Haiku R1/Alpha 1 released

[persia]

Good to see Haiku out there finally.  Congrats to the Haiku team.

http://www.haiku-os.org/news/2009-09-13_haiku_project_announces_availability_haiku_r1alpha_1


I downloaded both the ISO and the VMware image.   I think its interesting, boots up real fast in a VM (I'm running a Gateway Core 2 Quad though..lol).  Seems very useable, has a browser (lol) and in general is a-ok.  I havent tried any of the downloadable BeOS apps, just played around with it for a little bit.

Much more useable than any Amiga OS we have right now.

[persia]

Ok, it's a bit buggy but in general I am impressed, logically organised, responsive with a clean feel.  I have my doubts about anyone giving the big three a run for their money but if anyone does it would be Haiku.  But - It desperately needs a UAE port!

[persia]

I really like Haiku, they didn't just blindly recreate Beos, they gave it a few modern feature as well.  It's hardware requirements are low, it's organisation logical and yet it's not completely foreign to users of modern OSs.  I know the concentration right now is on developing a desktop version but I hope they consider making a version for mobile devices.

In a way it's a lot like what I would have expected from Amiga OS had it's owners survived the '90s and continued to develop the OS.