Haiku RC 3

[commodorejohn]

I keep intending to give it a try but never get around to it. I'm leery of installing anything on my current system, but I'm hoping to have enough for a new laptop with my tax return; I'll make room for it there.

[commodorejohn]

Where can it be downloaded?
I'm an alternate OS junkie.

haiku-os.org

[commodorejohn]

This version appears to be PC related.
How difficult is it to get this running on a PPC?
How well does it support multiple cores?

Could this be recompiled for Acube or Aeon computers?

Rather frustratingly, the Haiku team has decided not to make any attempt to support other architectures until they've gotten to a 1.0 release; therefore, the early ports to PPC and other systems have been languishing for quite some time...

[commodorejohn]

As I understand it, it's not that PPC won't be supported, just that it won't be supported until they've got the OS in what they feel is a fully useable state (though from what I've seen I'd say it's already there.) They did have PPC builds, and there's at least one developer still working on it, it's just not a focus of development and not officially supported ATM.

I certainly hope they support it, I'd love to be able to install it on my Powerbook.

[commodorejohn]

Beos and haiku are worlds ahead of many os systems but its so damn but ugly that its hard to use. They have to make it skinnable some day I hope to god...

That'd be nice, but honestly I don't mind the appearance of the individual elements so much as I do the stupid variable-length title bars. That and the lack of a taskbar are the only real issues I see with it at a glance.

I'm getting a new (old, refurbished) laptop this upcoming week, I'm going to leave a partition for experimental-OS stuff. Windows is going in directions I don't want to follow, I'm gonna see if Haiku + WINE will do for my needs...

[commodorejohn]

I tried Linux, I really did, but I just couldn't get past the horrible, horrible UI in so many different programs. I'm hopeful for Haiku because it seems they really have a focus on usability; in any case, as long as my Windows stuff works in WINE it should be good.