HaikuOS Thread

>What? Haiku is an open source copy of the old BeOS operating system written mostly from scratch, built with the intent of providing an out of this world home computing experience. >Why? Linux+BSDs have been in a doghshit shape for some time now. Lack of hardening, , awful ergonomics, bloat, cargo cult design, inevitable limitations of a UNIX system. Here's the site. https://www.haiku-os.org/ Also, it has a unique desktop and folder structure that's been proven to be more ergonomic than the ancient system both windows and UNIX-likes use. >When is R1? When it's done. https://dev.haiku-os.org/roadmap

>>55546 Haiku is in beta now, correct? Glad to see that they're making progress (cough) ReactOS (cough)

How stable is it currently? >>55548 Why has ReactOS not progressed even after the Windows code leak? I know they have to avoid copying for legal reasons but if they do same things using a different language wouldn't they get around that issue?

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>>55554 It's like a brick and about as useful as one too. Tkae this info as you wish.

>>55557 bricks are pretty useful in the right circumstances.

>>55546 I tried to install it and didn't work. Although the project looks interesting.

>>55546 Haiku is a surprisingly capable system, if I needed to I could see myself daily driving Haiku. Also OP its called Haiku, not HaikuOS, the Haiku devs make a point of that >>55554 >Why has ReactOS not progressed even after the Windows code leak? the problem with ReactOS is not reverse engineering the Windows kernel. The problem is that WINE exists. React's main competition is WINE, and so much development went into WINE that its more valuable to invest more into WINE than continue investing in ReactOS

>>55557 My house is made of bricks.

I get the impression Haiku would be nice on particularly small screens like smartphones / tablets and low end machines including retro computers. I mean if it were capable of being made to run on all that.

>>55593 Not really, the UI's very much built around floating windows being driven by a proper mouse & keyboard

I've heard that Haiku should not be run on bare metal because it runs everything as root is that true?

>>55596 Haiku improves its ergonomic design by completely eliminating the middleman 'sudo' or 'doas', by allowing the primary user the FULL extent of their operating system's power right out the gate, no signup or login necessary!

>>55598 But doesn't this open the door for exploits?

>>55599 Windows has degraded its version of 'sudo' to a yes/no popup. Do you really think that's really that far off to how Haiku operates?

>>55601 Windows being insecure isn't a good justification for HaikuOS to be insecure.

>>55599 >>55608 It hypothetically opens the door to exploits? But realistically doesn't seem like much of a concern to me. Almost every piece of software for Haiku is libre, and the code ime for the system itself is readable, generally consistent, and of good quality― their review process is comparatively stringent, too. Anything you think is dangerous (barring GUI programs) can be run as a seperate user, like the SSH daemon is by default.

>>55608 The whole point of haiku is it’s a single user system with few restrictions

>>55624 That's a much better justification. Thanks.

>>55595 I meant a tweaking for a seporate project. The overall look has that feel to it.

>>55631 You say that as if there needs to be any justification for not wanting to type out your password every time a fart blows some reeds apart.