For the first time in its 7 years of existence, some decent statement has been released concering the legality of Zeta. Access, the current owner of Be, Inc.'s IP, states: "We have sent 'cease and desist' letters to YellowTab on a number of occasions, which have been uniformly ignored. If Herr Korz feels that he holds a legitimate license to the BeOS code he's been using, we're completely unaware of it, and I'd be fascinated to see him produce any substantiation for that claim." Update: Bernd Korz has replied on his blog.
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Member since:2005-07-27
Then what is being done differently? I run my normal BeOS install, I get 90-109fps. I run BeOS MAX (Live CD, mind you) and I get around 115-120fps. Same system. What does BeOS MAX have that I don't? I want it, that's all!
Word is, enabling SSE instructions can give you that kinda boost, but I have yet to figure out (or be shown) how to do it on my system with my other install (Wind distro; no longer available, but has quite a bit less "stuff" in it).
Member since:2006-01-26
What does BeOS MAX have that I don't? I want it, that's all!
Probably just upgraded video drivers from the Haiku repo!
Edit:
Actually, if you have an nVidia card, it probably includes Rudolf's experimental nVidia 3d hardware acceleration driver from BeBits... check there.
Edited 2007-04-04 21:39
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2005-08-19
GLTeapot runs NOTICABLY faster in BeOS MAX than in BeOS R5 PE (WIND Distro, which is what I use) or BeOS R5 PE
For gods sake. BeOS Max *IS* BeOS R5 PE (only with 3rd party drivers/apps/patches). If it runs faster it has nothing to do with any changes made to the *system* itself. It's solely based on BeOS R5 PE by Be Inc.