Haiku OS is what Linux used to be.

Want to get that good old Linux feel. Then Haiku OS is the way to go :)

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[Randomynous]

Please donate to the development of Haiku if u want to donate
Haiku /BeOS was actually intended and engineered from *_day one_* to become a home desktop OS….

*UNLIKE LINUX*

[xpusostomos]

Linux was never particularly short of programs because there was all the x11 stuff from the 80s and 90s that you could run, and of course all the Unix stuff.

[JerrySM]

I have two systems for the feeling of early Linux: Haiku and FreeBSD. On FreeBSD you also have to know nearly everything just to make the system work with your hardware. Sure, FreeBSD supports more than Haiku does, but it's still far behind of what Linux supports today.

[EnsueA]

Haiku OS has ONE developer. I think that someone from the Linux community should lend a hand. I used BeOS 5 back in the day and I loved it.

[shaddowdog]

I agree with you 100%. I have been hacking Linux since 1992 and wrote scripts for Ian Murdock back in 1993. For sure Haiku reminds me of Linux back then but at least with Haiku I don't have to chase after dependencies. :-)

[CaribouDataScience]

I remember when the Linux Kernel turned 1.0...

Haiku has come a long way already, but it needs donations to help pay developers. So for those of you who want to see it flourish, please donate to the project.

[Psychx_]

I can still remember waiting a whole day for my internet connection to download SuSE Linux 9.0

[agtugo]

BeOS was my daily driver 20 years ago. It's very nostalgic.

[xpusostomos]

I still build or buy computers to run Linux. If you don't, you'll be fucked. Example, Lenovo was talking about some point in having all their computers Linux compatible. Took a chance and bought a cheap thinkpad. I forget the problem now, i think keys didn't work because of some bios bug. This sort of thing happens all the time

[act..]

I remember that time. I don't know that I would call it the good ole days of Linux though. Things were too complicated for the average Joe. You had to WANT to run Linux. Things are really good now. I don't know if I really want to go back to that, but I do have a PC that I could load Haiku on and try it.

[EirikrTinkerTries]

Is it available on an extreme amount of architectures?!

[Nymunariya]

Yellow Dog Linux was my first introduction to Linux around 2004. There were compatibility lists all over the website which (PowerPC) macs were supported, and what parts were supported. WLAN didn't work, sound might not have worked, on some models graphical environments didn't even work. Linux might have been in a better state in the pc area back then, but PowerPC Linux was a struggle, but still enjoyable. I still have an mSATA (harddrive replacement) for my G3 clamshell iBook so I can run Yellow Dog Linux on it, as it used to be.

[ike]

Compiling winmodem modules for the linux kernel. Ah! Good times!

[androth]

the thing with linux is that it gives you the tools to build your own OS. you can basically build anything with it and still have the vast library of linux software to use on it.
these last year, i considered linux a viable operating system for the first time. something that can be a windows alternative. i ran it almost exclusively for several months and missed very little from windows... and in another couple of years, it may finally have reached a point where i can abandon windows. it just needs to make those final little hardware support hurdles.

[EugeniaLoli]

Haiku/BeOS feels nothing like Linux, or how Linux used to feel back in the day. So I really don't know what you're talking here, apart from an abstract feeling of "not well supported hardware or software". I first tried BeOS in 1998, and Linux in 1999 I believe. Night and day in terms of usability. BeOS might not have supported much hardware, but it was EXTREMELY easy to use and install. Linux was a total nightmare at the same era. What BeOS didn't have was hoards of developers making apps for it. The two OSes have nothing in common.

[Randomynous]

Fun Fact: if u play this video at 2x speed your accent becomes asian!

[dagda]

I think the term you're looking for is esprit d corps (forgive my horrid french). That died in Linux some decades ago.

[seancollins]

Haiku has never been like Linux, it's 100% a operating system, not a distro built out of shit.

[void-pointer-]

If that how Linux used to be, then I don't want it, I wanna use my operating system not fuck around with it for hours.