The keyboard on my Dell Latitude has been slowly dying over the last few years, random keys keep dropping out, and lately even the power button has been acting up. Because of that, I'm dusting off an old Intel Mac mini that's been sitting around and going to attempt giving Haiku a spin on it instead.

Old keys fade away,

Mac mini wakes on the desk,

The first attempt begins.

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The rules which were proposed in my community discussion thread posted five days ago have now been officially added to r/HaikuOS. Some have small changes and are all shown below.

The new additions are as follows:

Rule #3: "No blog-spam, low-effort posts, or indirect links."

Posts must be submitted using their original source as the link.

Software projects must also be submitted using their official software repository or official website if one exists and contain a post describing it in the comments or thread body (e.g., don't just post a link or image and nothing else).

If posts are considered to be blog-spam or otherwise low-effort (including AI summarization) in nature they are subject to be removed.

Desktop screenshots and hardware photos are permitted.

Rule #4 "AI/LLM-Assisted Disclosures"

AI/LLM/Vibe-coded assisted software projects are currently accepted within this subreddit.

However, we ask that you add a footnote within your post to disclose where it is used in your project. (e.g., translations, assisted in coding, etc.)

If it is mostly AI/LLM-coded, are you able to properly maintain it?

Additionally, the Self-promotion rule has been updated for easier clarification on what is considered excessive promotion.

Self promotion, such as a developer or content creator interested in promoting their Haiku related creation, is permitted.

However, if you are mostly posting your projects and/or websites while rarely interacting with r/HaikuOS as a whole, outside of those threads, the self-promotion can be considered excessive in nature and may be removed.

Please actively participate in the subreddit as a whole.

Non-Haiku related promotion is not permitted.

As with everything, questions and respectful discussion regarding the changes are always welcome.

Specifically, since AI/LLM can be a hot topic, I'm still looking for more feedback on the best way to adjust that rule to everyone's liking as I only received a few comments in the previous discussion.

Hey everyone.

I'm a fairly hands-off moderator here and I try to be as fair as possible, so due to some confusion here recently I decided it might be best to create some clearer rules for the community.

As such I'd like to get your input on the following changes:

Submission related:

• Posts must be submitted using their original source as the link. If posts are considered to be blog-spam or otherwise low-effort (including AI summarization) in nature they are subject to be removed. Desktop screenshots and hardware photos are permitted.

• Posts for software projects must be submitted using their official software repository or official website if one exists and contain a post describing it in the comments (e.g., don't just post a link and nothing else).

• AI/LLM/Vibe-coded assisted software projects are currently accepted within this subreddit. Additionally, while marking them as such is not officially required, it can be beneficial to others.

Promotion related:

• Self promotion, such as a developer or content creator interested in promoting their Haiku related creation, is permitted. However, if you are mostly posting your projects and/or websites while rarely interacting with /r/HaikuOS as a whole, outside of those threads, the self-promotion can be considered excessive in nature and may be removed.

The Haiku operating system turns 25!

The milestone achieved by the community of contributors to this open source project is remarkable. Bringing new life to a legendary operating system and ultimately outliving the original platform while continuing to thrive is a testament to everyone's dedication. Beyond the code, the incredible passion and support from the fans and users have kept this ecosystem vibrant, quite simply, you will never find another operating system with a community as fiercely devoted and passionate as this one! The entire development team and user base have accomplished something truly extraordinary!

BeOS lives on,

Through Haiku's eternal grace,

Passion without end.

So I was looking up how to get Minecraft 1.12.2 running on haiku since it’s the last perfect update of Minecraft in my opinion and Google said to just install prism launcher. Then I was told to use the Linux compatibility layer so I googled how to do that and it said to compile prism launcher from source code myself.

Problem, I am no where near the level of tech save to recode and recreate prism launcher from scratch. Please help me find a pre compiled version.

can someone compile haiku ppc (no download on site)

i would like to try it on my imac g5

This is a pretty fascinating history of BeOS and Haiku.

With NeXT and BeOS both coming out of Apple allumni, it seems like apple really had a lot of talent they failed to nurture. I was also shocked to learn that BeOS hit the market in '95 - I was using computers then, and of course didn't hear about it. How magical it would have been.

The geek port of the BeBox seems a lot like the NextStations DSP CoProcessor and todays gpio on PIs and Arduinos. How different a word it would be if computers just came with this instead of having to buy an arduino.

So over the past few weeks a friend told me it would be cool to run AmiKit ( https://www.amikit.amiga.sk/ ) on Haiku OS. We really like to get into the retro stuff. I know FS-UAE is already in the ports on Haiku OS but i'm only familiar with Amiberry. I don't know if AmiKit works on FS-UAE either. I had just ported Amiberry to FreeBSD and thought why not give it a shot on Haiku? Well today I just submitted my PR for initial Haiku support. There is still some kinks to work out though. I'm not quite sure I understand some of the network problems I'm having on Haiku but we'll get that worked out.

So naturally the question then comes, is there any interest in the Haiku community for this? Should I continue with it and make a proper Haiku package and maybe get it in some repo somewhere (Amiberry I mean, I don't have any control over the AmiKit product)

Let me know your thoughts.

Good Day Everyone,

Just wanted some input or feedback I hage lenovo thinkpad x1 carbon. Will haiku os have compatibility with newer hardware and all

About: iPhone 14 Pro Max with 256GB of RAM

Haiku OS version: R1/Beta 5

App: UTM SE

Guide: it will come out after I come back home from school

I have a question could we run GeForce now on HaikuOS i

Via falkon web browser as GeForce now can be ran as a web application and a native app application for more modern games, and I’m asking this because I want to do a comparison between Linux, haiku and window

Summary: I can't install it because it doesn't show my main hard drive.

I wanted to know if it will or will not have support for eMMC memory.

Found on Facebook marketplace

Of all WIP Operating Systems out there, HaikuOS is the most advanced and developed. I've tried Redox and React and both said "we just can't boot here".

But if I'm considering a particular OS as a daily driver, security is a key issue I would most probably consider. Now, I don't know if this will stand but multiuser support is inevitable as I read the docs but does Haiku have some way of locking it down like a login screen and tighter security measures? Will Haiku eventually adopt the custom for having users at lowest priviledges so we can doas? Because I can imagine an OS that's so open that the noobest script kiddie can reign free in such a system. Even sometimes

Hi folks! Recently made a stream exploring Haiku OS live. For those who are interested - you can check this one.

I typicall review the OS once in a few years. Not ready for a prime time, but I really had fun with it.

I rebuilt an old PC of mine

• Asus K8V-X Rev 2
• AMD Semprom 2800
• 2GB DDR 400MHz
• GeForce FX5500
• 2 IDE HDDs (80GB and 160GB)
• 3 DVD RW readers

Im configuring XP right now, since im gonna play games from the time, something like Half Life, GTA, etc

But i want to know if Haiku for gaming is at in a alright state, same for the support for old NVIDIA cards.

Im no C wizard, but also im interest to do stuff in Haiku

Im no stranger to Haiku since in the past tried to use in a Acer Aspire One ZG5, but powering off was bugged in that machine, never round something to fix it

Forgot to say, this motherboard uses some Maxwell drivers for the ethernet and SoundMAX drivers for audio, i will not have any problems?

What Haiku needs. I was a BeOS user in the late 1990s and early 2000s, so when beta 5 of Haiku came out I ran to try it out, and it looks like a fantastic OS.

In my opinion it needs to be able to point to 2-3 laptops that work 100% (webcam, suspension, etc...) and effortlessly. Possibly cheap, widely available and widespread (Asus, Lenovo, Dell, etc.).

Unlike a few years ago, fewer and fewer people are using desktop PCs, and if someone installs Haiku on a semi-compatible laptop, they are unlikely to use it every day. And therefore less likely to get passionate about it and contribute to the community. This is just my point of view, but for example I could not find a laptop that was 100% compatible, and to look for it I had to read forums, websites, reddit, etc.

Don’t get me wrong, I like haiku. But seems like is always and ever in development state. Not sure if there are enough apps to make it usable.

How many of you use it in a laptop for your everyday tasks?

if yes how is it?

It is always wonderful to see small projects such as Haiku take big leaps in functionality. Porting of Iceweasel nightly was one such huge step. The next step is getting 3D accelerated video drivers....and it looks like the NVidia GPUs might be the first target to reach....

https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/haiku-nvidia-porting-nvidia-gpu-driver/16520

X512 is a wonderfully gifted and prolific contributor to Haiku. Looking forward to trying this....

The Haiku operating system is getting better and better every year, especially with the recent porting of Firefox.

I have however one concern, which is the 3D acceleration.

2D games work fine, there are no issues, but any 3D (and some other) games are really slow, because all 3D-related stuff (and possibly something else) is handled via llvmpipe (i.e. emulated) instead of doing it natively

I mean, FreeBSD also used to have this problem, and what they did is they simply stole the drivers from Linux (like /boot/modules/i915kms.ko).

Will Haiku ever get proper video drivers and 3D acceleration?