The more time goes by, the less I find myself tied to any one OS or desktop application. I could try out any platform with a good browser for a month, and Haiku is looking like a prime candidate. I'm too young to have used BeOS in its prime, but Haiku looks like it might be something worth testing.
Kudos to the Haiku-OS team for sticking with their project for so long. They've been working on getting this release out the door for <i>eight</i> years now, and I'm really looking forward to trying it out.
This brings back memories: <a href="http://beos4all.ifrance.com/eng/beos/page-beos.htm" rel="nofollow">http://beos4all.ifrance.com/eng/beos/page-beos.htm</a><p>Am I crazy for thinking that in the long run this will be a serious competitor on the desktop? Maybe I'm just a naive dreamer.
I just had a chat on the #haiku channel on IRC.<p>I was planning to switch from Ubuntu to some lightweight OS (any other linux flavor).<p>This is just in its initial stages. Not many programs have been ported to work on this and it's based on the BeOS.<p>I asked about anything for web dev (since that's what I do), and it seems that the most they support (for webdev at the moment) is the web browser BeZilla (Firefox 2.5) or NetSurf (from BeOS). Java isn't supported yet.<p>Again, Haiku, as stated isn't a linux flavor, it's based on BeOS.<p>P.S: I have nothing against Haiku, when most programs are supported, I plan to try this out. A brand new OS with a kernel from ground up, seems like a fresh breath of air. Congrats to the Haiku team.