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OpenBeOS Newsletter #21 is out. It's that time of the month again... no, not THAT one... and not payday either. OpenBeOS newsletter number 21 is OUT. Yep, you read it correctly, it's available for all you (us) geeks out there. In this one you can read articles by Michael Phipps (about VM and some project changes) and Daniel (us Daniels rule...) Reinhold, his concerning automating tasks in shell. As always a very interesting read, if i do say so myself. Catch it all right here New Refraction Beta Released. Use a Mirror! I'll keep the reading to a minimum, as some of you are anxious to get the latest beta. Well, head on over to the Xentronics Download Page now, and get your fix. It might be a few minutes, as the mirrors are making sure they have the file first, before officially announcing the new Beta.. Smart idea, no? ;) Refraction At The End Of The Tunnel. mmm... everyone must be thinking.. what is he talking about? Don't worry, i've not gone (totally) mad. I'm talking about Refraction, which is, of now, Inferno's new name. Yes, that's it, you read it right, Xentronix has finally chosen a new name for their upcoming gfx package, and the name is Refraction. I personally like it, what do you guys think? Not only that, but they've been busy little bees as well. Refraction will have a new public beta, which should be released by the end of this week. Also, Sample Studio's new Public Beta was just released, bringing it up to version 1.5. Lots of new features and bugs fixed. You can check all that and more, by clicking right here These guys rock, they're doing some fine work and I for one, can't wait to buy Refraction, once it comes out. Translation Kit reaches Alpha. More good news from the OBOS front. Just one day after assuming the lead of the Translation Kit Team, Michael Wilber has informed that his team has reached Alpha stage, thus being the third team to do so after the OBFS and Storage. He has even compiled the translation kit into a library and replaced Be's original with it, reporting no problems so far. Here are a few words by Michael:
Well guys, another team has reached alpha, and i'm pretty sure others will soon follow. Great work everyone, keep it up. BeGeistert on Tour. I got a mail from Bernd Korz (from Inside BeOS and YellowTab fame) letting me know of this coming event. They will be touring the north of Germany between Hamburg and Bremen, from August 1st to August 4th. The price per night, per person will be of 20, which includes dinner (not bad at all). An objective will be to get together as much OBOS developers as possible and start a coding event which will culminate in October's BeGeistert, in Duesseldorf. A LAN party is also in their goals. Bernd also had a juicy bit to tell us, he mentioned BeOS NG which he hopes to "show Beta 1 very soon, the latest at our event". That will be interesting, no doubt about it. Great initiative, the Tour, as i'm sure everyone agrees. For more info about the event, you can contact UPDATE: Bernd has sent me a link to a page that contains all the information you need to know about the Tour and it's organization. If you scroll down a bit you can see the information in english. Click here UPDATE 2: Charlie Clark has asked me to clarify a couple of things. First, the BeGeistert Team will not be touring. This event is promoted by Bernd, who asked the BeGeistert if they could use their name, which was promptly granted. The BeGeister we all came to love will be held, as usual, in Düsseldorf, from October 18th to 20th. It will be BeGeistert "009 - Step by step". Thanks for clearing that up Charlie OpenBeOS newsletter #20. It's out folks, OBOS newsletter numero (yes, portuguese) 20, so go read it. The articles in this number are courtesy of Daniel Reinhold, who talks about gcc options (this article is huge!) and coding styles, and Michael Phipps, who rants (in a good way of course) about OBOS possible ways of distribution. I might add, a very interesting read, which comes in a timely fashion shortly after BeUnited's "The Vision". For all you out there who want to read it all, head over to the OBOS site EDIROL DV-7R Review. Computer video has made a 5 pages review of the BeOS-based one-box video editor Edirol DV-7. The system runs BeOS, without the Deskbar and the Tracker, and Edirol's own produced video editing software called Video Canvas DV-7, which is up to version 1.5. One item of the review that was noted as their mention of OBOS, which according to the reviewer aims to "continue the revolution started by Be Inc". Nice. An interesting read, and an important exposition of Edirol's work and BeOS. Like they say, any publicity is good publicity. For Computer Video's site click here For Edirol's site on the DV-7R go here BlueEyed OS update. The B.E.OS (notice the dots) site has been updated last week. Seems like they also are making good progress. Check it out:
Alternatives are always good, so let's keep an eye on their site, which you can reach right here It's ALIVE!!! Ok, this is just... awesome... it might not seem like a bit step, but using a famous line, it's a "giant leap" for OpenBeOS. David Reid (and later Bruno Albuquerque) have booted successfully the OpenBeOS Kernel. David knows better than I do what was involved. Earlier today he wrote:
What? Want to see it? Sure, just click here Awesome.. just awesome.. but keep in mind, there is still a lot of work to be done... Ask David Reid Anything. You all know who he is, but for those that don't, think... openBeOS Networking. We will be collecting questions from you until June 20th, at which time we'll compile the five most ineteresting ones, mix in a few of our own and post the interview shortly thereafter. Good luck, and good hunting! The New BeUnited.org The folks over at BeUnited.org have launched a new version of their site, and it looks great! With the new design comes a Vision Statement (PDF Document.), more information on the history and future of the group, and a nice, clean layout. Great job guys! Storage Kit Update It just keeps rolling in... Just a few days ago someone was asking on the OBOS mailing list about other teams status... well, here it is, for one at least. The Storage Kit, led by Tyler Dauwalder has reached Middle Alpha Stage, catching up with the BFS team. For the full monty, head over to the Storage Kit page Once more, great news folks. Forum Follies Finally Fixed...Phew! We fixed the weird registration/login problem. Seems that the password hash wasn't being updated correctly in the database. The following people had to be deleted from the user database in order to fix the problem.. You'll have to re-register.
Sorry about that, but at least you didn't have any posts anyhow... ;) Thanks for all your patience, to everyone. You may now register properly, and post in the forums! See you there! Net++...No, Not A Typo Well, this is something many of us thought about... And now it's happening... there's a new browser on the town, and it's name is Net++. What is it you say? It's a browser similar to Net+, and aims at the same speed of use, but with the Gecko engine. Yes, that's right, Mozila's engine. Developing this small (as in lightweight) wonder is a small group of BeOS enthusiasts, including a few ex-Be, Inc engineers. Here's a first screenshot, with just the interface, still without the Gecko engine. I'm sure many agree... i can't wait to try this one out! P.S.: I'd like to thank BGA for the heads up on this one. Xentronic Update(s) They're at it again... Xentronic has updated it's page with some taste news bits. They've updated Sample Studio which they've released already, for beta testing, adding some new features. So all you audio gurus out there, go get it! Not only that, Inferno is back on track and the development continues, and they expect to release the next closed beta soon, with the new name for the (we hope and are certain) great gfx package for BeOS. Point your browsers here to check the full update. Good news all around, keep'em coming. BeShare Users, Speak Up! Just thought I'd post a silly question to y'all... How many unique BeShare users are there now? OBFS New Test Results Well, here they are, straight from the horse's mouth, or should i say, Bruno Albuquer- que's (BGA) computer. Here are the results:
There you have it, OBFS is oficially now _faster_ than BFS, though, as Bruno says, this is a specific test, they still need to do other tests. I'm sure everyone agrees, this is awesome work, keep it up! Frizbe Closes Shop. Yes, another BeOS shop closes. With the state of things, not that surprising. But not all things are black, here are a couple of quotes from the site:
So this one means, if you see something you want to grab, go for it, you'll not only be getting what you want but also helping Scott. Scott also mentions that this will not affect the Hardware Matrix, quite possibly just the opposite. We here at TBJ thank Scott for the all the great work he's been doing for BeOS and it's users. Here's to better days. Interview with BeBits.com's Sean Heber. The BeOS Journal recently had time to speak with Sean Heber from BeBits.com about their operation. openBeOS Newsletter 19 Out. Get it while it's hot!! Head over to http://open-beos.sourceforge.net/nsl.php?19 to get your fix. This article has a debut, the kernel fork and a "light" explanation by Michael Phipps. As always, a very interesting read for coders and non-coders (as myself). TuneTracker 2 Radio Automation System Released. Don't know how this slipped by us at TBJ, but on June 1st, the TuneTracker radio automation system has seen another major release. The new release brings with it a number of changes, most significantly:
To quote from their website: "This rivals my (other station's) $15,000 system," says Mike Chandler of WOBS, Florida of the $149.95 TuneTracker System, who has been using the Beta version for months. "As a matter of fact, it has less hiccups." We at TBJ think this is great news for all BeOS users, as it shows yet another fine, committed developer who has not given up on the dream of using BeOS in daily work. Way to go Dane, and crew! OBFS Making Huge Strides. What can i say... Axel rocks!!! (oh, yeah, and BGA too, sort of).. I guess chaining down your coder to an iron ball is a good idea afterall. Two big milestones reached by the OBFS team in just a couple a days. First, full journaling was implemented, though not fully tested, it's in a working mode. And then, when fan's mouths were still agasp, Live Queries were implemented as well. OpenBeOS' coders (in general) are making a dream come true. The BeOSJournal Adds Forums. Well, after struggling for months with writing custom code behind the scenes to add forum support, we decided instead to go ahead and use a third party, open-source forum sytem, named phpBB2. It's pretty new at the moment, but we have been testing it, and it seems fairly stable for our needs. Go ahead, check it out, or skip straight to the registration page now. We will be linking our stories to the Article Discussion forum soon, among other changes to come. Thanks to everyone involved who has helped us over the past few months. There is more changes afoot for TBJ, all of your hard work has helped enourmously. Thank you! BeOS Song of Summer. Alright... it's that time of year again! Time to create a kick butt, groovin BeOS song for summertime playback on the beach. Considering that SampleStudio is now close to a final release, it should help development of something extraordinary for all you music gurus out there. We'll be accepting submissions to your mp3 song, and if you give us a url (privately), we'll be so kind as to even host the file here for everyone else to download too! Let the groovin' begin! Another BeIA Contender, Too Late. The fine folks at Philips (say that five times, quickly. ;) have developed a "Net Module" (their words.) that not only is compatible with WinCE, and embedded Linux, but BeIA too! Check out the official product page, and drool. This begs the question... What are the legal ramifications of running BeIA on this device? Ask Bill Hayden Anything. The BeOSJournal recently got in touch with Bill Hayden again, and he has allowed us to compile a list of questions for him to answer. The top ten most interesting questions will be collected, and forwarded to him, with his resulting answers and comments posted here shortly after. We're going to wait until June 8th, 2002, before forwarding the top ten questions to Bill. So, here it is folks.. a real challenge. If you want to know what he's been up to with Cosmoe, and more, now is your chance. Email any and all questions to and we will do the rest. ;-) Good luck! SampleStudio Finally Released, as Basic Beta. The long awaited release of SampleStudio by Frans van Nispen has finally happened in the form of a Basic Beta, and is avaiable here on BeBits. You may remember that Frans has been hard at work on SampleStudio for some time, and is one of the main developers for Inferno, a sweet image editing progream for BeOS. Visit his website, or check out the downloads page for more information. View older headlines. |
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