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d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 year ago

A quick look back at BeOS, the PC operating system that tried to challenge Windows and Mac

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A quick look back at BeOS, the PC operating system that tried to challenge Windows and Mac

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d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 year ago
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In 1995, another PC operating system launched its first version around the same time as Windows 95 was released. It was called BeOS, and it tried to become an alternative to Windows and Mac.
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    Gobe Productive was one of the best office suites around when it came out (as far as what I had to do). It was just so good. Other than that, I could email and browse the web. I was just starting to learn programming and The BeOS Bible was really helpful.

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