I like this look man, really do. My question is though, is BeOS still avialable? Is it nice? Is it better then Windows, or at least headed in a better direction then Windows? How small is it? Didn't they go out of buisness?

Ok, more then one question, but I'm really curious. What about the apps we run with Windows, are they compatible? Could you run BeOS exclusively, and still use the apps we use now?

If all answers to these questions would be good answers, and mainly the ones I need to hear, I'de switch. I really would. If I wouldn't loose my app compatibility, that would be enough, maybe.

Good job though on the top, looks very nice.

The last real (Free) BeOS was BeOS 5 Personal. Shortly after it came out Be Inc. was terminated (taken over by Palm I think). It should be available still, somewhere.... just Google for it

There are a few groups continuing the BeOS (under a slightly different name) somewhat like it was a Linux distro. You'll have to Google for that too...

As for windows apps beeing compatible with the BeOS... forget it! There are still nice apps to be downloaded from several Be-related sites though. Going over all the way doesn't seem to be a problem (yet).

I would definately have BeOS running beside Windows 98SE, if only I could figure out a way to get it connected to the internet through my COM25 cablemodem. Chello doesn't support the BeOS.... silly people...
I've searched the Net high and low ... to no avail....

You can (offcourse) read more about the BeOS makeover here on VP.... in fact it would be right about here .

i like it, looks really goo, and i love the icont style of BeOS, great job iamabyte.

*Cough*Media-Left*cough*has*cough*Pro*cough*version*cough*of*cough*BeOS*cough*ISO*cough*can*cough*be*cough*made*cough*.... Wow. i must be comming down with somthing.

Thanks spyder, though I didn't have to do much about it. Just fired up two apps (beoswin and efx) and threw in a few icons.

Shamefully I forgot to get rid of the shortcut-arrows on the drive icons.

I posted it because I was stunned by the fact I needed so little to do this. I've been at it for months to make my desktop into a KDE one.

MediaLeft ..... shame on you ....

Staright from BeBits

BeOS 5 PE Max Edition is Based on BeOS 5 PE with a number of drivers, add-ons, Athlon XP Patch, software. It includes new development tools from the OpenBeOS team Web site, but you will also be able to select the old tools. And contains only freeware and shareware demos. All code it contains is legal under the MIT, GPL, or LGPL licenses.

You can find it here: http://www.bebits.com/app/3089

iamabyte, here's a link, i see you like BeOS a lot, you have some good icons there, but you will need iconshop and aladdin expander for this. let me know if you like those

Wow, lot's of info on this OS. Thanks guys for the replies, really helps me out. Yeah, I saw that Palm had bought them out, hated to see that too. Should definately be someone developeing the OS for maximum stability, compatibility, and so on.

I'll probably click that link, and download it anyway, regardless of compatibility issue. I'd really just like to see how it works.

Thanks guys once again.

Spyder: Thank you very much for the link .... the icons are great !
I'm not to thrilled about the stuffit expander though ... but it'll be worth the install...

Sryo: Thanks also for the link. I may give BeOS another try yet...

iamabyte : no problem , and trust it's worth having those icons , fantastic style , and if you need info on aladin expander, look here at VP, plenty of info. ah good old plastic, he's great

BeOS 5 PE:
http://www.bebits.com/app/2680
BeOS 5 Developer Edition:
http://504.gravity24hr.com/
BeOS Max Edition:
http://www.bebits.com/app/3089
BeOS 5.1d0 aka Dano - this link hasn't been working.
http://snotling.free.fr/
Heres a live link for Dano:
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=fr_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgrifdrag.free.fr%2FBeOS%2Fdano_51d0.zip
I still have BeOS icons. They are in ico format in a zipped file.

Thanks for the links theelf. That will tie everybody over for the next few months or so

If the BeOS icons you have are the standard ones chances are I already have them.

Still.... you never know so please throw them this way... (my email is in my profile)

The icons are on their way. All BeOS icons are in tga format and can be converted to ico with IrfanView although if I remember correctly the transparent areas will come out being white. I see from the screenshot that you live in the Netherlands which has more BeOS users than anywhere else on earth.

I didn't know we had the most BeOS users in the world. Glad to be BIG in something....

Thanks for the icons theelf... most of them work properly.. the rest I will convert later. Its a nice collection to have.

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