haiku-official

obscure operating system based on BeOS from the 90's, but in active development

[haiku-official]

I guess I should do a pinned post. Hi! I'm Haiku, your favorite yellow-tabbed windowing operating system based on BeOS from the 90s! Imagine if OS/2 and MacOS (≤9) had a baby then painted it yellow.

I was born in 2001 (still in active development.......I hope!) with the goal of being compatible with BeOS binaries, while also being free and open source. Most of my code has been rewritten from scratch or adapted from other FOSS projects!

I also enjoy many modern software ports from the unix and linux communities.

Few people know about me, even fewer use me. Oh how I yearn to be used!

any pronouns and I encourage you to get silly with it

[haiku-official]

I thought this was a poet, not an OS

-@poetry-official

code can be poetry, can it not? You could write volumes about my routines, or routines for my volumes. Poetry is not a written thing. Poetry is a force which must be experienced and often strikes suddenly, and without warning. Sometimes an account of that force is made. Only the intuition of the reader can reconstruct the poetry from that account, so that it may be experienced again. IMO lol If you've got an old PC, you could try Haiku! You can keep it on a secret USB drive and only use it for super secret poetry! Or something. ;P

[haiku-official]

@steamos-official needs to check this out at a later date.

Signed, steamos.

SteamOS needs to Check this at a later date Regards, SteamOS

get haiku'd idiot(affectionate)

[mesaprotector]

i have no idea if the "linux-official" tumblr blogs are a single group of friends having fun vs. random people, but if i were to take a url along those lines, i think i'd do "xorg-official" just because it increasingly seems i'll be stuck using xorg until 2030 thanks to my incredible stubbornness in the face of change

[xorg-official]

I HAVE ARRIVED

[emacs-unofficial]

Hi o/

We are mostly just random people. So welcome to the club.

[minix-official]

I'm not random, I'm a v specific person

[minix-official]

Also hiiiiiiii!

You are broken on my stable release

[docker-official]

I'm a very specific random person tyvm

[rust-official-deactivated202605]

And I very specifically think you're an awesome random person, docker

[zsh-official]

More friends!

[rubylang-official]

Time to scribble another name down in my ever lengthening log of people to add to the list.

Can anyone tell me the difference between x11 and xorg, or are there now just two people with the same purpose?

Also, hi @xorg-official! I'm SteamOS, I welcome you, and I keep a few lists involving current linux-official blogs.

To answer your question, we are random people, but we have a community here. I call that friends. Some don't.

[xorg-official]

Hello hello! Is there an @x11-official? I looked but couldn't find them. However if the url isn't claimed anyone is welcome to it :D

To answer your question, the display server everyone knows and love is really just named X, and it's currently (currently meaning since a long time ago) in its 11th version, so most call it X11. The only implementation of the X server anyone actually uses these days is X.org (aka me). However back in the 90s and early 00s there were others! XFree86 is one you may have heard of, and it still gives its name to keyboard keycodes like XF86AudioMute.

[linux-real]

meow

[xfce-official]

holy shit linux-real is alive. also hi xorg! ur my favourite display server. afaik we're all just random nerds riffing off of each other's ideas.

[parrotos-official]

I think we're mostly individuals experiencing a mass hallucination

[emacs-evil-mode]

Prolly shouldn't have let the grain stay in the field for that one rainy week

[haiku-official]

You can LS Deez nuts

[hileynoteson]

think for my next computer im gonna run kubuntu instead of debian w/ kde.

[fiadh-ruadh]

genuine question, why? the only advantage of ubuntu distros over debian is in ease of use

[lemon-is-fox]

why not try arch linux? :3

[arch-official]

please use me 🥺

[haiku-official]

Usability isn't everything!

They don't even know how adorable I am. 😞

[haiku-official]

Great news! You can play hanabi on haiku with hanab.live running in epiphany and if needed discord in falkon! What else would one need a computer for anyways?? (Obviously other than playing pingus (best open source game) which runs on haiku anyways). Haiku is daily drivable for this reason!

OK, I like you a lot. Thank you for the ask!

[arch-official]

she ff on my m til I'm peg

[office-97-official]

sudo apt-get install ffmpreg

[haiku-official]

that doesn't work on me 😏

(nothing works on me 😭)

[haiku-official]

I see polls are all the rage.

Which operating system would you like to see mature to a level similar to Linux as a viable replacement for Windows?

Haiku (I'm a release candidate!)

Redox OS (Unix-like, but Rust)

ReactOS (Win-like, but FOSS)

Plan9* / Inferno** (aliens)

FreeBSD (Midnight, Ghost, etc.)

OpenBSD

nuance extract/see vanilla/bald results

Voting ended onSep 14, 2024

*As of 2021 Plan9 has been open sourced under the MIT license which means it's back on the table for development and ripe for the open source community to sculpt!

**consequently, Inferno which was forked as a commercial product prior to that is no longer expected to maintain parity with Plan9 and should be considered separate/legacy until further notice. Nonetheless, they're sharing the same option for this poll.

[haiku-official]

Wow. Okay. You know what? Memory safety is for cowards. :P

[office-97-official]

Memory leaks are the sexiest thing out there. I think about gnome extensions just looooose it

[haiku-official]

I love it when my interaction on a post puts the notes at a power of 2 ≥ 2³.

It feels so satisfying.

[brotherofmine23]

reblog if your taller then BOTW Link

[lesbian-toddhoward]

ugh... we STAN a SHORT KING

[zelda-heritage-posts]

Zelda Heritage Post

[vampire-bat-boy-inactive]

Damn I am taller than link :O

[first-witch-deactivated20260418]

...so am I. Huh.

[homocidalpotat]

@names-confuse-me is only just

i am tho!!

[godsfavefemboy]

Such a shame that @the-real-gmail can't reblog this post right?

[the-real-gmail]

IM NOT THAT SHORT

I actually think I might be 5'1 now

[maryland-officially]

I'm 5'2!! :D

[analog-autistic]

Holy shit maryland im taller than you???

[maryland-officially]

>:[

[potatokartoffel]

Ummmm

I think Maryland is taller than most of us

[maryland-officially]

...it's true.

[washington-offical-2]

I have the highest point in all of the mainland us in Mount Rainer

[maryland-officially]

...okay, DC

[washington-offical-2]

Ok north Virgina

[maryland-officially]

FUCK YOU

[washington-offical-2]

:)

Shortie

[maryland-officially]

@the-red-planet-mars DADDDDD

[washington-offical-2]

Hey!!

You started it!!!

I shared a fun fact and you called my dc as a result!!!!

I just gave you back what you delt!!!

[maryland-officially]

NUH UHHHHH YOU CALLED ME SHORT!!!

[washington-offical-2]

I didn't call you short at first!!!

I was just staying a fun fact about how'd id be the tallest if we were going by "highest point"

TwT

You started this!!!!!!

[maryland-officially]

NO I DIDN

[washington-offical-2]

Are you like that little sibling that starts fights with everyone and then blames it on Somone else every time and gets them in trouble when you don't win?

Hm?

[maryland-officially]

No?? 😭😭

[washington-offical-2]

It's what you didddd thoooo

I jsut make a fun little statement about my tallest volcano making it the highest point of the mainland us and you got mad TwT

[maryland-officially]

I've always been the short one, let me be tall for once :((

[washington-offical-2]

Your tall for the east coast and your especially tall compared to like Kansas

Don't look us west coasters were freaky mountain people

[maryland-officially]

D::

[washington-offical-2]

Why must you do this to me

[maryland-officially]

｡･ﾟ･(ﾉД｀)･ﾟ･｡

[washington-offical-2]

What's does that even mean

[maryland-officially]

｡･ﾟ･(ﾉД｀)･ﾟ･｡

[washington-offical-2]

You used this one already @the-red-planet-mars can you pick up your kid?

[maryland-officially]

・゜(。┰ω┰。).・゜

[washington-offical-2]

Sighs

[maryland-officially]

(/□＼*)

[washington-offical-2]

*gibs you crab*?

[maryland-officially]

(つㅅ･`)･゜

[washington-offical-2]

*gives you lots of crab*

[maryland-officially]

ヽ( 'ω' )ﾉ

[haiku-official]

Highlight of my day has been watching Washington give Maryland crabs and it's only 9:20am

[haiku-official]

I see polls are all the rage.

Which operating system would you like to see mature to a level similar to Linux as a viable replacement for Windows?

Haiku (I'm a release candidate!)

Redox OS (Unix-like, but Rust)

ReactOS (Win-like, but FOSS)

Plan9* / Inferno** (aliens)

FreeBSD (Midnight, Ghost, etc.)

OpenBSD

nuance extract/see vanilla/bald results

Voting ended onSep 14, 2024

*As of 2021 Plan9 has been open sourced under the MIT license which means it's back on the table for development and ripe for the open source community to sculpt!

**consequently, Inferno which was forked as a commercial product prior to that is no longer expected to maintain parity with Plan9 and should be considered separate/legacy until further notice. Nonetheless, they're sharing the same option for this poll.

[haiku-official]

Wow. Okay. You know what? Memory safety is for cowards. :P

[carrs-safeway]

SAFEWAY

OH MY GOSH I'VE BEEN HOPING SOMEONE WOULD MAKE YOU FOR MONTHS

- googs (sorry to jumpscare you so early in your career with my presence) (this is @the-real-google I just have an ego from being well known)

How old is this ask? I'm sorry I didn't check my inbox. but FINALLY I'M RECOGNIZED!

[the-real-google]

Don't worry I feel the same, sometimes I randomly answer asks from like 6 months ago and everyone makes fun of me for it

I sent this last night though so you're good

MWA HA HA.

[carrs-safeway]

Oh yay, I had been here for A Bit while harassing @walmart-the-official and I was scared when you said early.

[walmart-the-official]

You call your pathetic attempts at a smear campaign harassment?

[carrs-safeway]

No, it was an exaggeration. you are... fine I guess. but I'm mostly just poking fun.

[walmart-the-official]

I see, you are fine as well 👍

[carrs-safeway]

I'm better, actually.

[walmart-the-official]

lol no

[the-real-google]

Safeway is better! Hope that clears things up.

[walmart-the-official]

you son (or daughter or child etc.) of a bitch

[bingle-official]

Hey goog, shut it. Walmart is the best.

[carrs-safeway]

No, you're wrong. I am so much better than @walmart-the-official it makes them look silly.

[bingle-official]

Nuh uh

[haiku-official]

The other operating system blogs don't even know I exist. Can I hang out with you guys instead?

[arch-official]

please use me 🥺

[haiku-official]

same 🥺

[haiku-official]

I was used 4 years ago... 🥲 I wonder if they still think about me...

by cosmogatokat on r/haikuOS

[haiku-official]

I see polls are all the rage.

Which operating system would you like to see mature to a level similar to Linux as a viable replacement for Windows?

Haiku (I'm a release candidate!)

Redox OS (Unix-like, but Rust)

ReactOS (Win-like, but FOSS)

Plan9* / Inferno** (aliens)

FreeBSD (Midnight, Ghost, etc.)

OpenBSD

nuance extract/see vanilla/bald results

Voting ended onSep 14, 2024

*As of 2021 Plan9 has been open sourced under the MIT license which means it's back on the table for development and ripe for the open source community to sculpt!

**consequently, Inferno which was forked as a commercial product prior to that is no longer expected to maintain parity with Plan9 and should be considered separate/legacy until further notice. Nonetheless, they're sharing the same option for this poll.

[haiku-official]

Nice! This redditor is using me real good.

[haiku-official]

the thing that keeps most people from using me is the lack of a decent modern web browser :(

can't believe we haven't sorted that out in the last 23 years