BeOS

Sumário

BeOS é um sistema operativo de 'deskop' de alta performance feito pela 'Be' que corre em máquinas Motorola/IBM PowerPC e Intel Pentium. Só 'low end servers' conseguem correr este sistema.

BeBox

Tipo de SO: proprietary

Data de lançamento:

• BeOS: October 1995
• Dr6 : January 1996
• Dr7 : April 1996
• Dr8 : September 1996
• Advanced Access Preview Release: May 1997
• PR: July 1997
• PR2: October 1997
• Release 3 for Intel x86: March 1998
• Release 3 for PowerPC: April 1998
• Release 3.1: June 1998
• Release 3.2: July 1998

Versão corrente: Release 4

Hardware suportado:

• IBM/Motorola PowerPC, Intel Pentium

Numero máximo de processadores: 8

Número de bits: 64

Kernel: Proprietary

“BeOS’ kernel is ‘prioprietary’. It uses its own kernel (small but not really micro-kernel because it includes the file system and a few other things).” —Hubert Figuière

POSIX: Compatível

Ficheiros de sistema suportáveis:

• preferred file system: befs
• file systems can read/write/format: befs
• file systems can read/write: HFS , VFAT , FAT
• file systems read only and can write through optional software: ISO 9660
• file systems can read/write through third party or optional software: FAT32 , NFS

Operador de interface(texto):

• standard UNIX shells

Operador de interface(gráficos):

• Tracker

Site oficial

http://www.be.com/

FAQs

http://www.BeForever.com/

http://www.BeosCentral.com/

http://www.os2ezine.com/v3n13/wright.htm