alt.hn

8/18/2026 at 2:57:39 AM

25 Years of Haiku: From "Ok, Let's Start" to the Present

https://www.desktoponfire.com/haiku_inc/969/25-years-of-haiku/

by fork-bomber

8/18/2026 at 3:13:42 AM

Bravo! here is to the next 25 years!

Haiku is the underdog that just keeps on moving forwards. Every release it gets just a little more complete.

There is a vital lesson in Haiku OS. If you benchmark anything on it, it isn't the fastest thing around. Compiling code is about 40% slower than Linux for instance (which is still impressive). But the user experience is absolutely divine. It is the benchmark for responsive UI and it should be a mark of shame on Apple, Microsoft and many Linux desktops that they are being out done by such a small team.

by ColdStream

8/18/2026 at 3:21:22 AM

Still the most beautiful OS I've ever seen honestly. I wish there was desktop interface for Linux that looked like it and worked like it.

by johng

8/18/2026 at 12:56:26 PM

You might be interested in the Vitruvian OS project:

https://v-os.dev/

"V\OS is a Linux-based operating system inspired by BeOS. It brings the simplicity and responsiveness of a classic desktop to modern hardware: custom kernel modules and a BeOS/Haiku API compatibility layer that runs on Linux with minimal to no source changes."

by trimble_tromble

8/18/2026 at 10:32:52 AM

Can you give me an example of something in Haiku that is a better experience than in MacOS?

by idontwantthis

8/18/2026 at 5:36:04 PM

memory usage, extremely snappy gui,

by iberator

8/19/2026 at 11:20:10 AM

Happy birthday, I still have that original BeOS CD somewhere.

by pjmlp