[UFO Chicago] Haiku (was: Re: Tech Support)

[Matthew T. Gibbs]

----- Original Message ----
> From: Jay F Shachter <jay at m5.chicago.il.us>
> To: Michael Sphar <mikesphar at gmail.com>
> Cc: ufo at ufo.chicago.il.us
> Sent: Wed, October 20, 2010 7:33:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [UFO Chicago] Haiku (was: Re: Tech Support)
> However, the Haiku that  is referred to in http://xkcd.com/806 is a
> computer operating system.  Many thanks to  Michael Sphar for referring
> us to the website:
> 
> > 
> > I this  case, I believe it's referring to  http://www.haiku-os.org/
> > 
> 
> 
> I had never  heard of this operating system before, and I am
> intrigued.  We now have  one more operating system to talk about at our
> UFO meetings, instead of just  talking about Linux all the time.  Does
> anyone on our mailing list have  actual experience with Haiku?  If not,
> does anyone want to volunteer to  try it out?


I downloaded the VMware image and ran it for a few minutes.  Seems to be quite 
fast; however, I didn't have time to look into it further.  It is supposed to be 
an open-source re-write of BeOS.

Matt