An introduction to the Haiku OS

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Post by lamnk » Wed, Jan 05, 2011, 1:03 AM UTC

An introduction to the Haiku OS
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Re: An introduction to the Haiku OS

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Post by tophat02 » Wed, Jan 05, 2011, 1:44 AM UTC

This shouldn't be an issue, but I'm afraid it is: it still looks like a late-90s OS. That should be a top priority for the Haiku project.

Re: An introduction to the Haiku OS

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Post by beoba » Wed, Jan 05, 2011, 1:45 AM UTC

tophat02 wrote: post #2

This shouldn't be an issue, but I'm afraid it is: it still looks like a late-90s OS. That should be a top priority for the Haiku project.

Yeah, get some lens flare and transparent windows in there!

Re: An introduction to the Haiku OS

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Post by ihodes » Wed, Jan 05, 2011, 1:49 AM UTC

beoba wrote: post #3

tophat02 wrote: post #2

This shouldn't be an issue, but I'm afraid it is: it still looks like a late-90s OS. That should be a top priority for the Haiku project.

Yeah, get some lens flare and transparent windows in there!

Or, you know, text smoothing. Antialiasing. Silly stuff like that ;)

Re: An introduction to the Haiku OS

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Post by sidek » Wed, Jan 05, 2011, 1:56 AM UTC

Having tried Haiku, I like it a lot. I stopped using it, though, because it's really hard to program in it: most languages aren't supported, and others have large math errors.

Re: An introduction to the Haiku OS

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Post by Neodudeman » Wed, Jan 05, 2011, 1:57 AM UTC

tophat02 wrote: post #2

This shouldn't be an issue, but I'm afraid it is: it still looks like a late-90s OS. That should be a top priority for the Haiku project.

I agree. Get Michael Bay to add the explosions, and everyone bring out your 3D glasses.

Re: An introduction to the Haiku OS

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Post by ugh » Wed, Jan 05, 2011, 2:03 AM UTC

beoba wrote: post #3

tophat02 wrote: post #2

This shouldn't be an issue, but I'm afraid it is: it still looks like a late-90s OS. That should be a top priority for the Haiku project.

Yeah, get some lens flare and transparent windows in there!

Awww, hackers who hate what they call “eye candy”. It warms my heart!

Re: An introduction to the Haiku OS

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Post by jcitme » Wed, Jan 05, 2011, 2:09 AM UTC

single user only os?

i'm sorry, but there's no way that it can become popular with that limitation. security is too much at risk here, didn't we just manage to convince microsoft that computers shouldn't start as root all the time?

also, seeing that it's geared towards multimedia, there's no way that any real multimedia company will adopt the software with no file permissions and user access to all root powers.

Re: An introduction to the Haiku OS

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Post by gry » Wed, Jan 05, 2011, 2:09 AM UTC

I used to run BeOS on a Umax c600x280 Mac clone (PowerMax, Umax, Motorola days). I loved it because the UI was responsive. There was no lag. It also introduced me to the command line.

The previous year, I tried an mklinux install. I couldn't tell upside from down. I didn't know enough to "man" a command, let alone which commands to man.

I'm sad Be never became OS X. I wonder what Haiku/Be would be today. Remember the first OS X version? It was slow and buggy. 10.1 was usable.

Maybe Apple would've made a slow, buggy OS B. Back then, it was on.

Re: An introduction to the Haiku OS

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Post by tmcw » Wed, Jan 05, 2011, 2:10 AM UTC

The fact that BeOS is single-user is news to me. I have to wonder what the security model looks like without a 'root' concept - this article's dismissal of the problem seems pretty shallow.

Obviously the "Change the World" title is just linkbait. Thanks for renaming.