It's the day after Independence Day in the US, and much of our staff is just returning to their preferred work machines. If this was 1997 instead of 2018, that would mean booting up BeOS for some. The future-of-operating-systems-that-never-was arrived just over 20 years ago, so in light of the holiday, we're resurfacing this geek's guide. The piece originally ran on June 2, 2010; it appears unchan
![The BeOS file system, an OS geek retrospective](https://cdn-ak-scissors.b.st-hatena.com/image/square/a31785eee9e67ad38a1e00cb1ebe4db1bc4d03d6/height=288;version=1;width=512/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.arstechnica.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F06%2Ffeat_beos_files_system_list.jpg)