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From: JP Loken on 13 May 2010 12:22
The Haiku Project is proud to announce the availability of Haiku R1A2, its
second official alpha release. Haiku is an open source operating system
that specifically targets personal computing intended for desktop use.
Alpha 2 is a stable development release and a milestone on the way to the
upcoming Release 1.
http://www.haiku-os.org/

I have tried it briefly.
The CD is combining installation and live.
Stable, quick and responsive. Promising, IMHO.
No support for my network cards yet.
No office apps.

Haiku hasn't yet reached the maturity of Zeta-OS, another BeOS clone.
Unfortunately, that project is terminated.
However, the live CD is still available.
http://www.zeta-os.com/cms/custom/lcd/indexe.php


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From: Sergio on 13 May 2010 17:45
On 13.05.2010 18:22, JP Loken wrote:
> The Haiku Project is proud to announce the availability of Haiku R1A2,

Do not see any point of revive this.
I used beos on p133,32MB. OS/2 Warp was my prime, before XP and today Linux.

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From: Mike Easter on 14 May 2010 12:57
F. Reeware wrote:
> "JP Loken"

>> I have tried it briefly.
>> The CD is combining installation and live.
>> Stable, quick and responsive. Promising, IMHO.
>> No support for my network cards yet.
>> No office apps.
>
> So Mr Loken, what is the point?

Snipped from the Haiku faq:

<q>

Why not Linux?

Linux-based distributions stack up software -- the Linux kernel, the X
Window System, and various DEs with disparate toolkits such as GTK+ and
Qt -- that do not necessarily share the same guidelines and/or goals.
This lack of consistency and overall vision manifests itself in
increased complexity, insufficient integration, and inefficient
solutions, making the use of your computer more complicated than it
should actually be.

Instead, Haiku has a single focus on personal computing and is driven by
a unified vision for the whole OS. That, we believe, enables Haiku to
provide a leaner, cleaner and more efficient system capable of providing
a better user experience that is simple and uniform throughout.

</q>

I agree that linux doesn't make a very efficient graphical interface,
but it is getting better with the growing popularity of alternate DEs
and WMs.


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From: JP Loken on 14 May 2010 13:59
På Fri, 14 May 2010 02:27:28 +0200, skrev F. Reeware
<F.Reeware2010(a)invalid.invalid>:

> "JP Loken" <jp_lokennospam(a)hotmailspam.com> wrote:
>
>> I have tried it briefly.
>> The CD is combining installation and live.
>> Stable, quick and responsive. Promising, IMHO.
>> No support for my network cards yet.
>> No office apps.
>
> So Mr Loken, what is the point?
>
> F. Reeware

I'm interested in freeware, Mr Reeware. :-)
I assumed that the development of this OS and its apps might be of
interest for others here.

I tried BeOS about 10 years ago on my first ever computer. In spite of
being an absolute newbie, I immediately realized that my computer fared
much better with BeOs than with Win98.
Unfortunately, I had an exotic ISDN-card and sound card in that computer..
I tried hard to make them work with BeOS, but hard work wasn't enough to
compensate for my ignorance. Reluctantly I was compelled to stay with MS..
Quote:
Why Haiku?
The Be Operating System introduced progressive concepts and technologies
that we believe represent the ideal means to simple and efficient personal
computing. Haiku is the realization of those concepts and technologies in
the form of an operating system that is open source and free.


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From: JP Loken on 14 May 2010 14:36
På Thu, 13 May 2010 23:45:13 +0200, skrev Sergio <sergio.artic(a)gmail.com>:

> On 13.05.2010 18:22, JP Loken wrote:
>> The Haiku Project is proud to announce the availability of Haiku R1A2,
>
> Do not see any point of revive this.
> I used beos on p133,32MB. OS/2 Warp was my prime, before XP and today
> Linux.

Multiple choices are a good thing in itself. BeOS was a superb OS. I do
wish they succeed.
However, as you imply, I'm also afraid that the market for a new OS might
be very limited.
As an ordinary user I appreciate how hard it is to get under the hood of
an OS. I struggled with Windows in the same way I struggle to understand
Linux today.
I don't personally know any other person who feel that learning a new OS
in itself is fun and rewarding.


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