Did someone left everything behind for Haiku?

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I’m just curious, did someone of you really left everything behind and went to use Haiku?

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What exactly do you mean with “leave everything behind”?
Well,I left Linux behind because I didn’t like it anymore so I was happy to see a better alternative,but I still use other operating systems besides Haiku,too (FreeBSD and OpenIndiana).
And I left web development because I didn’t like the modern web anyway and Haiku got me interested in writing native applications.
Not sure if that’s what you mean with leaving everything behind.

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i mean “use no other OS except haiku”

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From my perspective, using only one OS would be weird and probably impossible.

I use VMWare, Linux and OpenBSD on my servers.

I have a Haiku laptop that I do 75% or so of my console use on, but a Mac laptop that I use occasionally. I have a few older laptops around for specific tasks that require older versions of MacOS or Windows.

I have a dedicated gaming PC hooked up to living room TV that runs Windows.

The idea that just one OS could be even an acceptable, much less ideal, solution for all of these tasks is probably unrealistic.

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My usage :

  • MacOS as my main OS because of my MacBook Pro
  • Haiku as a dedicated OS on my NUC Intel, but also sometimes under UTM on my MacBook Pro when needed
  • Windows 11 under another LapTop for some games or other things I can’t do under the previous oses
  • Debian under another NUC when I need to test something for Linux :slight_smile:
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I seem to remember one or two from previous posts that others stated they’re solely using Haiku everyday.

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Main OS is Haiku here, occasionaly boot into Windows for offical papers (using EiD) or booting a VM to check some builds for 32bit Haiku).

On booting Windows, that happens about 3 or 4 times in a month.

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I go to MacOS mainly when I need to send something to the printer.

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whoops, right there, also doing that on Windows, but granted, doesn’t happen that much (and I should do some checking if printing with this thing works on Haiku) :slight_smile:

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I am moving away from Apple after quarter of a century of what in fairness has been quite a satisfactory period. Unfortunately spending more time with Linux than Haiku with the latter slowly being phased in. Now what is this Windows others refer to?:smiley:

I also use Genode / Sculpt: those who note my evangelizing the same will be surprised that it is in practice a sideshow relegated to a USB stick that sometimes gets booted. Nonetheless I am convinced it has a bigger role to play, is an opportunity to witness amazing technology in gestation, and in fairness it is only in the last year they have started to shift from pushing the frontiers of computer science and make tentative steps towards an actual usable product.

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Hey Gabriel,

I did. But let me explain :

  1. I’ve been a huge BEOS fan using R5, Max, and Zeta back in the gap.

  2. I’ve followed this project for many… many… many… years.

  3. Yes, it’s problematic in ways… BUT : It checks all the boxes now in all of the categories that prevented me from using it prior.

  4. I want it to be the only OS I use, and the only way it’s going to happen is force myself to use it, help report issues, help drive more people to the community, and help fix issues that are in my realms of contribution.

    I’ll admit there are some rough areas of Haiku, but for the most part I haven’t really been “blocked” in any areas at this point. Sure, sometimes I have to restart my computer because poorly programmed apps were still running in the background. I had to install qemu to occasionally do something very minor in Windows (Shrugs), mostly because the WINE implementations aren’t that great yet. Yes, I constantly backup mission critical data because I’m aware i’ll be nightly jumping for years to come.

    I wouldn’t have it any other way :slight_smile:

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My computers:

Main computer Haiku_x86_64 nightly

HTML server Haiku_x86_64 beta 5

Laptop has Windows 11 and Haiku nightly. Haven’t booted Windows 11 in many months, too slow.

Alternate computer Windows 10 only used to support hardware that Haiku won’t talk to.( haiku won’t install)

Living room computer Linux mint – mostly for audio streaming

Wife’s home office Windows 10

Dojo office Windows 10

Wife’s laptop Windows 10

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