BeOS Successor Haiku Keeps the Faith

kokito writes "OSNews managing editor Thom Holwerda reviews Haiku, the open source successor of the Be operating system. According to the review, Haiku faithfully/successfully replicates the BeOS user experience and 'personality,' boasting very short boot times, the same recognizable but modernized GUI using antialiasing for fonts and all vector graphics as well as vector icons, a file system with support for metadata-based queries (OpenBFS) and support for the BeAPI, considered by some the cleanest programming API ever. The project has also recently released a native GCC 4.3.3 tool chain, clearing the way for bringing up-to-date ports of multi-platform apps such as Firefox and VLC, and making it easier to work on Haiku ports in general." (More below.) "In spite of its pre-alpha status, Haiku seems to be pretty stable. If you would like to give it a try, nightly builds are available from the Haiku Files website, both as raw HDD and VMWare images. Or if you happen to be in the Los Angeles area, you could also take a peek at a Haiku demo during the upcoming Southern California Linux Expo (Feb. 21 & 22), where Haiku will be exhibiting in booth #4."

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Re:BeOS Haiku

[ForrestFire439]

Most (but not all) linux evangelists are just lusers who picked up linux and learned a few commands. They like it because it's free (as in beer).They go around preaching on every forum they can using recycled arguments they picked up from other users . They don't do it because they're looking out for people's best interest and want everybody to use the best OS possible; rather they do it because they know that the more people that use it, the more app's and drivers there will be. I used to be an avid linux user (until I found a superior OS), but now I'm getting sick of even seeing the word "linux" in every fucking software-related article I read. These kiddies need to shut the fuck up.