# BeOS Upgrades, Software, and News!

You've installed the ultimate OS, and now it's time to find out what you can do with it. While the links below are by no means exhaustive, new users and old hands alike will be able to find software, news, hints, tips, and more to help get the most out of BeOS.

## Third-party sources

Note: for the most up-to-date version of the Third-party resources list, visit http://www.be.com/world/wwwlinks.html

| BeBits BeBits has become the ultimate one-stop resource for BeOS applications of all kinds. In addition to the most comprehensive list of BeOS applications on the web, BeBits offers a bunch of great features that you won't find anywhere else. Read and write user reviews, see how others have rated applications, watch our fun realtime statistics, and of course, download files! For developers, BeBits has free web and file hosting, e-commerce services, and instant updates of the applications you have listed - no need to wait for human intervention. Come check out what has been called the most useful BeOS site on the web - because all the best bits are here!
| Be Dope Be Dope: Exploring the Be Universe. The superior source of information relating to BeOS. News, entertainment, history, media, interviews, Tibetan monks and their yaks.

BeForever

BeForever.com serves you with current news, observations, and opinions on BeOS. Part of what makes us special is the subtle issues you may not find anywhere else, and it's done in a very simple format to keep you moving quickly through your day. Finally, we've got a Portal which will give you a quick and thorough introduction to the BeOS community. Welcome!

| beGamer beGamer provides BeOS gaming news, reviews, and tips, provided by the beGamer community.

BeGames

BeGames is a site specializing in the gaming industry for BeOS. We provide resources for the ever present gamer on the BeOS. Our site provides up-to-the-minute news, reviews of the latest games, and links to download ANY game for the BeOS. We also provide a discussion board for posting your BeOS gaming problems and getting useful feedback from BeGames and other BeOS users around the world.

BeGroovy

BeGroovy offers frequently updated news, a highly active BeOS forum, and full online magazine twice a month, all with a bit of humor. They focus on creating a fun community for BeOS gurus and newbies alike. Other sites give you BeOS related content, but BeGroovy gives it to you with style.

| BeLinks Cataloging BeOS web space one page at a time. BeOS related web pages abound but finding them can sometimes be difficult. While not all these pages have been brought together at BeLinks, you will still find more people, places, programs, and informational BeOS web links here than you can shake a stick at.
| BeMail.org BeMail.org - free web-based email with a BeOS twist.

BeNews

Updated several times daily, BeNews (the place with more Be news) is the Internet's most relied-upon source for breaking news, analysis, announcements, and more from the BeOS world. Started in October 1998 as an information and community resource for BeOS users, the site now has editors positioned around the globe, working around the clock to bring you the latest. If it's news, it's BeNews.

The BeOS Bible

The BeOS Bible is the ultimate end-user's guide to getting the most out of BeOS. Nearly 1,000 pages long, and with an additional six chapters online at beosbible.com, this book has become the definitive reference manual for BeOS users. The BeOS Bible is most definitely not a programmer's guide -- this is a complete and detailed tour of the operating system, with extensive sections on using the Terminal, taking advantage of Be's unique filetyping schema, creating sophisticated system queries, networking information, and much more. Extensive interviews with key Be engineers round out the BeOS Bible with a behind-the-scenes look at the BeOS universe.

BeOS Central

BeOSCentral, the oldest and most complete BeOS news site, provides the Be community with the most comprehensive and up-to-the-minute news. BeOSCentral authors interviews, reviews, analysis of Be and BeOS events, and editorials, as well as provides the BeOS community with the only organized discussion forum. Our highly qualified editors from around the world form a staff always ready to report the news, 24 hours/day, 7 days/week. Visit BeOSCentral, grab your news and talk about it, read some reviews or editorials (and talk about it), and just have fun!

The BeOS Tip Server

The BeOS Tip Server is a searchable database of user-contributed tips and tricks designed to help you get more out of BeOS. If you can't find the answers you're looking for in the Be User's Guide or elsewhere, check the Tip Server -- it's likely someone has already posted an answer to your question. The Tip Server is run from a full-time BeOS web server using the Be File System as a live database, and carries more than 500 secrets, tricks, and shortcuts destined to take your BeOS experience further. The site is maintained by BeOS Bible author Scot Hacker.

LeBuzz

If you love BeOS high bandwidth media (audio, video, graphics, and 3D) visit leBuzz for 7-day-a-week BeOS media news, special interest discussion areas, contests, and "Product Buzz," the web's most complete listing of available and anticipated BeOS media products. A very deep site with large archive of information.

StudioLab

The StudioLab is the web's most highly-focused BeOS media site, for those of you who are looking into doing professional media work with the BeOS. StudioLab tests and reports on BeOS professional media products, and provides hints from other "Buzzers" (BeOS media enthusiasts) on how to create a BeOS-based studio from the ground up. High value, high interest information for an important part of the BeOS community.

## Language-specific links

| BeScope ネット上の数々のソースから集めた日々のBeOS関連のニュースを掲載しています。日本語で読めるBeOS情報はこちらで。
| BeRoute Be Route est un lieu d'information complet: nous offrons de nouvelles dépêches chaque jour dont certaines uniques au monde BeOS francophone, mais aussi des forums de discussion pour partagez vos experiences.

Deutsche Be User Group

Die Gründer der Deutschen BeUserGroup (DeBUG) haben es sich zum Ziel gesetzt umfassend über das BeOS zu informieren und Hilfestellungen bei Problemen zu geben. Im Newsticker wird eine Übersicht über die relevanten Veränderungen in der BeOS-Gemeinschaft wiedergespiegelt und die deutsche Übersetzung des TipServers von Scot Hacker stellt mit mehreren Hundert Einträgen eine Fundgrube zu allen Bereichen des BeOS dar. Und schliesslich ist die DeBUG auch für die Einrichtung der Newsgroup de.comp.os.be verantwortlich, in der man immer kompetente Diskussionspartner findet. Das WWW-Gateway auf den Seiten der DeBUG ermöglicht eine Teilnahme an diesem Forum mit jedem normalen Webbrowser.

BeSol

Besol es una paginá dedicada a traer noticias actualizadas y reportajes sobre la comunidad de Beos. Entre las muchas cosas que incluimos son tutoriales sobre como configurar Beos y extnesa informacion sobre este maravilloso sistema operativo. Tambien tenemos una parte dedicada a enseñarte a programar en Beos con amplia documentacion. Ademas tenemos varios enlaces sobre la comunidad hispana de Beos para hacerte mas agradable navegar desde tu Beos.

We hope you'll find everything you need by starting from this page. Have fun!

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