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   BeGroovy Back Online   
      
   Posted By: Stephen B.   
      
   First reported by HaikuNews and ZetaNews, it looks like BeGroovy have   
   sorted out their server problems and are back online. It's great to see   
   them and ICO back - there had been a decided lack of both grooviness and   
   sheep in my daily reading of late.   
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   A Fistful of BeBits   
      
   Posted By: Stephen B.   
      
   During my recent shameful neglect of this site, BeBits updates continued   
   to come in at a nice and steady pace. For a brief summary of some of the   
   most interesting recent postings, read on.   
      
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   ICO Previews ZETA 1.2   
      
   Posted By: Stephen B.   
      
   On the off chance anyone hasn't seen it already, there's a great 8-page   
   preview of ZETA 1.2 over at IsComputerOn. It looks like yellowTAB have   
   made quite a few impressive changes in the forthcoming update and I have   
   a strong suspicion that it will be the version which finally persuades me   
   to give yT my money. There's way too much good stuff in DaaT's preview to   
   summarize it all, but some of the highlights include: a new "info   
   server" settings panel which gives control over many of the info_popper's   
   settings, SATA support for the 3 major chipsets, an onscreen display that   
   gives feedback on volume changes/workspace changes/etc, an XviD   
   encoder/deocder for the media kit, and built in settings for keyboard   
   shortcuts (looks handy for those who don't need all the functionality of   
   SpicyKeys). The preview's many screenshots also show some aesthetic   
   tweaks to ZETA - the new buttons look much nicer in my opinion.   
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   Quake3 for BeOS   
      
   Posted By: Stephen B.   
      
   Kian Duffy over at HaikuNews was the first bring us the news that the   
   Quake III source has been ported to BeOS (and by extension, Haiku and   
   ZETA) by Jens Kalmark. Available for download on BeBits, the port   
   requires Rudolf Cornelissen's OpenGL drivers, a compatible nVidia GPU,   
   and the data files from the original retail version of Quake3 - although   
   data files from the demo should work as well.   
      
   The port has a few quirks currently, but none that sound show-stopping,   
   and a version with some bugfixes has been posted since the original   
   release.   
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   BNX Announced   
      
   Posted By: Stephen B.   
      
   OSNews has posted an interview with Sven Jorg, the leader of a new   
   project called BNX which aims to combine the work of the Haiku project   
   with the QNX kernel. The rationale appears to be that it will take too   
   long to recreate the BeOS kernel, and then bring it up to "modern" OS   
   standards. The interview is an interesting read, although it seems to   
   raise more questions than it answers -the obvious one being: If the   
   proejct is licensing a commercial kernel, does that mean they also have   
   commercial aspirations for the OS when it's completed?   
      
   We'll post any new details on this one as they become available.   
      
      
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