BeOS-Inspired Haiku Enabling More Intel Hardware & Driving Kernel Optimizations

[phoronix]

Phoronix: BeOS-Inspired Haiku Enabling More Intel Hardware & Driving Kernel Optimizations

The Haiku open-source operating system project inspired by BeOS is out with their newest monthly development summary to highlight advancements made to this unique OS...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Haiku-OS-September-2024

[LockedPotato]

Haiku, my love.

[stiiixy]

Haiku OS continues to thrive
A testament to the dev's incredible tenacity
One cannot disregard thier effort

[Kemosabe]

Has someone made a sanity check if such an ancient concept holds up to the requirement of the modern world?

[skeevy420]

Haiku OS continues to thrive
A testament to the dev's incredible tenacity
One cannot disregard thier effort

Oi, Haiku is based
Upon syllables and not
words my good fellow

[stiiixy]

I know, I know. But!English and Japanese aren't really all that interchangeable either.

Plus, its well past my bedtime. I did what I could.

I think the rules changed somewhat well before Europeans even turned up anyway 😁 That'll happen when you close your borders to everyone.

[stiiixy]

Has someone made a sanity check if such an ancient concept holds up to the requirement of the modern world?

Wrong fora to ask
Such a question with regard
To a real answer

[ayumu]

Has someone made a sanity check if such an ancient concept holds up to the requirement of the modern world?

When you say ancient concept, are you referring to UNIX?

[Daktyl198]

Has someone made a sanity check if such an ancient concept holds up to the requirement of the modern world?

I assume you're talking about the UI, as the underlying OS is a Unix-like OS similar to Linux or BSD. Most of the apps it runs are ports of Linux apps. The UI is *extremely* responsive and the requirements are minimal, making it a decent option on older hardware if you still want to use modern applications, like a web browser that will load current sites. I don't think it has support for most advanced GPU drivers, so it's not like you'll be gaming on it. But it's a decent productivity OS.

[Chugworth]

Has someone made a sanity check if such an ancient concept holds up to the requirement of the modern world?

The BeOS desktop design was questionable back when BeOS still existed. A project like this tries to maintain the original BeOS design and allow it to work on newer hardware (the things people spend their time on). Yet if BeOS hadn't failed and continued on, I'm sure it would have gone through many design changes over the years.

It would be like if Microsoft went out of business shortly after the release of Windows 3.1, and over the years people tried to maintain the Windows 3.1 design, working on newer hardware.