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OK *nix heads, what should I do?
TheCruelOne:
you can boot from an external drive only if the BIOS supports it. Most newer BIOS do.
insomnia:
quote:Originally posted by Darth Jimmy James:
and I heartily stand by my suggestion: Be OS
http://www.beosmax.org
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BeOS is not supported enough, powerless, and has no future.
Stick with Linux(or freeBSD).
http://www.linuxiso.org
Laukev7:
quote: BeOS is not supported enough, powerless, and has no future.
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How much hardware support will you ever need on an old crap-box Wintel?
Powerless? Have you even used BeOS? It has unix-style command line (sh), like Linux and FreeBSD. It's very stable, like other unices. It was Apple's first choice to be used for their OS X, before they decided to use OpenStep instead. It boots in a few seconds, unlike Linux. It has an easy, way better windowing interface than that old, clunky X11 piece of shit. And yes, you can even install X11 on BeOS, and with only a few mouse clicks.
No future? Ever heard of YellowTab, OpenBeOS, Blue Eyed OS?
Still, if you want to make a server, then FreeBSD is an excellent choice.
slave:
I have several questions about Be OS.
1. Is there a completely free (as in GPL/BSD license) version of it that works as well as the proprietary version?
2. How many devices does it support? More or less than Linux? Would it work on my laptop? (Toshiba Satellite, DVD/CDRW combo drive, Nvidia geforce 4 go, ACPI power management)
3. What is it based on? Unix? Some type of BSD? Something else?
4. The only screenshots I've seen of Be OS look downright ugly to me. Around the same quality that KDE version 1.0 looked. Has this improved, and where can I see some better screenshots?
5. How many people are developing it? More or less than Linux or FreeBSD?
6. What kind of software management system does it use? Can I install and use apt for it?
7. What exactly makes it easier to use than, say, Fedora/Red Hat Linux or SuSE?
Laukev7:
quote: 1. Is there a completely free (as in GPL/BSD license) version of it that works as well as the proprietary version?
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There's OpenBeOS and BlueEyedOS, but they're not ready yet.
quote: 2. How many devices does it support? More or less than Linux? Would it work on my laptop? (Toshiba Satellite, DVD/CDRW combo drive, Nvidia geforce 4 go, ACPI power management)
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Yup.
http://www.bedrivers.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5
B&W with the default driver. But usable nvidia 4 drivers are in development, and available.
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/be-hold/BeOS/NVdriver/index.html
quote: 3. What is it based on? Unix? Some type of BSD? Something else?
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It resembles UNIX, and shares many of its features, but BeOS is an OS of its own.
quote: 4. The only screenshots I've seen of Be OS look downright ugly to me. Around the same quality that KDE version 1.0 looked. Has this improved, and where can I see some better screenshots?
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YellowTab from Zeta has the most updated BeOS interface you'll find.
Older versions are rather plain, though, so you may want to theme it if you want a non-commercial version.
quote: 5. How many people are developing it? More or less than Linux or FreeBSD?
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I can't tell how many, but they are quite a few.
quote: 6. What kind of software management system does it use?
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Drag. Or .pkg files.
quote: Can I install and use apt for it?
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Trust me, you won't need it. You can compile it from source, but there would be little point in doing so, as the native BeOS packages do not support apt.
quote: 7. What exactly makes it easier to use than, say, Fedora/Red Hat Linux or SuSE?
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See above. Also, it is, like the Mac OS, a spatial environment, rather than a centralised one. It's hard to explain, so you may want to refer to my posts in this thread.
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[ October 20, 2003: Message edited by: Laukev7: Has half Macman's posts ]
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