I know that Haiku isn’t quite ready for release yet, at least according to the status pages. But I thought that one of the folks here (tearjerker?) was building a distro based on PE, with the new Haiku tools replacing the old ones.
Whatever happened? Did it get released and I just missed it, or what :?:
And before anyone starts flaming me, to go build a distro if I want it so bad, let me simply state that I would if I could. My skills don’t lie in the software realm. I’m a hardware man. I’m much more at home with a solder-station, microscope, meters and analyzers than I am with compilers and libraries.
If anyone has any ideas about a distro being put together, please let us know.
I know that Haiku isn't quite ready for release yet, at least according to the status pages. But I thought that one of the folks here (tearjerker?) was building a distro based on PE, with the new Haiku tools replacing the old ones.
Whatever happened? Did it get released and I just missed it, or what :?:
And before anyone starts flaming me, to go build a distro if I want it so bad, let me simply state that I would if I could. My skills don’t lie in the software realm. I’m a hardware man. I’m much more at home with a solder-station, microscope, meters and analyzers than I am with compilers and libraries.
If anyone has any ideas about a distro being put together, please let us know.
Thanks
rallen
Even if it is done, there is no way Haiku could give their approval to it, as it is illegal to modify and redistribute R5 PE
Also, without BONE it’d still be useless, and the Haiku stack isn’t quite up to it.
You really wouldn’t notice much difference yet. I don’t really think it’s worth attempting to build a distro at this point.
I’ve been using the Haiku translation kit and print server for quite a while, along with Rudolf’s nvidia driver and Jerome’s (I think) emuxki driver - and although it means I get a warm fuzzy feeling that I’m using Haiku components, it isn’t really a noticable difference.
Until the first release, or even the stable releases of some of the bigger portions of code (ie: app_server or the kernel), you won’t see too much change, other than maybe support of newer hardware. The reason is the first step of the process we’re following is to rebuild BeOS R5, hence we need to have complete binary compatability (already built programs will run) done before we can really move on. The reason I say that the app_server and kernel will change things significantly is that these pieces (and actually several others) are designed to be not only binary compatable, but also add many many improvements over the originals in order to try and rapidly bring Haiku “up-to-date” with modern OS’s.
As far as a distribution, all that Haiku will be releasing is base components. That will be our solid distro. People like BeUnited will, on the other hand, be building their own distros with the Haiku base + several other components.
Right now, if you’re really interested to see how far some of these “kits” and servers have come in development, the best thing to do is grab an old box (like a P2 or something) and find a copy of BeOS R5 (pro or personal) and start downloading components from the build factory one at a time. This would basically give the same result as someone who says they integrated the Haiku components with BeOS, although it may take more time, but is much more legal I think. Luckily most of the downloads are very small and take almost no time to install (compiling them is another matter).
Quickest way to test the Pref Apps are by using the Beta Packs (from the Build Factory) that I create on a monthly basis, as these come in an easy to install BeOS installation package.