for the windows and mac users the lack of preinstalls and lack of apps might have been what killed beos, but for the linux users who might have been tempted to

for the windows and mac users the lack of preinstalls and lack of apps might have been what killed beos, but for the linux users who might have been tempted to experiment (i was one!) it was the lack of drivers that delivered the death blow. i was perfectly happy to install the os myself and use it for whatever i could, but it did not support my network card and that was that.