Feature changed by: Thomas Schmidt (digitaltomm) Feature #310162, revision 5 Title: BeOS like menu for OpenSUSE - openSUSE-11.4: Unconfirmed + openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Andres Silva (anditosan) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: Well, I am not much of a historian when it comes to computers. I do study history though, but of the Middle East in college. This is the thing though. There used to be a very nice operating system back in the 2000s called BeOS. I got to download the iso image (about 50 MB) and installed it on an old Compaq computer and booted it with a diskette. This small operating system had many bugs but it was at the same time very capable. I really enjoyed playing with it. The system was then not too popular and PALM bought it. That was the end of it as a free operating system and then other projects came out of it, like HAIKU and Zeta. Just imitations of the original system but this time based on Linux. One of the things that impressed me the most about this system was its revolutionary System Menu. Unlike Windows, it was located at the top right of the screen. It was not a panel styled menu, it was rather like a box that expanded and contracted depending on the applications that you were running. If you right-clicked it, then you would be able to get the actual menu with all the applications installed on your computer... Check this idea (http://anditosan.blogspot.com/2010/06/beos-rebellion.html) Discussion: #1: Brian Marr (cabernet) (2010-07-29 01:07:43) Keep working on this. The system menu has improved over recent releases. You may be onto something. #2: Brian Marr (cabernet) (2010-07-29 01:10:57) Let me try again. The system menu has not changed over many years. It would be nice to see an alternative. -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/310162