Windows, Linux, OS X… Haiku?!
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Be. It’s not just the second letter of the alphabet, it’s the name of an operating system from yesteryear. BeOS, to be specific - and it’s coming back with a vengeance under the name ‘Haiku’:
Haiku is an open source operating system currently in development designed from the ground up for desktop computing. Inspired in the Be Operating System, Haiku aims to provide users of all levels with a personal computing experience that is simple yet powerful, and void of any unnecessary complexities.
So, if you want to play with something on your PC that isn’t Windows or Linux, you can give the ol’ Be a whirl:
Haiku is still in development, so there are no end user releases available for download yet. We do have builds available that testers and developers can download for either bug reporting or development purposes.
And yes, you can actually play with Haiku within Windows itself after downloading an image and using it with the free VMWare player. I don’t know if the OS is ready for prime time, but I’m certain that power users aplenty will enjoy the new Haiku.
[tags]haiku, beos, os x, linux, windows, os, operating system[/tags]
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subwolf
February 17th, 2007
at 8:31pm
Interesting. Think it’ll be too non-hackable for my liking, but it’ll be cool to offer a simpler alternative to Linux.
anonymous
February 20th, 2007
at 2:58pm
Non-hackable? Are you kidding? The whole Haiku project (formerly OpenBeOS) is a righteous hack in itself, intended to make a source-compatible BeOS R5 clone initially, then extend it beyond after. I’ll give ya not hackable. :p
Ken Harthun
February 20th, 2007
at 5:03pm
I first played with BeOS in 1998 and it was a cool little OS. Worked like a charm once you got the network set up properly. Ran on a Compaq DeskPro that I still have. Can’t wait to see Haiku…
f0rw4rd.sl4sh
February 20th, 2007
at 10:27pm
I am going to install it on all my toasters. Then set up my cluster and proceed to process millions of pieces of toast in a second.. Muuaahhhaahhaa!! I hope I didn’t forget to turn off my loop back device before I left.. Would hate to break my filter..