[openbeos] Re: Open BeOS
- From: Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 12:29:06 -0400 (EDT)
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003, Imre Leber wrote:
>
> > If NewOS/BeOS kernel is self contained and POSIX complaint I see no
> > reason not to try it with GNU. After all, other kernels work well with
> > GNU (Linux, Hurd and NetBSD spring to mind). If NewOS/BeOS kernel has a
> > modern design, is efficient and complete I expect it could be slotted
> > into a GNU system. If it is better than the competition it could become
> > a popular alternative too.
> >
> But we don't want for OBOS to be a replacement for linux, linux is a
> command line operating system (with some very basic graphics support).
>
> BeOS wants to be a *real* desktop operating system and for that we can
> hardly use any of the command line GNU tools.
Excuse me, but aren't all/most of the command line tools that shipped with
R5 GNU?
Adam
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