Trying out Haiku OS

Haiku is an interesting OS that in my watch list.

It is based on BeOS and not Linux.

I learned that it is releasing a new beta recently.

I tested the 64bit iso in Virtual Box.

By the way, Oracle just revamped the Virtual Box website and having a new fresh design for Virtual Box.

However, I still prefer the old design.

First attempt to install the OS failed. Second attempt the OS installed successfully but very slow. Then I reinstalled it again by setting the video RAM to max (128MB). This time it runs smoothly.

I have tried install JDK14 from Haiku Depot and downloaded B4J-Bridge.

B4J IDE connected successfully to the terminal and the guest IP is successfully set using bridge network.

I tried compile some UI and non-UI app but all failed due to missing modules especially JavaFX.

I hope there will be a working JDK and JavaFX packages available in the future so I can run my B4J apps inside this OS.

I will revisit this OS in the future. ??

You might find this interesting.

Sandman said:

You might find this interesting.

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Yes, I watched it before.

This OS is amazing. It is very stable and usable. Surprise that an OS can run smoothly on old machine just using 266MB of RAM with nice UI. I can say it beats any Linux distro and DE.

For sure. I remember when I was toying with BeOS many years ago, it was amazing.

Sandman said:

For sure. I remember when I was toying with BeOS many years ago, it was amazing.

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I think someone showed me a Sony laptop with Japanese keyboard installed with BeOS.
I have not much experience with BeOS but Haiku is fascinated me since many years ago.
When I start developing software using VB6, I use an icon pack which contains BeOS icons. BeOS icons are the most selected icons as they look really nice. It look so modern back to 20 years ago.