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href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B3" title="بی اواس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بی اواس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS_(sistem_operasi)" title="BeOS (sistem operasi) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="BeOS (sistem operasi)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeOS" title="BeOS – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="BeOS" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li 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href="/wiki/Programmer" title="Programmer">Developer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Be_Inc." title="Be Inc.">Be Inc.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Programming_language" title="Programming language">Written in</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Working state</th><td class="infobox-data">Discontinued</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Source model</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th><td class="infobox-data">October 3, 1995<span class="noprint">; 29 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1995-10-03</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Latest release</a></th><td class="infobox-data">R5.0.3 / May 26, 2000<span class="noprint">; 24 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2000-05-26</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data">English, Japanese</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Platforms</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/IA-32" title="IA-32">IA-32</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/PowerPC" title="PowerPC">PowerPC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Kernel_(operating_system)" title="Kernel (operating system)">Kernel</a> type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Monolithic_kernel" title="Monolithic kernel">Monolithic kernel</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110804175137/http://www.beincorporated.com/">beincorporated.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>BeOS</b> is a discontinued <a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating system</a> for <a href="/wiki/Personal_computer" title="Personal computer">personal computers</a> that was developed by <a href="/wiki/Be_Inc." title="Be Inc.">Be Inc.</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was conceived for the company's <a href="/wiki/BeBox" title="BeBox">BeBox</a> personal computer which was released in 1995. BeOS was designed for <a href="/wiki/Computer_multitasking" title="Computer multitasking">multitasking</a>, <a href="/wiki/Multithreading_(computer_architecture)" title="Multithreading (computer architecture)">multithreading</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Graphical_user_interface" title="Graphical user interface">graphical user interface</a>. The OS was later sold to <a href="/wiki/OEMs" class="mw-redirect" title="OEMs">OEMs</a>, retail, and directly to users; its last version was released as <a href="/wiki/Freeware" title="Freeware">freeware</a>. </p><p>Early BeOS releases are for <a href="/wiki/PowerPC" title="PowerPC">PowerPC</a>. It was ported to <a href="/wiki/Macintosh" class="mw-redirect" title="Macintosh">Macintosh</a> and then <a href="/wiki/X86" title="X86">x86</a>. Be was ultimately unable to achieve a significant market share and ended development with dwindling finances, so <a href="/wiki/Palm,_Inc." title="Palm, Inc.">Palm</a> acquired the BeOS assets in 2001. Enthusiasts have since created derivate operating systems including <a href="/wiki/Haiku_(operating_system)" title="Haiku (operating system)">Haiku</a>, which will retain BeOS 5 compatibility as of Release R1. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BeOS&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>BeOS is the product of <a href="/wiki/Apple_Computer" class="mw-redirect" title="Apple Computer">Apple Computer</a>'s former business executive <a href="/wiki/Jean-Louis_Gass%C3%A9e" title="Jean-Louis Gassée">Jean-Louis Gassée</a>, with the underlying philosophy of building a "media OS" capable of up-and-coming digital media<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and multi-processors. Development began in the early 1990s, initially designed to run on <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Hobbit" title="AT&T Hobbit">AT&T Hobbit</a>-based hardware before being modified to run on <a href="/wiki/PowerPC" title="PowerPC">PowerPC</a>-based processors: first Be's own <a href="/wiki/BeBox" title="BeBox">BeBox</a> system, and later Apple Computer's <a href="/wiki/PowerPC_Reference_Platform" title="PowerPC Reference Platform">PowerPC Reference Platform</a> and <a href="/wiki/Common_Hardware_Reference_Platform" title="Common Hardware Reference Platform">Common Hardware Reference Platform</a>, with the hope that Apple would purchase or license BeOS as a replacement for its aging <a href="/wiki/Classic_Mac_OS" title="Classic Mac OS">Mac OS</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first version of BeOS shipped with the BeBox to a limited number of developers in October 1995. It supported analog and digital audio and <a href="/wiki/MIDI" title="MIDI">MIDI</a> streams, multiple video sources, and 3D computation.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Developer Release 6 (DR6) was the first officially available version. </p><p>The BeOS Developer Release 7 (DR7) was released in April 1996. This includes full 32-bit color graphics, "workspaces" (<a href="/wiki/Virtual_desktops" class="mw-redirect" title="Virtual desktops">virtual desktops</a>), an <a href="/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol" title="File Transfer Protocol">FTP</a> file server, and a <a href="/wiki/Web_server" title="Web server">web server</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>DR8 was released in September 1996 with a new browser with <a href="/wiki/MPEG" class="mw-redirect" title="MPEG">MPEG</a> and <a href="/wiki/QuickTime" title="QuickTime">QuickTime</a> video formats. It supports <a href="/wiki/OpenGL" title="OpenGL">OpenGL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Remote_access_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Remote access software">remote access</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Power_Macintosh" title="Power Macintosh">Power Macintosh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1996, Apple Computer CEO <a href="/wiki/Gil_Amelio" title="Gil Amelio">Gil Amelio</a> started negotiations to buy Be Inc., but stalled when Be CEO <a href="/wiki/Jean-Louis_Gass%C3%A9e" title="Jean-Louis Gassée">Jean-Louis Gassée</a> wanted $300 million<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Apple offered $125 million. Apple's board of directors preferred <a href="/wiki/NeXTSTEP" title="NeXTSTEP">NeXTSTEP</a> and purchased <a href="/wiki/Steve_Jobs" title="Steve Jobs">Steve Jobs</a>'s <a href="/wiki/NeXT" title="NeXT">NeXT</a> instead.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The final developer's release introduced a 64-bit <a href="/wiki/File_system" title="File system">file system</a>. BeOS Preview Release (PR1), the first for the general public, was released in mid 1997. It supports <a href="/wiki/AppleTalk" title="AppleTalk">AppleTalk</a>, <a href="/wiki/PostScript" title="PostScript">PostScript</a> printing, and <a href="/wiki/Unicode" title="Unicode">Unicode</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The price for the Full Pack was $49.95. Later that year, Preview Release 2 shipped with support for Macintosh's <a href="/wiki/Hierarchical_File_System_(Apple)" title="Hierarchical File System (Apple)">Hierarchical File System (HFS)</a>, support for 512MB RAM, and improvements to the user interface.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Release 3 (R3) shipped in March 1998 (initially $69.95, later $99.95), as the first to be ported to the <a href="/wiki/Intel" title="Intel">Intel</a> <a href="/wiki/X86" title="X86">x86</a> platform in addition to PowerPC, and the first commercially available version of BeOS.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The adoption of x86 was partly due to Apple's moves, with Steve Jobs stopping the Macintosh clone market,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Be's mounting debt.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>BeOS Release 4 had a claimed performance improvement of up to 30 percent. Keyboard shortcuts were changed to mimic those of Windows.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However it still lacked <a href="/wiki/Novell_NetWare" class="mw-redirect" title="Novell NetWare">Novell NetWare</a> support.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also brought additional drivers and support for the most common <a href="/wiki/SCSI" title="SCSI">SCSI</a> controllers on the x86 platform - from Adaptec and Symbios Logic. The bootloader switched from <a href="/wiki/LILO_(bootloader)" title="LILO (bootloader)">LILO</a> to Be's own bootman. </p><p>In 2000, BeOS Release 5 (R5) was released. This was split between a Pro Edition, and a free version known as Personal Edition (BeOS PE) which was released for free online and by CD-ROM.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BeOS PE could be booted from within Windows or <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, and was intended as a consumer and developer preview.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also with R5, Be <a href="/wiki/Open_source" title="Open source">open sourced</a> elements of the user interface.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Be CEO Gassée said in 2001 that he was open to the idea of releasing the entire operating system's source code,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but this never materialized. </p><p>Release 5 raised BeOS's popularity<sup id="cite_ref-:7_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but it remained commercially unsuccessful, and BeOS eventually halted following the introduction of a stripped-down version for <a href="/wiki/Internet_appliance" title="Internet appliance">Internet appliances</a>, <a href="/wiki/BeIA" title="BeIA">BeIA</a>, which became the company's business focus in place of BeOS.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> R5 is the final official release of BeOS as Be Inc. became defunct in 2001 following its sale to <a href="/wiki/Palm_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Palm Inc.">Palm Inc.</a> BeOS R5.1 "Dano", which was under development before Be's sale to Palm and includes the BeOS Networking Environment (BONE) networking stack,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was leaked to the public shortly after the company's close.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Version_history_table">Version history table</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BeOS&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Version history table"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Release </th> <th>Date </th> <th>Hardware </th></tr> <tr> <td><i>Developer Release 4</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Prototype" title="Prototype">Prototype</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Hobbit" title="AT&T Hobbit">AT&T Hobbit</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Developer Release 5 </td> <td>October 1995 </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/PowerPC" title="PowerPC">PowerPC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Developer Release 6 </td> <td>January 1996 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Developer Release 7 </td> <td>April 1996 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Developer Release 8 </td> <td>September 1996 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Developer Release 9 <p>(Advanced Access Preview Release) </p> </td> <td>May 1997 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Preview Release 1 </td> <td>June 1997 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Preview Release 2 </td> <td>October 1997 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Release 3</b> </td> <td>March 1998 </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/PowerPC" title="PowerPC">PowerPC</a> and <a href="/wiki/X86" title="X86">Intel x86</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>R3.1 </td> <td>June 1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td>R3.2 </td> <td>July 1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Release 4</b> </td> <td>November 4, 1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td>R4.5 ("Genki") </td> <td>June 1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Release 5</b> ("Maui") <p>Personal Edition/Pro Edition </p> </td> <td>March 28, 2000<br />May 26, 2000 <small>(5.0.3)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>R5.1 ("Dano")</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leaked_source_code" class="mw-redirect" title="Leaked source code">Leaked</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/X86" title="X86">Intel x86</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hardware_support_and_licensees">Hardware support and licensees</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BeOS&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Hardware support and licensees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the discontinuation of the BeBox in January 1997, <a href="/wiki/Power_Computing" class="mw-redirect" title="Power Computing">Power Computing</a> began bundling BeOS (on a CD-ROM for optional installation) with its line of PowerPC-based <a href="/wiki/Macintosh_clone" title="Macintosh clone">Macintosh clones</a>. These systems can <a href="/wiki/Dual_boot" class="mw-redirect" title="Dual boot">dual boot</a> either <a href="/wiki/Classic_Mac_OS" title="Classic Mac OS">Mac OS</a> or BeOS, with a start-up screen offering the choice.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Motorola" title="Motorola">Motorola</a> also announced in February 1997 that it would bundle BeOS with their Macintosh clones, the <a href="/wiki/Motorola_StarMax" title="Motorola StarMax">Motorola StarMax</a>, along with MacOS.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/DayStar_Digital" title="DayStar Digital">DayStar Digital</a> was another licensee.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>BeOS is compatible with many Macintosh models, but not <a href="/wiki/PowerBook" title="PowerBook">PowerBook</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With BeOS Release 3 on the x86 platform, the operating system is compatible with most computers that run Windows. <a href="/wiki/Hitachi" title="Hitachi">Hitachi</a> is the first major x86 OEM to ship BeOS, selling the <a href="/wiki/Hitachi_Flora_Prius" title="Hitachi Flora Prius">Hitachi Flora Prius</a> line in Japan, and <a href="/wiki/Fujitsu" title="Fujitsu">Fujitsu</a> released the Silverline computers in Germany and the <a href="/wiki/Nordic_countries" title="Nordic countries">Nordic</a> countries.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Be was unable to attract further manufacturers due to their <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> contracts. Be closed in 2002, and sued Microsoft, claiming that Hitachi had been dissuaded from selling PCs loaded with BeOS. The case was eventually settled out of court for $23.25 million with no admission of liability on Microsoft's part.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture">Architecture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BeOS&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beostru.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Beostru.PNG/250px-Beostru.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Beostru.PNG/330px-Beostru.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Beostru.PNG/500px-Beostru.PNG 2x" data-file-width="983" data-file-height="437" /></a><figcaption>The BeOS architecture</figcaption></figure> <p>BeOS was developed as an original product, with a proprietary <a href="/wiki/Kernel_(operating_system)" title="Kernel (operating system)">kernel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Symmetric_multiprocessing" title="Symmetric multiprocessing">symmetric multiprocessing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Preemptive_multitasking" class="mw-redirect" title="Preemptive multitasking">preemptive multitasking</a>, and pervasive <a href="/wiki/Multithreading_(computer_architecture)" title="Multithreading (computer architecture)">multithreading</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It runs in <a href="/wiki/Protected_memory" class="mw-redirect" title="Protected memory">protected memory</a> mode, with a <a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a> application framework based on shared libraries and modular code.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Be initially offered <a href="/wiki/CodeWarrior" title="CodeWarrior">CodeWarrior</a> for application development,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and later <a href="/wiki/EGCS" class="mw-redirect" title="EGCS">EGCS</a>. </p><p>Its <a href="/wiki/API" title="API">API</a> is <a href="/wiki/Object_oriented" class="mw-redirect" title="Object oriented">object oriented</a>. The user interface was largely multithreaded: each window ran in its own thread, relying heavily on sending messages to communicate between threads; and these concepts are reflected into the API.<sup id="cite_ref-openbox_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-openbox-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>BeOS uses modern hardware facilities such as modular I/O bandwidth, a multithreaded graphics engine (with the <a href="/wiki/OpenGL" title="OpenGL">OpenGL</a> library), and a <a href="/wiki/64-bit" class="mw-redirect" title="64-bit">64-bit</a> <a href="/wiki/Journaling_file_system" title="Journaling file system">journaling file system</a> named <a href="/wiki/Be_File_System" title="Be File System">BFS</a> supporting files up to one <a href="/wiki/Terabyte" class="mw-redirect" title="Terabyte">terabyte</a> each.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BeOS has partial <a href="/wiki/POSIX" title="POSIX">POSIX</a> compatibility and a <a href="/wiki/Command-line_interface" title="Command-line interface">command-line interface</a> through <a href="/wiki/Bash_(Unix_shell)" title="Bash (Unix shell)">Bash</a>, although internally it is not a <a href="/wiki/Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a>-derived operating system. Many Unix applications were ported to the BeOS command-line interface.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>BeOS uses <a href="/wiki/Unicode" title="Unicode">Unicode</a> as the default GUI encoding, and support for input methods such as <a href="/wiki/Bidirectional_text" title="Bidirectional text">bidirectional text</a> input was never realized.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Applications">Applications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BeOS&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Applications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>BeOS is bundled with a unique <a href="/wiki/Web_browser" title="Web browser">web browser</a> named NetPositive,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the BeMail <a href="/wiki/Email_client" title="Email client">email client</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the PoorMan <a href="/wiki/Web_server" title="Web server">web server</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Be operated the marketplace site BeDepot for the purchase and downloading of software including third party, and a website named BeWare listing apps for the platform. Some third party BeOS apps include the <a href="/wiki/Gobe_Productive" class="mw-redirect" title="Gobe Productive">Gobe Productive</a> office suite,<sup id="cite_ref-:3_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Mozilla" title="Mozilla">Mozilla</a> project,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and multimedia apps like <a href="/wiki/Cinema_4D" title="Cinema 4D">Cinema 4D</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Quake_(video_game)" title="Quake (video game)"><i>Quake</i></a> and <i><a href="/wiki/Quake_II" title="Quake II">Quake II</a></i> were officially ported, and <i><a href="/wiki/SimCity_3000" title="SimCity 3000">SimCity 3000</a></i> was in development.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BeOS&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Be did not disclose the number of BeOS users, but it was estimated to be running on between 50,000 and 100,000 computers in 1999,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Release 5 reportedly had over one million downloads.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For a time it was viewed as a viable competitor to <a href="/wiki/Classic_Mac_OS" title="Classic Mac OS">Mac OS</a> and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>, but its status as the "alternative operating system" was quickly surpassed by <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> by 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Reception of the operating system was largely positive citing its true and "reliable" multitasking and support for multiple processors.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though its market penetration was low, it gained a niche <a href="/wiki/Multimedia" title="Multimedia">multimedia</a> userbase<sup id="cite_ref-:0_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and acceptance by the audio community. Consequently, it was styled as a "media OS"<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> due to its well-regarded ability to handle audio and video.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BeOS received significant interest in Japan,<sup id="cite_ref-:5_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was also appealing to <a href="/wiki/Amiga" title="Amiga">Amiga</a> developers and users, who were looking for a newer platform.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>BeOS and its successors have been used in media appliances, such as the Edirol DV-7 video editors from <a href="/wiki/Roland_Corporation" title="Roland Corporation">Roland Corporation</a>, which run on a modified BeOS<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Tunetracker Radio Automation software that used to run it on BeOS<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Magnussoft_ZETA" class="mw-redirect" title="Magnussoft ZETA">Zeta</a>, and it was also sold as a "Station-in-a-Box" with the Zeta operating system included.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, Tunetracker released a <a href="/wiki/Haiku_(operating_system)" title="Haiku (operating system)">Haiku</a> distribution bundled with its broadcasting software.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BeOS&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Tascam SX-1 digital audio recorder runs a heavily modified version of BeOS that will only launch the recording interface software.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/RADAR_(audio_recorder)" title="RADAR (audio recorder)">RADAR 24, RADAR V and RADAR 6</a>, hard disk-based, 24-track professional audio recorders from iZ Technology Corporation were based on BeOS 5.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Magicbox, a manufacturer of signage and broadcast display machines, uses BeOS to power their Aavelin product line.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Final_Scratch" title="Final Scratch">Final Scratch</a>, a 12-inch vinyl timecode record-driven DJ software and hardware system, was first developed on BeOS. The "ProFS" version was sold to a few dozen DJs prior to the 1.0 release, which ran on a Linux virtual partition.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spiritual_successors">Spiritual successors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BeOS&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Spiritual successors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BeOS_family.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BeOS_family.svg/250px-BeOS_family.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BeOS_family.svg/330px-BeOS_family.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BeOS_family.svg/500px-BeOS_family.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1094" data-file-height="1123" /></a><figcaption>Family tree of BeOS and related operating systems</figcaption></figure> <p>After BeOS came to an end, Palm created <a href="/wiki/PalmSource" class="mw-redirect" title="PalmSource">PalmSource</a> which used parts of BeOS's multimedia framework for its failed <a href="/wiki/Palm_OS#Palm_OS_Cobalt" title="Palm OS">Palm OS Cobalt</a> product<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (with the takeover of PalmSource, the BeOS rights were assigned to <a href="/wiki/Access_Co." class="mw-redirect" title="Access Co.">Access Co.</a><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). However, Palm refused the request of BeOS users to license the operating system.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, a few projects formed to recreate BeOS or its key elements with the eventual goal of then continuing where Be Inc. quit. </p><p>BeUnited, a BeOS oriented community, converted itself into a <a href="/wiki/Nonprofit_organization" title="Nonprofit organization">nonprofit organization</a> in August 2001<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to "define and promote open specifications for the delivery of the Open Standards BeOS-compatible Operating System (OSBOS) platform".<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="ZETA">ZETA</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BeOS&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: ZETA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Immediately after Palm's purchase of Be, a German company named <a href="/wiki/YellowTAB" title="YellowTAB">yellowTAB</a> started developing <a href="/wiki/Magnussoft_ZETA" class="mw-redirect" title="Magnussoft ZETA">Zeta</a> based on the BeOS R5.1 codebase and released it commercially. It was later distributed by <a href="/wiki/Magnussoft" title="Magnussoft">magnussoft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During development by yellowTAB, the company received criticism from the BeOS community for refusing to discuss its legal position with regard to the BeOS codebase. <a href="/wiki/Access_Co." class="mw-redirect" title="Access Co.">Access Co.</a> (which bought <a href="/wiki/PalmSource" class="mw-redirect" title="PalmSource">PalmSource</a>, until then the holder of the intellectual property associated with BeOS) declared that yellowTAB had no right to distribute a modified version of BeOS, and magnussoft was forced to cease distribution of the operating system in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Haiku_(OpenBeOS)"><span id="Haiku_.28OpenBeOS.29"></span>Haiku (OpenBeOS)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BeOS&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Haiku (OpenBeOS)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Haiku_(operating_system)" title="Haiku (operating system)">Haiku</a> is a complete <a href="/wiki/Open_source" title="Open source">open source</a> reimplementation of BeOS. It was originally named OpenBeOS and its first release in 2002 was a community update.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike Cosmoe and BlueEyedOS, it is directly compatible with BeOS applications. It is open source software. As of 2024, it was the only BeOS clone still under development, with the fifth beta in September 2024 still keeping BeOS 5 compatibility in its x86 32-bit images, with an increased number of ported modern drivers and <a href="/wiki/GTK" title="GTK">GTK</a> apps.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Others">Others</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BeOS&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Others"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cosmoe_screenshot2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Cosmoe_screenshot2.png/250px-Cosmoe_screenshot2.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Cosmoe_screenshot2.png/330px-Cosmoe_screenshot2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Cosmoe_screenshot2.png/500px-Cosmoe_screenshot2.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Screenshot of an early version of Cosmoe</figcaption></figure> <p>BlueEyedOS tried to create a system under <a href="/wiki/LGPL" class="mw-redirect" title="LGPL">LGPL</a> based on the <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> kernel and an <a href="/wiki/X_Window_System#Software_architecture" title="X Window System">X server</a> that is compatible with BeOS. Work began under the name BlueOS in 2001 and a demo CD was released in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project was discontinued in February 2005. </p><p>Cosmoe,<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with an interface like BeOS, was designed by Bill Hayden as an open source operating system based on the source code of <a href="/wiki/AtheOS" class="mw-redirect" title="AtheOS">AtheOS</a> and later OpenBeOS, but using the <a href="/wiki/Linux_kernel" title="Linux kernel">Linux kernel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ZevenOS was designed to continue where Cosmoe left off.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In mid 2024, Cosmoe was resurrected by its original author after 17 years, with a much improved codebase based on contemporary Haiku.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>BeFree started in 2003, initially developed under <a href="/wiki/FreeBSD" title="FreeBSD">FreeBSD</a><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and later <a href="/wiki/Linux_kernel" title="Linux kernel">Linux</a>.<sup 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