Haiku: R1 Beta 1 / 28 September 2018

[rammix]

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1266860&p=7955716#post7955716
September 16th, 2009

Well, can't wait for another 8 years when they'll release the beta. :wink:
That was close.

Has anyone tried the R1 Beta 1 yet? Going to install it in a VM this weekend.

[MoebusNet]

I've got an old (2003) Dell D800 32-bit Pentium-D notebook that Haiku R1B1 32-bit seems to work well on. I haven't tried out the 64-bit version - driver availability may be a issue with newer hardware.

[rammix]

Installed it on a relatively weak laptop in a virtual machine with 1GB RAM and single-core x64 cpu.

And Haiku feels fast enough.

Of course it's still very far from being comfortable (a desktop-oriented OS has to be comfortable): immature web browser, unintuitive or uncomfortable window and app management, ugly looks (not just ascetic). Some hotkeys are unintuitive for users coming from windows or linux environments, Alt+A instead of Ctrl+A, for instance.

I think, a Haiku R1 "final" or maybe R2 beta should be pretty usable though, when released. At least in a virtual machine. Need to try on actual hardware to say more.

[Frogs Hair]

A bit of history and review.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-tm7lxHDyE

[rammix]

A bit of history and review.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-tm7lxHDyE
That guy's.. too much of him there, can't watch without skipping.

Haiku looks promising, sure, but it's too early to say more than that. And "single user" approach is bad, unless it's optional. I hope they'll change that in the future.

[Frogs Hair]

That guy's.. too much of him there, can't watch without skipping. A bit chatty for sure ! :) The history is interesting though.