hi

"mr.art" wrote:
> 
> Hi. I haven't run into anyone yet (except you)
> that is running beos. Could you tell me what it
> is like, how things are going, and stuff like that?
> I like to investigate new/different os's.
> Mr. Art
> 
> gimi wrote:

first, you should reply to people
personally (by email) if you have
personal (and off-topic) questions.

your problem just reached me and
completely by accident - i do not
even regularly browse these groups.

now for your question. i cant go
into details of course, but heres
what i think.

it looks like other os' do, but
has funny window titles that only
are as wide as they need to be. :)

things are going extremely well,
it has never crashed; i only had
to shoot some apps, but this was
no problem for the system.

the only prob is that there is
absolutely no commercial support
for this wonderful thing. pity.

some cool demos, several beta-
versions and thats it.

i guess the point is that this
os was released way to late. had
they made some more noise about
it before the linux rush began,
they would have had a good
position.

so, whats my opinion? i love it.
but then.. no games (well, there
is quake ;) , no drivers (aargh,
i crave for directB :B ) and not
a single software title availabe
in stores (at least not around
here. :(

youll have to decide for yourself,
whether this is worth 100 bucks.

if you dont absolutely need it
you should imho go for linux, its
cheaper and does the same.

btw, installation is simple, but
any win9x installation after this
will overwrite beos' boot manager
	:O~* [puke]

all right, thats all i can say;
you can go to be.com and related
sites to learn more. they also
have other sites showing links
to downloadable software.


gimi

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