Haiku rc1 alpha 3 released:

handy · 2011-06-20 23:20:54

Great news for those of us that have been waiting:

http://www.haiku-os.org/news/2011-06-18 … _1_alpha_3

Grinch · 2011-06-21 00:50:27

Nice to see 'official' progress, although there's nothing new here for me personally as I'm running nightlies. Ingo is currently implementing package management which should allow users to upgrade Haiku from within Haiku easily, which will be a great enhancement. One step closer to final R1.

handy · 2011-06-21 02:20:57

I take my hat of to all those involved. They have stuck at it for around 10 years now & just keep getting closer to the goal.

Like so many others, I so look forward to the day of release for R1.

Ari'osika · 2011-06-21 03:05:18

Nice! And I was just about to install it just the other day but now I really have a reason to haha

sand_man · 2011-06-21 04:06:51

btrfs and ext4 support is very cool indeed.

upsidaisium · 2011-06-22 09:29:15

Happy to see that alpha 3 is here! I'm downloading it now. I still have high hopes for Haiku, so I'm interesting to see how things are slowly shaping up.

Grinch · 2011-06-23 03:43:39

Yep, it's a sweet system that really adheres to the Arch Linux motto of KISS and minimalism in my opinion. Add to that the fact that unlike Linux, this is a pure desktop focused OS where everything is therefore integrated top-to-bottom thus making for (again in my opinion) a better overall desktop experience. The sacrifice is of course choice/flexibility, Linux gives you the opportunity to combine different parts as you please with the downside that the parts sometimes do not integrate as well as you might have wished. I love both systems, but I think that as a pure desktop solution I prefer Haiku, although given it's lack of software and that it's not even at 1.0 yet it's currently not a realistic day-to-day alternative for me. Upcoming built-in package management is something I believe will be a huge step in the right direction.

Beelzebud · 2011-06-27 04:34:47

I saw them review it on the Linux Action Show the other day, and it really looks amazing! Such a simple system, and it seems fairly mature for alpha-quality. I *LOVE* the concept of tabbing applications together, and it is so cool that it works like that on the default setup. This is something to really keep an eye on IMO. Really tickles me in that nerdy place.

sand_man · 2011-06-27 06:19:41

Beelzebud wrote:

I *LOVE* the concept of tabbing applications together, and it is so cool that it works like that on the default setup

It's actually disabled by default.

Grinch · 2011-06-27 07:17:06

Turn it on with 'setdecor SATDecorator' iirc.

upsidaisium · 2011-06-28 11:09:35

Grinch wrote:

Add to that the fact that unlike Linux, this is a pure desktop focused OS where everything is therefore integrated top-to-bottom thus making for (again in my opinion) a better overall desktop experience. The sacrifice is of course choice/flexibility, Linux gives you the opportunity to combine different parts as you please with the downside that the parts sometimes do not integrate as well as you might have wished.

A more unified and well-put-together Linux desktop experience would be nice to see. I think some of the major desktop environments really ought to release their own distributions. For example, GNOME: you can easily get a decent GNOME desktop with Ubuntu, Fedora, etc.; however, it would be nice to see a proper, more polished GNOME Linux package. All GNOME apps, everything setup to work on a live CD -- and without the option to install, for example, KDE apps, or other apps that don't integrate well with the GNOME desktop. KDE and XFCE could do the same.

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Grinch · 2011-06-29 09:47:18

Well, by the sound of it Gnome is going down the path of aiming for a Linux-only desktop environment. That said, not having the option to install KDE/not well-intergrated apps is something I'm not in favour of. Just like with Haiku, certainly I'd rather have native-apps with better integration, problem is there will never be native apps to cover all needs and as such ports is a must. I think the same goes for Gnome vs KDE etc. However, by making Gnome (for instance) offer a better integrated development platform than the competition it certainly encourages developers to write applications for for that environment. This is what the Haiku devs are also hoping for, that by offering a rich and elegant base api which exposes a high level of integration with the rest of the system, programmers will want to write Haiku native apps.

sand_man · 2011-06-29 23:04:48

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news … atures.ars

ScionicSpectre · 2011-07-18 06:23:57

I think that if GTK and Qt can become more compatible with the Haiku platform, all the better. I'm all for more open options that can benefit from open technology. Gallium drivers on Haiku would be pretty phenomenal, too (I'm not really well educated on whether or not this is already the case, but I can see a lot of potential).

Despite the 'old school' appearance of Haiku, it has some pretty good design concepts that work well. It's certainly usable enough for every day use so long as the hardware is supported (as on my older computers). Haiku can be a good, modern(ish) replacement when you don't want to have to strip down a Linux kernel for an older machine.

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