Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 19th Feb 2008 13:42 UTC, submitted by Karl
Already at their second beta release [German], Zebuntu is an Xfce-based Ubuntu distribution with heavy - you guessed it - Zeta influences. Bernd Korz explains the goals of Zebuntu in the project's announcement [German]: "Our goal is to use BlueEyedOS to offer a new platform for our former Zeta customers. In the future, Zeta, BeOS, as well as any future Haiku applications, will run natively on Zebuntu. This also offers a distinct advantage for developers for these platforms; they can use Zebuntu to develop for their platforms while utilising the performance and versatility of Linux." In other words, run BeOS applications on Linux. They have not forgotten about BFS support either. The project is, of course, completely open source. The website is only available in German for now, but Zebuntu developer Leszek Lesner confirmed to me that work is being done on an English variant (there already is an English development blog). Download the second beta from their download page, and, of course, see some screenshots.
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2006-12-28
The last time Bernd got his greasy mitts on something, he ended up screwing up bad. I'm sure I don't need to go into the whole mess that was Zeta to anybody else interested in BeOS.
Granted, it's open source so he can hardly be accused of the same copyright infringements. Still, I'll believe it when I see it.
What I don't get is why he doesn't get on board with the Haiku development process and actually help get the real show on the road!