You Should Daily Drive Haiku OS

Today we're messing around with Haiku, which just received a port of the incredible KDE web browser Falkon. The real last barrier to daily driving Haiku is no more... plus Minecraft!

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#Haiku #BeOS #Falkon

[hanro]

KHTML, the original KDE web browser, was actually forked by Apple to create webkit.

Gnome web uses webkit as a base. Google eventually forked webkit. Rewrote the js engine and created chromium and chrome.

And now KDE has essentially forked chromium to create Falken

[dataterminal]

It's a shame HaikuOS couldn't embrace ARM faster. It would have taken those Raspberry Pi boards by storm.

[morganwolf]

The irony of KDE integrating a browser that's a Blink fork after it forked from Webkit/KHTML to begin with shouldn't really be lost on anyone

[kasimirdenhertog]

I like the aesthetics of Haiku, reminds me of interfaces from some 90s games. For example, the dialog @ 5:09 is just so neatly laid out, no weird padding or clashing fonts, perfectly matching icons and tasteful use of gradients.

[userlandia]

Aw, shucks, thanks for the shoutout! And in a video about one of my favorite obscure OSes (both in vintage and modern form).

[snk]

I love that you're advocating for this. I'm pretty stuck in with linux just because i like esoteric free software, but I'm down to try haiku again. I'll give it a spin.

[kote]

Haiku is a suitable option for very old systems, where even lightweight Linux distributions cannot work well enough. If the video card is so old that there is no chance of using 3D acceleration anyway - at least everything else in Haiku can run a little faster than on other systems. (But if you want the fastest way to do nothing useful, definitely try Kolibri OS.)
On all other systems, Linux will obviously be a better choice due to compatibility.

[matthun]

So you can use it as a daily driver if your expectations from a daily driver is to illuminate your room with a screen.

[ericmackrodt]

I've been playing with Haiku for many years now and the main thing that always held it back is the web browser situation.
I hope this is the fix we need to make this OS usable in the modern era.

[der.Schtefan]

It was such a good OS, fitting a complete graphical OS on a single 1.44 MB floppy! That was the coolest thing ever. QNX and BeOS are my secret heroes.

[epremeaux]

It really is kind of crazy (for someone who grew up in the 8-bit and transition era where PCs finally became "good" for games), that the benchmark for a daily driver is having a reasonably modern, compatible browser. I would say that my criteria for a true daily driver is : both browser and compatible office software (libreoffice, of course available on Haiku). But.. with a fully up-to-date browser, you could skip libreoffice and use google docs. Thus, the browser is really the critical thing which opens a lot of doors these days.

[QuantumGarage]

I really like seeing your Haiku/BeOS videos, I have been playing around with it for a year or so now, and it seems to be getting more and more features. Looking forward to seeing more vids from you on it

[MattLacey]

I don't think anyone who used BeOS back in the day can fail to still be enamoured with it. It was so damned good. Been following Haiku since Open BeOS was first announced and it's so, so, sooo close now to doing everything I need.

[rnts]

Given standard c/c++ libraries most other software should be compilable on it.

Needs for daily driving:
Compiler/dev libraries and interpreters for common langauges
IDE/editor
Modern browser
Basic utils like ssh, git, gnu toolchain, curl/wget
Virtualization support

[Underestimated]

I’m actually of the opinion that haiku is the missing piece in the question of what is needed to create a new alternative mobile OS for tablets and smartphones. Obviously the GUI wouldn’t be suitable, but because it’s a project that is separate to the windows/nix space it could be a great opportunity to build a lean and sturdy system.

Considering how the Steam Deck has recently proven how Linux can quickly become mainstream so long as the GUI and User Experience is solid and there are plenty of apps, it proves that alternative systems have a place in the market.

[Shlappy]

BeOS always had such fast install times, thanks for brining back that memory for me. I too have loved BeOS since the 90's. I bought every version right from them. I was really rooting for them! When the whole PalmOS thing went down, I was excited for a BeOS tablet. great video, I'm going to give it a go.

[keyboard_g]

Haiku’s XServer emulation is arguably more elegant and streamlined than Linux’s XWayland to get older X11 based apps to run on modern display managers.

[ReverendJasper]

BeOS ran great on my K6 system back in the day. It took me several years to find a dual CPU box to really have some fun. I still have the GoBE discs around the house somewhere.

[solowkaver]

All that and it's only in Beta. I could easily use it as a daily myself. Kudos to all the volunteer programmers and enthusiasts who have worked so hard for so long on this effort. I can't wait for R1 to come out! Note the 32 bit version is the BeOS compatible version - so far. I run the 64 bit version and enjoy it!

[aeaeaeaeoaeaeaeaeae]

The RX580 is absolutely amazing. Super cheap used, fast enough to run basically anything to be perfectly playable, and excellent driver support.