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Haiku OS – Fundraising 2015

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Re: Haiku OS – Fundraising 2015

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Post by d3141 »

cgh wrote: post #10
d3141 wrote: post #8

As someone who played with BeOS in my younger days; I'm pretty curious about this project, does this use any of BeOS's code or is this a reimplementation of BeOS ideas with it's own codebase?

https://www.haiku-os.org/about/faq#top_6 "Is Haiku based on BeOS then? Haiku reimplements both the BeOS technologies as well as the end user experience, but it is far from being based on BeOS from a code base perspective. The only BeOS code that has made it into Haiku are Tracker and the Deskbar (the file manager and the equivalent of the start menu/taskbar, respectively). These were open sourced by Be Inc. back in 2…

Ah I missed that, sorry. Thanks for pointing it out.

Re: Haiku OS – Fundraising 2015

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Post by dnautics »

gillianseed wrote: post #4
wmf wrote: post #2

What was the outcome of the discussion about switching to the Linux kernel?

It seems it was just someone trolling, no code has surfaced at all. Still the discussion it generated was interesting.

It would have been interesting to create a version which was a Linux binary compatibility layer, essentially compiling libbe.so for Linux, with the intent of swapping it for a native kernel later. However, I think this might have been technically difficult since iirc beos uses the same interrupt for syscalls as Linux but does not use the odd Linux syscall standard (where short parameter lists are put into registers) versus the stack, like freebsd. I think freebsd might have been a better choice for that reason and also its performant kernel.

Re: Haiku OS – Fundraising 2015

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Post by dragonwriter »

flurpitude wrote: post #13

Why? Is Haiku just an exercise in nostalgia or are there reasons why one might actually choose it over other OSs for practical use?

The one thing the Haiku website really seems to be missing is a solid elevator pitch. Its got some fuzzies, but nothing that tells me in what manner Haiku wants to improve on the existing OS landscape.

Re: Haiku OS – Fundraising 2015

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Post by didyoucheckthe »

flurpitude wrote: post #13

Why? Is Haiku just an exercise in nostalgia or are there reasons why one might actually choose it over other OSs for practical use?

https://www.haiku-os.org/about/faq#top_5

> # Why not Linux?

> Linux-based distributions stack up software -- the Linux kernel, the X Window System, and various DEs with disparate toolkits such as GTK+ and Qt -- that do not necessarily share the same guidelines and/or goals. This lack of consistency and overall vision manifests itself in increased complexity, insufficient integration, and inefficient solutions, making the use of your computer more complicated than it should actually be.

> Instead, Haiku has a single focus on personal computing and is driven by a unified vision for the whole OS. That, we believe, enables Haiku to provide a leaner, cleaner and more efficient system capable of providing a better user experience that is simple and uniform throughout.

After reading this, I full-heartedly support this project.

Re: Haiku OS – Fundraising 2015

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Post by orbitingpluto »

I have used BeOS 5 & HaikuOS as my no distraction operating systems. It can't do much, but it has a text editor, c compiler, and a web browser that is sufficient for most documentation and Safari.

It always runs quite fast compared to a lightweight Linux distro.

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