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alberth 4 hours ago [-]
I recall dual booting BeOS circa 1999/2000, on my 486dx2-66.
It was shockingly performant, especially with anything graphical.
The difficulty was no apps.
Brings back fond memories, nonetheless.
majorchord 3 hours ago [-]
I'm fairly certain that BeOS never supported the 486
cosmic_cheese 3 hours ago [-]
It was ridiculously fast on my family’s Dimension 4100 tower, which had a 750Mhz PIII in it. The 98SE install that machine shipped with was glacial in comparison, and though Win2K shrunken the gap dramatically it still wasn’t as fast as BeOS.
I was able to find a decent number of apps on BeBits but a lot of stuff was missing.
4 hours ago [-]
multiplegeorges 4 hours ago [-]
It had a decent number of apps, I drove it as my primary OS for a while.
Ended up using Linux, but it was a great OS for its time.
YVoyiatzis 3 hours ago [-]
If only for the UI. Back then, all bring white and beige and Windows blue screenofdesthblye. Be OS was pure joy, if only to play around with. Many third-party developers (remember sharewsre) took s liking to the Be aesthetic and ran away with it.
hexapus 3 hours ago [-]
I really do need to play with Haiku more.
mlmonkey 5 hours ago [-]
"Be" .... now that's a blast from the past! :-D
ranger_danger 4 hours ago [-]
Now just combine it with Cosmoe[1] so you can run it from Linux too.
It was shockingly performant, especially with anything graphical.
The difficulty was no apps.
Brings back fond memories, nonetheless.
I was able to find a decent number of apps on BeBits but a lot of stuff was missing.
Ended up using Linux, but it was a great OS for its time.
[1] https://pappp.net/?p=95060