BeOS Easter Eggs

There is a mandelbrot generator in the BeOS bootselector.

Instead of selecting what OS to boot, press the "M" key, or where it should be located if you had an amerian QWERTY keyboard (on french AZERTY's this would be the ",").

Enjoy the colorcycling... more

1. Hold the CTRL+ALT+SHIFT keys and click on the Be button on the deskbar.
2. You will see a previously hidden menu item called "Window Decor."
3. There are several options available to you there, you can make all of your windows look like the BeOS,... more

Two special system calls are defined in "/boot/develop/headers/be/kernel/OS.h" at line 551. One is "is_computer_on()". The other is "is_computer_on_fire()". Programmers can use these function to insure that the computer is on and is not...err...burning.... more

If you are running a beta copy of BeOS for Macintosh Computers with multiple processors, this cheats for you. (And yes I know, most people don't run abandoned and out of date software - however some people [me] don't format their hard drive, they buy... more

1. Click on the word "Be" at the top of the DeskBar.
2. Click "About the BeOS."
3. When the window pops up, click the BeOS logo.
4. Watch the credits! [END]