retrocomputing @lemmy.sdf.org d3Xt3r @lemmy.nz 9 mo. ago

A quick look back at BeOS, the PC operating system that tried to challenge Windows and Mac

www.neowin.net A quick look back at BeOS, the PC operating system that tried to challenge Windows and Mac

In 1995, another PC operating system launched its first version around the same time as Windows 95 was released. It was called BeOS, and it tried to become an alternative to Windows and Mac.

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I still have it installed (Haiku, actually) on a small 32-bit laptop that I boot occasionally just to marvel at how awesome it is.

A port to Arm or Risc V would be great, it seems like a natural match to small SBCs.
- Well, if you want "compile something unstable yourself," here is their official documentation for ARM64.
  
  And here is someone's progress report on porting to RISC-V. They seem to have started in 2021, so maybe they were successful.
  
  I read somewhere that the project is really hurting due to the original programmers having little to no time to devote to it, so I'm not expecting to run it on a Raspberry Pi anytime soon.
  
  I wish I could help, but I'm no programmer.
  
  That doesn't surprise me. I have Haiku running in a VM, but haven't looked at it in 2 years, despite the fact I used BeOS as a daily driver back in the day.

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