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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Bernd just doesn't have what it takes. Maybe Haiku won't be done for another 2 years. So what? At least they have the right ideas. And who knows, maybe more will get involved with Haiku with more publicity.
I don't know..I don't like this Zebuntu idea. Maybe I'm just not able to let go of BeOS. No.. That's not it.. I just don't like 'The Bernt".
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Haiku is far beyond to be ready this or the next 2 years.
That may be true, but Linux distros don't have "the BeOS spark".
BeOS is small, fast, and consistent.
You, OTOH, mix XFCE (uses GTK) with its HIGs together with OpenOffice (uses VCL with a GTK wrapper, but has different HIGs or some may say OO has no HIGs at all), Kontact (Qt app with KDE HIGs), and in the future also Haiku/BeOS apps (BlueEyedOS toolkit).
Not only does mixing all those toolkits waste lots of RAM, it also makes the OS inconsistent. Zebuntu is yet another Linux distro that's going to have limited BeOS compatibility in the future. Not that being "yet another Linux distro" is bad (Ubuntu itself started as one), but it does not and will not have the BeOS spirit.
Edited 2008-02-19 17:52 UTC
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I just do not trust this guy. Granted, he's starting over again with the right thought: OSS. However, mark my words: He will do 'something' to strike doubt in peoples eyes again.
I say leave it Haiku to bring back the BeOS spark. They seem to have it right. This guy is just beating the whole BeOS thing to a pulp.
I say leave it Haiku to bring back the BeOS spark. They seem to have it right. This guy is just beating the whole BeOS thing to a pulp.
I agree 100%. Which is why I am extremely glad he isn't touching Haiku at all. He'd either fragment the user base, or take credit for something he hadn't done or something bad. He's bad news one way or another... just watch.
Of course, the question is... how does he plan to get revenue out of this "Zebuntu" distro? Tech support? Zebuntu CD/DVD sales? Extra apps?
Knowing what it's about and who is behind it, I wouldn't touch Zebuntu with a 100ft pole, personally.
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I am extremely glad he isn't touching Haiku at all. He'd either fragment the user base, or take credit for something he hadn't done or something bad.
No matter if it's Linux or Haiku: As long as he and his team contribute modified sources back to the community under its original license (eg. not releasing changes to Haiku's MIT licensed code under GPL), then why not?
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2007-04-01
I just do not trust this guy. Granted, he's starting over again with the right thought: OSS. However, mark my words: He will do 'something' to strike doubt in peoples eyes again.
I say leave it Haiku to bring back the BeOS spark. They seem to have it right. This guy is just beating the whole BeOS thing to a pulp.