• @A_A@lemmy.world
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    41 month ago

    Haiku (operating system)
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku_(operating_system)

    Haiku, originally OpenBeOS, is a...

    … free and open-source operating system for personal computers. It is a community-driven continuation of BeOS and aims to be binary-compatible with it, but is largely a reimplementation with the exception of certain components like the Deskbar.[7] The Haiku project began in 2001, supported by the nonprofit Haiku Inc., and the operating system remains in beta.

    • @GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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      41 month ago

      I think Haiku looks pretty cool, but this is kind of like comparing a car with all kinds of features to something with 3 out of 4 wheels, a cobbled in dining room chair, and no doors. The engine is also cool, but the transmission only has 2 gears.

      Haiku doesn’t have nearly the feature parity to replace Windows, and it took Linux the better part of 30 years to get there.