BeOS

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BeOS is a discontinued, multimedia-oriented operating system developed by Be Inc. in the 1990s, known for its efficient performance, clean design, and advanced support for multithreading and multimedia applications.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf operating system
architecture PowerPC NERFINISHED
x86
basedOn new codebase (not Unix-derived)
designedFor desktop use
multimedia applications
personal computers
developer Be Inc. NERFINISHED
discontinuationDate early 2000s
discontinued true
era 1990s operating systems
fileSystem BFS NERFINISHED
fileSystemFeature 64-bit file system
extended file attributes
indexed attributes
journaling
hasComponent Application Kit NERFINISHED
Interface Kit NERFINISHED
Kernel Kit NERFINISHED
Media Kit NERFINISHED
Storage Kit NERFINISHED
influenced Haiku (operating system) NERFINISHED
ZETA (BeOS-based OS) NERFINISHED
initialReleaseDate 1995
inspired Haiku (operating system) NERFINISHED
kernelType hybrid kernel
knownFor advanced multithreading support
clean design
efficient performance
low latency audio
multimedia capabilities
responsive graphical user interface
license proprietary software
operatingSystemFamily BeOS family
status discontinued
supports MIDI NERFINISHED
OpenGL (via add-ons) NERFINISHED
POSIX-like APIs
digital audio
memory protection
multimedia streaming
multithreading
preemptive multitasking
symmetric multiprocessing
virtual memory
targetAudience enthusiast users
multimedia professionals
software developers
userInterface Deskbar NERFINISHED
Tracker file manager NERFINISHED
graphical user interface

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Haiku inspiredBy BeOS