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An operating system too cool to be allowed to survive.
Completely dead, with all links I had collected being confirmed-abandoned.
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Haiku is the only live an open source effort I know of.
Dead revivals ∞
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[Zeta] – New Generation BeOS Solutions — The commercial re-release of BeOS. Was
BeOS NG(New Generation)- yellowtab.com died on 2006-11-24. The company started insolvency procedures 8 months earlier.
- At some point it was redirecting to
www.zeta-os.combut that’s German. – (2017-01-02 it’s dead) - As of 2017-01-02 it redirects to
zeta.giga.dewhich is German.
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- A BeOS-inspired operating system powered by a Linux kernel. — BeOS apps require a recompile to work here.
- 2017-01-02 – Not updated since 2003-06-26
- 2020-07-02 – Officially abandoned
- See http://blueeyedos.com/index-old.html
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- A desktop operating system based on the Linux kernel and the GNU system. This project provides also an object-oriented application framework and a desktop environment, inspired by the original BeOS application programming interface, created by Be, Inc.
- Last updated 2014-10-04
- befree.berlios.de is dead
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cosmoe.com
- A new user interface that runs on top of the Linux operating system (and soon others). Cosmoe implements a powerful but easy-to-use high-level C++ API that is quite similar to BeOS. In fact, many BeOS programs can be recompiled to run on Cosmoe with little or no changes!
- As of 2009-03 it hasn’t had a blog update since 2004-12.
- As of 2017-01-02 it’s dead.
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dev.zebuntu.com — Zenuntu was a beos compatibility layer built on Ubuntu.
Ancient notes ∞
These must be really really old…
- My woes may be solved by making the cdrom a ‘master’
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Also turn off “plug and play OS” in the CMOS.
BeOS Resources ∞
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https://web.archive.org/web/20120105104805/http://www.beunited.org/
- 2007-01-04 – Abandoned
BeOS Links ∞
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110406030532/http://directory.google.com:80/Top/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Microkernel/BeOS/
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https://web.archive.org/web/20150203173038/http://bebits.com/links
Unsorted Links ∞
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https://web.archive.org/web/20040615001146/http://www.lebuzz.com/
- The latest BUZZ About BeOS Audio
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https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154345/http://beosmax.org/main.php
- Another BeOS distribution
- BeOSMax Forum
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https://web.archive.org/web/20040606083644/http://software.beosmax.org:80/softmain.php
- Software reviewed for BeOSMax
- 2004-03-25 – Nothing to see really
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https://web.archive.org/web/20060511200924/http://www.beosmax.org/screenshots/vpc2004/vpc2004.htm
- BeOS 5 PE Max Edition V3 inside Microsoft Virtual PC 2004

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