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Operating Systems => Not Quite Mainstream OSes => Topic started by: mobrien_12 on 4 April 2005, 05:46

Title: Here Comes Zeta
Post by: mobrien_12 on 4 April 2005, 05:46

http://slashdot.org/articles/05/04/03/0433256.shtml?tid=190&tid=87

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"BeOS, the operating system that could have been the foundation for Mac OS X, but almost died, instead has returned as Zeta OS -- which is supposed to be fast, stable, media centric and boot within 15 seconds. Zeta is being released by yellowTAB of Germany and has applications such as an office suite and the Firefox browser bundled with it. Most BeOS applications will also run as-is. Screenshots are available." According to the NewsForge story linked there, the release could be as soon as next month.

Title: Re: Here Comes Zeta
Post by: Refalm on 4 April 2005, 14:07

I've been covering Zeta for over two years or so, it's awesome that they have a final version now.

Title: Re: Here Comes Zeta
Post by: Kintaro on 29 April 2005, 04:21

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Yep its coming to me right now.

Title: Re: Here Comes Zeta
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 29 April 2005, 10:24

What's the main difference between Zeta and BeOS?

Do they have the same kernel?

Title: Re: Here Comes Zeta
Post by: Laukev7 on 30 April 2005, 23:08

Zeta is based on the source code of BeOS 5.1 beta, also known as Dano, which was never finished.

Title: Re: Here Comes Zeta
Post by: toadlife on 1 May 2005, 09:15

Has anyone here tried this new version? Ie heard of BeOS back befoer Be went under, but never actually saw or tried it.

Title: Re: Here Comes Zeta
Post by: liquid boy on 20 May 2005, 14:35

if you would like to try beos, goto bebits.com and do a search for beos max (or beosmax.org)
or go to phosphuros.tk (based on 5.1, like zeta is, but maybe not the most legal thing in the world... *cough* grey area *cough*