THE VIDEO SHELF · beos
BeOS DEMO VIDEO
The official demo video from Be, Inc. showing BeOS running multiple videos, media applications and a responsive desktop on 1990s hardware.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN people cite it as evidence of how fast and responsive a well-designed microkernel desktop could be on modest hardware.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- koyhoge
- Topic
- beos
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 10
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2012–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
dr_dank's comment on Slashdot ( [LINK] ) pretty much sums up its awesomeness: BeOS was demonstrated to me during my senior year of college. The guy giving the talk played upwards of two dozen mp3s, a dozen or so movie trailers, the GL teapot thing, …
beosrocks on Hacker News · 2012-04
In The Dawn of Haiku OS"Tanenbaum mentions commentators on slashdot who never tried a microkernel. That's me and I never tried to write an OS either. " "Suppose I'm just interested in desktop applications. Linux is already treated as a lost cause. That's what gets me because at the moment, …
nickpsecurity on Hacker News · 2016-03
In Lessons Learned from 30 Years of MINIX
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