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  1. Eight years after starting #HaikuOS, the @haiku team published the first alpha version of the successor of #BeOS on September 14, 2009. haiku-os.org/news/2009-09-13_h

  2. Haiku OS PowerPC: the Tabby build is moving on two fronts.

    On a PowerBook G4 12", USB boot works, but only through the CHRP bootblock, calling a 250-byte ofboot.b. Launching haikuloader.elf directly returns a CLAIM error.

    On a Pegasos 2, Haiku reaches the desktop on real hardware, so Tabby's approach isn't tied to Apple's Open Firmware quirks.

    Still open: a panic in vfs_mount_boot_file_system on disk boot, and clean shutdown.

    desktoponfire.com/haikuos/hard

    #HaikuOS #PowerPC #retrocomputing

  3. Haiku OS PowerPC: the Tabby build is moving on two fronts.

    On a PowerBook G4 12", USB boot works, but only through the CHRP bootblock, calling a 250-byte ofboot.b. Launching haikuloader.elf directly returns a CLAIM error.

    On a Pegasos 2, Haiku reaches the desktop on real hardware, so Tabby's approach isn't tied to Apple's Open Firmware quirks.

    Still open: a panic in vfs_mount_boot_file_system on disk boot, and clean shutdown.

    desktoponfire.com/haikuos/hard

    #HaikuOS #PowerPC #retrocomputing

  4. Haiku OS PowerPC: the Tabby build is moving on two fronts.

    On a PowerBook G4 12", USB boot works, but only through the CHRP bootblock, calling a 250-byte ofboot.b. Launching haikuloader.elf directly returns a CLAIM error.

    On a Pegasos 2, Haiku reaches the desktop on real hardware, so Tabby's approach isn't tied to Apple's Open Firmware quirks.

    Still open: a panic in vfs_mount_boot_file_system on disk boot, and clean shutdown.

    desktoponfire.com/haikuos/hard

    #HaikuOS #PowerPC #retrocomputing

  5. Haiku OS PowerPC: the Tabby build is moving on two fronts.

    On a PowerBook G4 12", USB boot works, but only through the CHRP bootblock, calling a 250-byte ofboot.b. Launching haikuloader.elf directly returns a CLAIM error.

    On a Pegasos 2, Haiku reaches the desktop on real hardware, so Tabby's approach isn't tied to Apple's Open Firmware quirks.

    Still open: a panic in vfs_mount_boot_file_system on disk boot, and clean shutdown.

    desktoponfire.com/haikuos/hard

    #HaikuOS #PowerPC #retrocomputing

  6. Haiku OS PowerPC: the Tabby build is moving on two fronts.

    On a PowerBook G4 12", USB boot works, but only through the CHRP bootblock, calling a 250-byte ofboot.b. Launching haikuloader.elf directly returns a CLAIM error.

    On a Pegasos 2, Haiku reaches the desktop on real hardware, so Tabby's approach isn't tied to Apple's Open Firmware quirks.

    Still open: a panic in vfs_mount_boot_file_system on disk boot, and clean shutdown.

    desktoponfire.com/haikuos/hard

    #HaikuOS #PowerPC #retrocomputing

  7. CW: Mention of slop

    Just a friendly reminder that the #ppc64 fork of #haikuos called TabbyOS is vibecoded, and is essentially Ai slop.
    Be warned

  8. CW: Mention of slop

    Just a friendly reminder that the #ppc64 fork of #haikuos called TabbyOS is vibecoded, and is essentially Ai slop.
    Be warned

  9. CW: Mention of slop

    Just a friendly reminder that the #ppc64 fork of #haikuos called TabbyOS is vibecoded, and is essentially Ai slop.
    Be warned

  10. There's still a lot of work to do, but we're getting very close to #Excel compatibility. Cell alignment and font height now match the standard 🙂 It's a shame to have so few tokens, unfortunately I have to use them sparingly 🙁 #haikuos #atomo123 #spreadsheet

  11. i surely need to shift my focus on some computer related stuff: most of my (really limited) energy is lately being spent worrying about this or that technology being enshittified with #ai/#llm (even #linux now, the first weapon i wielded against big tech in the past)

    i will try to focus my energy towards actionable steps and technologies that don't are better for the planet and me

    as soon as i will have a small break from some personal stuff, i think i will try some #netbsd or #haikuOS

  12. @jpaskaruk

    NOT an expert but thinking "hmmm... #HaikuOS ?"

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku_(o

    Not sure if your Thinkpad can meet min. recommended specs:

    > we recommend at least a Pentium4 with 512 MiB of RAM and 3 GiB of storage space. For compiling Haiku within itself, we recommend using at least 2 GiB of RAM.

    Haiku depot search for "dungeon" on x86:
    depot.haiku-os.org/#!/?bcguid=

  13. RE: mastodon.social/@mcc/117243035

    Anyone want to help me with Doggerland? Or the #HaikuOS people with Haiku? Or the #RedoxOS people with Redox?

  14. Christopher Barnatt from explainingcomputers.com explains the basics of @haiku in this excellent video by showing the usage of the UI and installing ported software like @libreoffice @GIMP and @FirefoxOfficial
    #HaikuOS
    youtu.be/1R4WCaOpmlo?is=My8Qri

  15. @Debby Eble Haiku-OS? Ĝi estas tre malgranda kaj bezonas malpli da resursoj, sed sufiĉe moderna kaj kapabla. Kaj la apogo de Esperanto estas tre bona.

    haiku-os.org/

    #haikuos #esperanto #eo

  16. I'm genuinely impressed by Haiku. I used to love BeOS, back in the day, which I got to experience around R5. They upped their compat game a lot since I last looked.

    Aside from how ludicrously tight, fast, responsive and minimally efficient it still is, what kind of shocks me is how the icons, window decorations, buttons, dialogs and UX in general still looks really slick by today's standards. It does not really feel any sort of retro, in the slightest, which is an odd feeling.

    #HaikuOS

  17. Is @haiku development self hosted? Like, could I hack on the kernel without needing to do any building on a Linux host? 🤔 #HaikuOS

  18. Cautiously excited. This is the #racket programming language on #haikuos - specifically it's the DrRacket IDE running on Haiku.

    This was a goal for me when I started porting #Chez #Scheme to Haiku this year (Racket is built with Chez). Prof. Matthew Flatt did some initial work in a Racket branch when he reviewed my work on Chez, and today I took that branch and made a handful of changes, and very rapidly got here (I'm flabberghasted that all the Raco buildout worked and gracket too)

  19. Halfway through GSoC 2026, aquamatic123 is reworking Haiku's Devices app: USB, driver and Bluetooth info readable straight in the GUI, no terminal needed. New tree layout, listusb -v data brought into the interface, HID descriptors and Bluetooth scanning on the way. Mentored by KapiX and Korli.
    desktoponfire.com/haikuos/soft
    #HaikuOS #GSoC #OpenSource

  20. 🎉 Haiku OS finally crawls onto M1 Macs, but wait—before you get excited, it's slower than a snail in molasses. 🐌💻 Forget coding, just enjoy the zen of watching your cursor lag while you ponder why you thought this was a good use of your time. 🤦‍♂️
    discuss.haiku-os.org/t/my-haik #HaikuOS #M1Macs #SlowPerformance #TechHumor #OSDevelopment #CursorLag #HackerNews #ngated

  21. 📊 New #Haiku development report - May 2025!

    A month focused on targeted improvements and stability:
    - HaikuDepot now more user-friendly for newcomers
    - Important Tracker and Terminal fixes
    - Major BUrl class rework with cleaner API
    - More stable #NFSv4 and #EXT4 drivers
    - #Wacom #Intuos4 support added

    Interesting milestone: 258 HaikuPorts commits vs 52 core system - shows growing maturity! 🚀

    Full report: desktoponfire.com/haikuos/soft

    #OpenSource #BeOS #HaikuOS #SoftwareDevelopment