[openbeos] Re: Lookin for love in all the wrong places.
- From: DarkWyrm <bpmagic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 16:41:09 -0500
>Hello all,
>
>First off I must say I am very excited at the prospect of seeing my favorite
>OS here with new life, never to be taken from me again.
>
>How can I access the code, test my hardware, play with the drivers.. try
>porting my favorite unix apps, database, etc.?
>
>Just reading the threads it seems that people are doing something, I just
>can't figure out what or how. Is there a CVS system out there? Is everyone
>doing the work in BeOS itself?
The CVS tree can be accessed via Sourceforge - http://www.sourceforge.net/
projects/open-beos/
>There is a lot of things being discussed here like multi-monitor support,
>but can I boot the thing and ping another machine on the lan? What will
>obeos use? Gcc?
GCC. 3.0 is for later. We're using the current version with R5, which I think
is 2.95.
>I have read the FAQ on the website and I am not seeing anything that really
>answer the question of 'how do I get rocking and rolling' and figure out
>what exactly it is I would be able to do to really help.
Anything, really, but it depends on your skills. We have need for both
technical and non-tech people. Also, what would you _want_ to work on?
--DarkWyrm
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