Legacy Documentation#
Books and references from the BeOS/Haiku ecosystem. Directly relevant to Vitruvian development.
The BeBook#
The original BeOS API reference, maintained by the Haiku project. This is the primary reference for the API Vitruvian targets.
haiku-os.org/legacy-docs/bebook
Practical File System Design#
By Dominic Giampaolo, the book behind the Be File System (BFS). Covers attribute-based filesystem design and the indexing model that powers live queries.
The BeOS Bible#
By Scot Hacker, a comprehensive guide to BeOS for users and developers. Covers the desktop environment, applications, and the design philosophy that Vitruvian carries forward.
archive.org/details/beosbible0000hack
Porting UNIX Applications to BeOS#
A practical guide to adapting POSIX/UNIX software for BeOS: threading models, filesystem differences, messaging, API mapping. Directly relevant to porting work on Vitruvian.