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BeOS-Inspired Haiku Making Progress On ARM, Various Kernel Improvements
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Originally posted by Vistaus View Post
Now if only there was something like an X server implementation for Haiku like there is for e.g. AmigaOS 4, then I'd switch to Haiku full-time because there two X-dependent apps I can't live without.
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Originally posted by edwaleni View PostI wonder if Haiku will bring along any of its BeOS Power platform roots?
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Originally posted by edwaleni View PostThe original BeBox with BeOS was a dual socket Power 603-66 and they showed a 4 socket model privately. (it was later ported to the PowerMac)
I bought the last version of BeOS for x86 and ran it on a quad-CPU Pentium Pro. It was awesome, for the time - the most responsive multitasking experience I ever had, 'till then. IIRC, it had a bash shell and could even mount my ext2 filesystems.
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Originally posted by coder View PostI saw one of their original demos, on that hardware.
I bought the last version of BeOS for x86 and ran it on a quad-CPU Pentium Pro. It was awesome, for the time - the most responsive multitasking experience I ever had, 'till then. IIRC, it had a bash shell and could even mount my ext2 filesystems.
I agree on the responsive desktop. But I have lost all of those custom "BeBits" I acquired during its life. There was a somewhat healthy dev community out there creating cool widgets. That is another thing I miss about it.
It never reached a level that Linux enjoys today but many were very functional.
There is still a story about Virtual PC after they were bought by MSFT. MSFT was bragging about how *Any* x86 OS could boot inside VPC. Someone asked "what about BeOS?" At the time it couldn't. After many months of testing they still couldn't.
The new VPC product manager said some unkind words about it.
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Originally posted by coder View PostApple built a rackmount Mac server, like 10 years ago. I don't think they ever followed it up, though.
But again: no one really uses it.
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Originally posted by Vistaus View PostmacOS Server is still available and being worked on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_Server
But again: no one really uses it.
And I would guess the main users of the server software are inside Apple. For things like corporate file servers, their cloud services, etc.
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