[openbeos] Re: Lookin for love in all the wrong places.
- From: "Michael Phipps" <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:09:24 -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.
Us, too!
>How can I access the code, test my hardware, play with the drivers.. try
>porting my favorite unix apps, database, etc.?
The code is visible from the sourceforge project page.
Understand, though, that the project is barely at the toddler stage.
>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?
Yes. Everyone except, maybe, the kernel team.
>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?
Not even close.
>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.
What would you like to do?
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