BeOS
Sign in to saveBeOS is a discontinued operating system for personal computers that was developed by Be Inc. It was conceived for the company's BeBox personal computer which was released in 1995. BeOS was designed for multitasking, multithreading, and a graphical user interface. The OS was later sold to OEMs, retail, and directly to users; its last version was released as freeware.
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BeOS was an operating system for personal computers developed by Be Inc., originally created for their BeBox computer released in 1995, and later made available to various manufacturers and individual users. It was designed to handle multiple tasks and programs running simultaneously with a graphical interface, and its final version was released for free before the company discontinued it.
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Key facts
- OS.name
- BeOS
- OS.logo
- BeOS logo.svg
- OS.screenshot
- BeOS Desktop.png
- OS.caption
- BeOS R5
- OS.developer
- Be Inc.
- OS.programmed in
- C++
- OS.source_model
- Proprietary
- OS.latest release version
- R5.0.3
- OS.working_state
- Discontinued
- OS.kernel_type
- Monolithic
- OS.language
- English, Japanese
- OS.supported_platforms
- IA-32 PowerPC
- OS.license
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16 sectionsContents
- Development
- Version history table
- Hardware support and licensees
- Architecture
- Applications
- Reception
- Legacy
- Spiritual successors
- ZETA
- Haiku (OpenBeOS)
- Others
- Easter eggs
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
BeOS is a discontinued operating system for personal computers that was developed by Be Inc. It was conceived for the company's BeBox personal computer which was released in 1995. BeOS was designed for multitasking, multithreading, and a graphical user interface. The OS was later sold to OEMs, retail, and directly to users; its last version was released as freeware.
Early BeOS releases are for PowerPC. It was ported to Macintosh, then x86. Be was ultimately unable to achieve a significant market share and ended development with dwindling finances, so Palm acquired the BeOS assets in 2001. Enthusiasts have since created derivate operating systems including Haiku, which will retain BeOS 5 compatibility as of Release R1.