[openbeos] openBeOS
- From: "Nev Kent" <Nev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 09:36:14 +0800
Hi
I have been looking at openbeos for some time.
I am at best an amateur at this game but have a dislike of windows.
Do you know what software is available for openbeos as my understanding is
that Windows based software
won't run under openbeos eg Corel Draw, Excel and that sort of thing
Regards
Nev
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Czapla" <czapla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 3:29 PM
Subject: [openbeos] Re: openBeOS file permissions
> Hello, William
>
> Your mistaken impression that OpenBeOS runs (or will run) under Windows
may
> be attributable to your having read at some point about BeOS R5 Personal
> Edition, a version of the Be Operating System released by Be, Incorporated
> near the end of its corporate life.
>
> This version permitted the user to install the Be Operating System within
a
> single folder on a Windows hard disk partition. The installation routine
> created a shortcut icon on the Windows desktop to a Windows application
that
> would start BeOS.
>
> So you would boot into Windows as usual, and when you wanted to start BeOS
> you would double-click that shortcut icon. That would start up a Windows
> application whose first order of business was to shut down Windows and
> reboot the computer into the BeOS. Very slick.
>
> This version of the BeOS was distributed free of charge by Be,
Incorporated.
> It is still available for free download at BeBits at this address:
> http://www.bebits.com/app/2680
>
> Once you have installed BeOS R5 PE on your Windows partition, and have
> booted into BeOS (on some occasion), you may run the BeOS Installer
program
> for the purpose of creating a "proper" installation of the BeOS on a hard
> disk partition of its own. During this "proper" installation you will be
> given an opportunity to install (on the MBR) and configure the boot
manager
> program for BeOS, known as bootman. This will enable you to select and
boot
> into either Windows or BeOS (directly) at startup time.
>
> At BeBits you will also find a version of BeOS R5 PE that is intended to
be
> installed on an existing Linux partition, rather than a Windows partition.
> Perhaps you would prefer that. Either way, it's a great way to obtain and
> start using the BeOS now.
>
> If you find yourself hungering for basic instructions and tips and tricks
> for the BeOS, get yourself a copy of the BeOS Bible by Scot Hacker. This
> classic tome is indispensable. Look for it at Amazon.com, or better yet,
> search eBay using the string "BeOS Guide". You should be able to pick up a
> brand new copy on eBay from Half Price Computer Books (an eBay seller with
> numerous copies of the Bible in stock) for about $10.
>
> Welcome to the BeOS. I just made its acquaintance myself within the past
> year. Computing has never been more fun for me than it is since I found
> BeOS. And the future looks bright, too, given the steady progress that the
> OpenBeOS team is making toward eventual release of an open-source
> implementation of a BeOS-compatible operating system. Be sure to visit the
> project website at OpenBeOS.org, if you have not already done so.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Czeslaw Czapla
>
> "Pessimism of the intellect; optimism of the will."
> Antonio Gramsci
>
>
> "William Beckett" <wbeckett@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> DOS has only a parody of the classic Unix
> >> file and directory permission design. Under DOS
> >> any user can change the file/directory attributes
> >> without any regard to orginal ownership. I am
> >> aware that openBeOS runs under Windows,
> >> hence the reason for my question. Also the
> >> recent explosion of spyware, Xupiter and other such
> >> legally intrusive internet agents preying on
> >> Windows platforms is fast reaching the epidemic
> >> stage.
>
>
>
>
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