Beta of BeOS MAX V4 Released
Stephen B. - March 23rd, 2007
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With all the focus on Haiku and ZETA lately, it was a pleasant surprise to spot a recent post on OSNews about the release of a new version of the BeOS PE Max Edition (also spotted by Studio-33). The updated release is a beta of version 4 of the BeOS Max distribution; release notes have been posted for the beta, but they currently appear to be offline (ditto BeOSMax.org and BeOSMaxFiles.org). It appears that users can still download the v4 beta from the BeBits entry, however. Not only is it a great distro, it also saved my bacon a few months back. BeOS MAX: it’s the OS that all the cool kids are talking about (I should know – I heard them talking about it).
A Firefox update was posted to BeBits yesterday, bringing it up to version 2.0.0.3. The details for this release mention that there were no BeOS-specific code changes, but it does bring the BeOS version up-to-date with the latest official release on other platforms. Version 2.0.0.3 is also reported to contain several security fixes – full release notes are available here. There was also a very nice surprise on BeBits yesterday: Jonas Kirilla posted a major update to TrackerGrep. In addition to a shiny new version number – 5.0 – Jonas has also added a menu bar, many keyboard shortcuts, the ability to “target” a specific set of files for searching, and lots more.
OSNews editor Thom Holwerda has posted a review of the new ZETA 1.5 update (as ICO has already reported on) . The review is generally quite positive and – although he does fault ZETA 1.5 for some rough spots in its multi-user implementation – Thom does give the impression that the update is a worthwhile upgrade from previous versions.
OSNews editor Thom Holwerda has posted a review of the new ZETA 1.5 update (as ICO has already reported on) . The review is generally quite positive and – although he does fault ZETA 1.5 for some rough spots in its multi-user implementation – Thom does give the impression that the update is a worthwhile upgrade from previous versions.
It’s hard to believe that almost a year and half has passed since BeOSNews was originally launched in November of 2005 – and that I’ve been using the same default theme for that entire time. The BBlog software and its default theme have served me quite well – but it appears that its development has largely stalled and BeOSNews was getting seriously-overdue for a visual update. Since I’ve been playing around with WordPress quite a bit at work – and have a professional web designer in the family – I had the opportunity to kill the proverbial two birds with a single stone (disclaimer: no actual birds were harmed during the writing of this post). The result: a largely-completed WordPress-based redesign of BeOSNews. Read on for some details on the new version of the site and a sneak-peak at some features we have planned.
It’s hard to believe that almost a year and half has passed since BeOSNews was originally launched in November of 2005 – and that I’ve been using the same default theme for that entire time. The BBlog software and its default theme have served me quite well – but it appears that its development has largely stalled and BeOSNews was getting seriously-overdue for a visual update. Since I’ve been playing around with WordPress quite a bit at work – and have a professional web designer in the family – I had the opportunity to kill the proverbial two birds with a single stone (disclaimer: no actual birds were harmed during the writing of this post). The result: a largely-completed WordPress-based redesign of BeOSNews. Read on for some details on the new version of the site and a sneak-peak at some features we have planned.
Back in January, “3dEyes**” posted a program on BeBits called eSpeak, which is a port of an open-source speech synthesizer. As anyone who as used SimpleText on a Mac knows, text-to-speech is fun to play with for a little while, but there’s not much practical use for it aside from specific niches like screen-reader applications for the blind (or old Radiohead songs). Today, though, I found a handy use for the “speak” program – for audio notifications when tasks have completed in the Terminal. Read on for the details.
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