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HaikuOS Hits Kernel Milestone
Professor Cool Linux writes "HaikuOS kernel team has a working implementation of fork(), exec(), and waitpid(), as well as a TTY layer. 'Despite some minor issues (you still don't see what you type), we can now have a fully functional bash running on our kernel. A lot of other shell commands, even those using our own libbe.so are working, as well.'Things are really moving."
Looks like it's more functional than DOS already.
``Before you know it will all fall into place and there will be a fully open-source BeOS clone''
Or maybe Hurd will come first.
Please correct me if I got my facts wrong.
This OS is free
Like the autumn wind and leaves
Why another though?
Like stars in the sky
Open-source OSes shine
Too many to count.
Bold and daring though
Like the lion in its den
HaikuOS lives.
Reflecting the sun
Haiku's website shines, I hope
The OS does too.
With their lofty goals,
Like the eagle, they will soar
If success they find.
As the seasons pass
I have no time to try out
Every new OS.
Promising and new
As in spring the world will be?
Maybe, maybe not.
One complaint I have
The article does not say
What HaikuOS is.
A BeOS clone
That is what I've determined
Kudos! Keep it up.
(Ok, those last two weren't really related to nature, but it's late. Bedtime. For more information on what goes into making better haikus than I have made here, check out the Wikipedia entry on the topic)
I know what you mean. I read that this "HaikuOS" had finally implemented fork() and I thought someone was rewriting the Linux kernel in haiku, a la deCSS.
Then I thought it was funny that something related to Japanese was implementing a fork.
Direct away from face when opening.
Despite some minor issues (you still don't see what you type)
Despite some minor issues (your vaccum cleaner wont suck)