Haiku OS now with improved drivers and GCC 8

Haiku OS: desktop

HaikuOS It is an open source operating system licensed under MIT and available for various platforms such as x86, PPC, ARM, and MIPS. It is written in C ++ and it is not a Linux distro, since it does not use this kernel, but a hybrid kernel and a graphical interface or desktop environment also called Haiku. Like FreeBSD, and other open source operating systems, it can be a good alternative for those looking for something other than GNU / Linux without using proprietary software.

Haiku OS aims to be a general-purpose operating system, specially designed for personal and multimedia use, inspired by BeOS and that has speed, efficiency and ease as its main pillars for the development of its entire environment. The project is run by Haiku Inc, a New York-based non-profit organization. By the way, BeOS was also another project started by Be Incorporated to create an operating system with some POSIX compatibility for the PC.

A monthly report has revealed the efforts that its developers have been making, as usual. And mainly the developments have been oriented to the system for the 32-bit and 64-bit hybrid support which is not yet complete, improvements to the user interface, synchronization with device drivers for FreeBSD 11, fixes in its support system for UEFI, media updates and support for the GNU GCC 8 compiler, since Haiku uses several programs GNU, like Bash, etc.

Despite the announcements and good news received from the developers, the Beta version of Haiku OS uqe so much has been talking about has not come yet, it seems that it is making people wait longer than expected. At the moment you will have to settle for an Alpha version, that is, it is in a fairly early development stage, but it is what you get if you want to test the operating system. I hope it does not become another case similar to GNU / Hurd ... that they will release version 1.0 when frogs raise hairs.

More information about the project at the official website of Haiku OS.


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  1.   cmkat said

    Haiku is not a Unix system or anything like that, the only thing they have in common is that they are compatible with the POSIX standard