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In 2023, Haiku got Emacs and Vulkan support that makes it much more attractive to me than in the past. But I still feel very reluctant to use something without the industry support that Linux has.
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I could not disagree more about Windows 95 looking "dated". It's one the clearest, simplest, and easiest to parse UIs I've ever seen. Buttons look like buttons. Scroll bars are thick and clear. Draggable objects are obvious. It's a huge shame that we've gone only backwards since then, IMHO.
Sometimes I wonder what kids will consider a 'button' since their first few years will be touch screens, magic corner trackpads, and no-show clickers in MightyMice. Do TV remotes even have physical buttons any more?
I am not worried that the kids will grow up not understanding the concept of a button.
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Having contributed to the project, I still agree. In my mind it’s perfect for retirees who don’t need zoom or mobile syncing. The browser is quite good imo as is the email client. I really like that it’s (by default) a single user environment-ideal for an old laptop.
I have to imagine the Venn diagram of retirees and people who are interested in trying more obscure operating systems, has only a sliver of overlap. Though I may end up in that camp one day. I did quite a bit of that between graduating from college and getting my first job.
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I wish modern operating systems looked like Windows 95, I think this was the one time Microsoft got their user experience right, except for the things that were forced on them by backward compatibility concerns, e.g. "in-band" filename extensions that were awkwardly hidden by later versions of Windows.
Haven’t tried either, but there’s https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95 and https://serenityos.org/
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What are you doing on a daily basis that needs 3D graphics?
I love how the same thread cites a lack of full-disk encryption as a dealbreaker for daily-driving without criticism, but 3D graphics is immediately questioned.
Also, it's actually fairly unintuitive to even most computer nerds and professionals that desktop compositing, decoding and rendering video, etc. are all handled as 3D graphics behind the curtains these days.
Is it possible to run Haiku somehow on a Mac Mini M1, or does it require underlying Intel architecture?