After nearly 6 years since R1/alpha4, Haiku R1/beta1 has been released.
[...] This release sees the addition of official x86_64 images, alongside the existing x86 32-bit ones.
[...] By far the largest change in this release is the addition of a complete package management system.
I'm very happy to see the progress alternative open source operating systems have made in recent years.
[Haiku -- an OS,
development continues,
open source is good.
Try your own --Ed.]
(Score: 3, Informative) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday September 30 2018, @06:14PM (1 child)
It was in alpha for like five or six years.
A lot of the delay is adding new drivers, but there's also lots of stuff like experimenting with UI concepts.
A while back I contemplated choosing a nightly based on its stability then selling laptops with Haiku preinstalled. The developers encouraged me to do so provided I not call it "Haiku". I'd have to call it Mike-Ooh or some such.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 3, Funny) by urza9814 on Monday October 01 2018, @06:26PM
...would that be pronounced as "My Coup"? :)