BeOS-Inspired Haiku Making Progress On ARM, Various Kernel Improvements

[phoronix]

Phoronix: BeOS-Inspired Haiku Making Progress On ARM, Various Kernel Improvements

Just last week marked the one year anniversary since shipping the Haiku R1 beta release for this BeOS-inspired open-source operating system. The developers remain though as busy as ever with advancing this interesting open-source project...

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[Oddsocks]

I don't think Haiku will ever become mainstream and it probably doesn't need to be, but it's great to see alternative projects like this progressing a in world of IT mono-culture.

[wizard69]

I don't think Haiku will ever become mainstream and it probably doesn't need to be, but it's great to see alternative projects like this progressing a in world of IT mono-culture.

Mainstream? Neither Linux nor MacOS are mainstream yet they have large followings. Considering BeOS uniqueness I would hope that it continues to grow. The mono-culture is real so anything that pressures that is valuable.

[Spam]

Linux is getting very fragmented and bulky. Rather amazing it works as well as it does. Love haiku though. Very well planned and executed desktop environment. Perhaps a little dated look for those that like all that. But it is a matter of preference

[Spam]

Thinking about it. They probably have a better chance getting done before X is replaced with wayland!

[Oddsocks]

Mainstream? Neither Linux nor MacOS are mainstream yet they have large followings. Considering BeOS uniqueness I would hope that it continues to grow. The mono-culture is real so anything that pressures that is valuable.

I think Linux and MacOS are large enough and dominant in certain markets that they could be called mainstream, but yes Windows is really the 'culture' of IT these days and I love dabbling with the alternatives even if they don't end up replacing my workhorse.

[skeevy420]

phoronix

The developers remain though as busy as ever with advancing this interesting open-source project.

"though" makes no sense within the context of that sentence.

[edwaleni]

I wonder if Haiku will bring along any of its BeOS Power platform roots?

The original BeBox with BeOS was a dual socket Power 603-66 and they showed a 4 socket model privately. (it was later ported to the PowerMac)

Can you see a dual socket Raptor Talos running Haiku? Just curious.

It would be an interesting product coming full circle.

[Vistaus]

I think Linux and MacOS are large enough and dominant in certain markets that they could be called mainstream, but yes Windows is really the 'culture' of IT these days and I love dabbling with the alternatives even if they don't end up replacing my workhorse.

Linux is mainstream on Server Planet, but not so much on Desktop Planet. macOS is semi-mainstream on Desktop Planet and pretty much absent on Server Planet.

[Vistaus]

Thinking about it. They probably have a better chance getting done before X is replaced with wayland!

Now if only there was something like an X server implementation for Haiku like there is for e.g. AmigaOS 4, then I'd switch to Haiku full-time because there two X-dependent apps I can't live without.