BeOS: Porting UNIX Applications
A how-to book for programmers porting applications to BeOS -- as well as those writing new apps for BeOS.
TABLE OF CONTENTS BeOS: Porting UNIX Applications
Appendix A: Resources
Overview
Your first point of reference for information about programming on the Be, and for sources to start porting to the new operating system, is the Internet. It contains the largest repository of applications and source code in general. Furthermore, the Be community lives exclusively on the Internet, using combinations of Web sites, mailing lists, and newsgroups to swap information and ideas. All the information about the BeOS and the packages that have already been ported will also be reported on the Internet, and several key sites retain this information.
In addition to the sources listed in this appendix, I have included some useful utilities and applications that will help you to make the best use of your BeOS machine, either by providing BeOS tools or by providing Windows, Mac, or UNIX tools that will plug the gaps in BeOS functionality.
A.1 FTP
There are quite literally thousands of FTP sites around the world that store a range of applications and source code. Usually the best location for getting the latest piece of source is one of the SunSITE FTP servers. These sites are supported by Sun with equipment and storage space. They are home to a variety of mirrored sites and Sun's own archives. One of the most popular mirrored sites is the GNU FTP server, which contains all the source for all the available GNU software.
You will also find a range of other software sources in the UNIX directories on these machines, and they are a good...
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