FreeBe
For those of you who care… Be, Inc announced FreeBeOS 5 today. In case the name isn’t enough clue: It’s BeOS 5. And it’s free. To download. http://free.be.com. If you can get in, that is. I keep having problems connecting to the site.
Now, because the new BeOS is strictly software based (no disks used to install) I’m willing to bet it can be run on a G3 or G4. Here’s how:
1. Seeing as how all BeOS releases from here on out are going to be x86 based, install Connectix VirtualPC on your machine
2. Using your newly installed Win98, download BeOS from the aforementioned URL.
3. Because BeOS runs solely within Windows (but not really… it’s complicated) I bet you can fool it into thinking you’ve got a POS Intel processor.
I will post my results when I can get a socket connections to be.com. If anyone tries this and fails/succeeds, please let us know. You can post to your heart’s content in the Alternate forum.