The Haiku project has reached a very important milestone. Bruno G. Albuquerque (bga) wrote the following note attached to a commit a few moments ago: "vnode_path_to_vnode() now returns B_NOT_A_DIRECTORY instead of B_NOT_ALLOWED as expected by POSIX programs. This allowed me to compile Haiku under itself without any hacks at all, so I guess this means that now we are officially self-hosting!" The official announcement can be found in the mailing list. In addition, there's a new Haiku alpha 1 status update.
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Member since:2005-07-24
I hope Haiku folks don't take this too negatively, but your post put me in mind of this horrible 1980's B flick:
http://tinyurl.com/2jv88r
Edited 2008-04-01 18:40 UTC
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Member since:2006-05-26
The community gave up on you years ago. The world has moved on and you stayed where you were.
We don't mean to sound negative, we wish you all the best with existence, it is just that while we loved having a hopeful person in the community, we just think you deserve to remain a memory, not dug up from the grave and paraded in front of the neighbours.
RE[2]: too little, too late
Member since:2005-07-06
Member since:2005-04-01
For many, the BeOS was better, in many ways, than the OSes that exist today. Re-creating a binary compatible BeOS is an enormous task, but when that's done, then the real interesting stuff begins.
So, before you go condemning the entire project, why not just recognize that you're not currently in the target audience. You're not a developer on the project, so your interest level is really mostly irrelevant at this point, right? I'm sure there will be plenty of people like you downloading it and trying it again when they hit that point.
Stick around, maybe the story will be interesting to you again in 2 years.
Member since:2005-07-06
Everyone got me wrong...
I will be first in the queue to download it when it is finished. I love all alternative operating systems.
The more the merrier I say, but I do have fond memories of Beos 5 and I honestly do not think anything will be able to compete or replace them. No matter how similar the replacement.
Member since:2007-01-22
The whole point is that we now we have a community that knows how to put an OS together. They are now OS veterans and have the experience to take Haiku to the next level.
We have seen so many half attempts and single person efforts that are very interesting but don't get very far. Usually those groups don't have the focus or interest in the many little bits that get an OS out.
An OS that looks like BeOS is just a means to an end. It's like a puzzle you have to solve to unlock the door.
Member since:2005-08-09
BeOS isn't just a memory for me. It still runs just fine on my laptop and boots faster than any other OS in my home (including on much faster machines). I can't use it anymore for all my computing needs, but over the past few years I wrote a book on it (using vi and pdfLaTeX) which went very smoothly.
Old != useless.
(More about the book here: http://www.curly-brace.com )
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2005-07-06
I gave up on it years ago. The world has moved on and this system stayed where is was.
I don't mean to sound negative, I wish them all the best with Haiku, it is just that while I loved Beos 5, I just think it deserves to remain a memory, not dug up from the grave and paraded in front of the neighbours.