<s>
BeOS	B-Device
R5	I-Device
is	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
of	O
BeOS	B-Application
from	O
Be	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
R5	O
was	O
the	O
4th	O
major	O
release	O
of	O
BeOS	B-Application
for	O
a	O
public	O
audience	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
6th	O
since	O
it	O
left	O
developer-only	O
stages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
changed	O
only	O
slightly	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
release	O
,	O
BeOS	B-Application
R4.5	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
even	O
seeded	O
to	O
developers	O
as	O
"	O
R4.6	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Improved	O
POSIX	O
compliance	O
,	O
particularly	O
in	O
the	O
area	O
of	O
networking	B-Architecture
,	O
was	O
provided	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
R5	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
BeOS	B-Application
for	O
x86	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
freely	O
downloadable	O
version	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
fully	O
installed	O
on	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
hard	O
drive	O
;	O
previous	O
versions	O
had	O
a	O
free	O
Live	O
CD	O
download	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
R5	O
was	O
also	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
architecture	O
which	O
BeOS	B-Application
had	O
originated	O
on	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
own	O
BeBox	B-Device
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Be	O
's	O
marketing	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
OS	O
to	O
ship	O
with	O
legal	O
MP3	B-Application
encoding	O
and	O
decoding	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stripped	O
of	O
developer	O
tools	O
(	O
though	O
these	O
were	O
later	O
made	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
separate	O
download	O
)	O
,	O
mp3	B-Application
and	O
Indeo	B-Algorithm
encoders	O
,	O
and	O
RealPlayer	B-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
installed	O
into	O
a	O
500MB	O
"	O
hardfile	O
"	O
through	O
Windows	O
or	O
Linux	O
,	O
and	O
could	O
be	O
booted	O
either	O
directly	O
from	O
Windows	O
9x	O
or	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
or	O
using	O
a	O
boot	O
floppy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
booted	O
,	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
installed	O
to	O
a	O
real	O
hard	O
drive	O
or	O
partition	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Be	B-Application
Bootloader	I-Application
could	O
be	O
installed	O
to	O
allow	O
dual-booting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
bootloader	O
uses	O
only	O
the	O
MBR	B-Device
of	O
the	O
hard	O
disk	O
,	O
and	O
will	O
continue	O
to	O
function	O
even	O
if	O
the	O
BeOS	B-Application
is	O
uninstalled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Professional	O
Edition	O
was	O
only	O
available	O
commercially	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
in	O
BeOS	B-Application
's	O
history	O
,	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
purchased	O
from	O
the	O
company	O
unless	O
you	O
were	O
a	O
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
regional	O
resellers	O
sold	O
it	O
-	O
Gobe	B-Device
Software	I-Device
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Apacabar	O
and	O
Koch	O
Media	O
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
and	O
Hitachi	O
in	O
Asia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CD	O
shipped	O
with	O
an	O
ISO9660/HFS	O
hybrid	O
partition	O
,	O
containing	O
documentation	O
,	O
GPL	O
licensed	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
the	O
Personal	O
Edition	O
installer	O
(	O
with	O
the	O
aim	O
of	O
you	O
circulating	O
the	O
installer	O
to	O
friends	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
Partition	B-Application
Magic	I-Application
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Mac	O
OS	O
boot-loading	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
separate	O
BFS	B-Language
partitions	O
existed	O
,	O
one	O
for	O
x86	O
,	O
one	O
for	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
the	O
x86	O
one	O
is	O
directly	O
bootable	O
from	O
CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
all	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
Personal	O
Edition	O
,	O
Professional	O
Edition	O
includes	O
the	O
full	O
developers	O
tools	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
rebranded	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
,	O
RealPlayer	B-Application
G2	I-Application
,	O
Fraunhofer	O
MP3	B-Application
encoders	I-Application
,	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
both	O
encoding	O
Indeo	B-Algorithm
video	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
playback/encoding	O
of	O
Indeo	B-Algorithm
Real	O
Time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
additional	O
POSIX	O
support	O
was	O
again	O
added	O
for	O
networking	B-Architecture
,	O
although	O
the	O
update	O
neglected	O
to	O
include	O
the	O
newer	O
headers	O
to	O
use	O
some	O
of	O
these	O
functions	O
-	O
they	O
were	O
only	O
available	O
in	O
an	O
updated	O
Developer	O
Tools	O
for	O
Personal	O
Edition	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
R5.03	O
was	O
solely	O
a	O
security	O
fix	O
,	O
and	O
fixed	O
a	O
remote-access	O
bug	O
in	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
ftpd	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
update	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
made	O
a	O
change	O
to	O
the	O
core	B-Language
C	I-Language
library	I-Language
to	O
do	O
this	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
doing	O
so	O
,	O
updated	O
the	O
version	O
of	O
glibc	B-Language
it	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
,	O
again	O
providing	O
slightly	O
more	O
POSIX	O
compatibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
failure	O
of	O
BeIA	B-Operating_System
,	O
Be	O
's	O
Internet	B-Device
Appliance	I-Device
venture	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
ceased	O
operations	O
,	O
and	O
R5	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
official	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
widely	O
leaked	O
version	O
of	O
BeOS	B-Application
that	O
had	O
been	O
seeded	O
to	O
developers	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Dano	B-Device
,	O
carried	O
many	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
build	O
ID	O
indicating	O
it	O
was	O
BeOS	B-Application
R5.1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
extremely	O
widely	O
leaked	O
update	O
is	O
a	O
new	O
,	O
fully	O
POSIX	O
compliant	O
,	O
kernel-land	O
networking	B-Architecture
stack	O
,	O
known	O
internally	O
in	O
Be	O
as	O
BONE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZETA	B-Device
was	O
accepted	O
by	O
some	O
BeOS	B-Application
users	O
as	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
R5	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
legal	O
issues	O
surrounding	O
how	O
Magnussoft	O
obtained	O
Be	O
Inc	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
later	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
discontinuation	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
at	O
least	O
during	O
its	O
protracted	O
release	O
candidate	O
stage	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
dogged	O
with	O
problems	O
that	O
left	O
some	O
people	O
using	O
R5	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
some	O
cases	O
,	O
looking	O
to	O
Haiku	B-Language
for	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
their	O
OS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Haiku	B-Language
,	O
now	O
on	O
its	O
beta	O
release	O
,	O
is	O
now	O
the	O
last	O
surviving	O
successor	O
to	O
BeOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
deemed	O
by	O
the	O
developers	O
as	O
beta	O
software	O
,	O
the	O
stability	O
,	O
compatibility	O
with	O
BeOS	B-Application
binaries	O
and	O
feature-completeness	O
make	O
Haiku	B-Language
a	O
viable	O
option	O
today	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Haiku	B-Language
has	O
even	O
improved	O
on	O
BeOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
includes	O
features	O
never	O
implemented	O
into	O
BeOS	B-Application
,	O
including	O
:	O
wifi	O
support	O
;	O
the	O
layout	O
kit	O
;	O
a	O
unique	O
package	O
manager	O
;	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
x64	O
processors	O
and	O
modern	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
