Comment by throwaway270925
3 days ago
> It was shockingly performant, especially with anything graphical.
I had the same experience.
Only few things came close since: QNX, my M1 MBP when it was new and a fresh MXLinux installation (no idea how they do it, maybe some low latency scheduler?)
Those felt similarly instant GUI-wise as BeOS did, while unfortunately current MacOS and Win11 feel glacial compared to it.
Try MiDesktop (modern port of KDE 1.x/QT 2.x) - had the same experience, everything is LIGHTNING fast, going back to standard xfce/plasma/whatever feels glacial