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Title: Free ZETA 1.1 LiveCD (Based On BeOS)
Post by: asian1 on October 29, 2005, 09:56:29 AM

http://www.yellowtab.com

http://download.freenet.de/archiv_z/zeta_live-cd_7560.html

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Title: Re: Free ZETA 1.1 LiveCD (Based On BeOS)
Post by: Zero on October 29, 2005, 12:28:59 PM

Cool, BeOS is great, I used to use BeOS for years, I started on 4.5, then 5.0 Pro.
When I upgraded my PC it did not like my PCIe graphics card.
I will try this, but I somehow doubt it will work, be great if it does!

 :-)

Title: Re: Free ZETA 1.1 LiveCD (Based On BeOS)
Post by: MarkAshley on October 29, 2005, 12:50:50 PM

I always wanted to get in to BeOS when my original A1200 died, but then decided to use Linux because it seemed to have better support. I haven't got any PCs any more (Mac and Amiga only :-D )

I don't suppose there's any way to run BeOS on an Amiga or a Mac?

Title: Re: Free ZETA 1.1 LiveCD (Based On BeOS)
Post by: Zero on October 29, 2005, 01:03:26 PM

I might be wrong, but I think 4.5 supported Mac.
I know versions before this did, but I don't know about 5.0.

 :-)

Title: Re: Free ZETA 1.1 LiveCD (Based On BeOS)
Post by: on October 29, 2005, 01:34:36 PM

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Zero wrote:
I might be wrong, but I think 4.5 supported Mac.
I know versions before this did, but I don't know about 5.0.

 :-)

IIRC BeOS 5 Professional Edition has both Mac and PC versions on the CD.

Zeta is quite cool though, but has lost some intangible property that the original BeOS had.  I can't quite place my finger on it though.

Title: Re: Free ZETA 1.1 LiveCD (Based On BeOS)
Post by: Zero on October 29, 2005, 01:51:53 PM

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mdma wrote:

Zeta is quite cool though, but has lost some intangible property that the original BeOS had.  I can't quite place my finger on it though.

I agree, I tryed some of the beta versions of Zeta, and BeOS 5.0 just seemed better, but I could not put my finger on it...

I could not get the Zeta Live CD to run on my PC it tryed, but did not get there.  I guess I have too much "new" hardawre, looking at the Yellow Tab site seemed to comfirm this.

Title: Re: Free ZETA 1.1 LiveCD (Based On BeOS)
Post by: _ThEcRoW on October 29, 2005, 02:07:46 PM

The latest version of zeta has very bad compatibility and less application support than beos had. I think that people should go toward another alternatives. If you like amiga-ish operating systems take a look at aros  :-D , although it is in early stages now, it is improved quickly.

Title: Re: Free ZETA 1.1 LiveCD (Based On BeOS)
Post by: Crumb on October 29, 2005, 03:16:40 PM

@_TheCrow:

with aros I'll have great compatibility and great application support?

Title: Re: Free ZETA 1.1 LiveCD (Based On BeOS)
Post by: c64_d0c on October 29, 2005, 03:29:12 PM

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Crumb wrote:
@_TheCrow:

with aros I'll have great compatibility and great application support?

yeah in the year 2015 you will have ;)
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