New computer nabeels?!??!

You are one lucky guy, getting Athlon XP/GF4 Ti and a NEW computer?

:(

[nabeels786]

already got it, like a month and a half ago

my sister got my 733, im running mandrake on my 300

athlon xp 1700 o/c to 1900, gf 4 ti4400 o/c to around ti4600 speeds :D