Hello there
I’m new to the forum, and to Haiku and BeOS in general. I’m an old Amiga userin the PPC and 68K front, and these last five years I’ve been a GNU/Linux user on the X86 front, too.
The last wto years I’ve spent most of my computer time optimizing my Gentoo Linux system to a minimal, loand, lightweight and fast one with preemptive-multitasking kernel compiled with support for my very own hardware, BFS (a great CPU scheduler wich really make my emulators to work in a constant an reliable way with very small sound buffers), etc…
However, this system lacks something. It’s not the same as MorphOS and AmigaOS: they are incredible OSes in PPC and 68K, they are desktop OSes and they both make me feel “at home”, while Linux is…well, not the same. It’s cold, and even if I’m not a total newbie by now, it stills feels complicated. It’s like having a mainframe in my room, not a real “home computer”.
So I’ve two alternatives to try (or keep on with Linux, of course): AROS and Haiku.
So, I’m exposing my initial needs here, and I hope you guys can tell me if Haiku is for me as of today:
-Does it support intel-HDA in macbooks and mac minis (2009)? A silent system is not fun.
-What’s the video backend Haiku uses? Is it a decent one?
*It supports vsynced smooth screen refresh. I HATE tearing. I can’t stand it. Vsync requires an accelerated framebuffer, or a decent VESA one.
*It supports custom video modes. (and I mean custom resolutions AND refresh rates: Can I define 59.61HZ on a 1280x1024 mode, for exampe?)
*Can SLD use that backend? I don’n mind if I have to specify the backend for SDL in each app I run, but I need souch a backend to be available.
-Does the video backend have support for Nvidia 9400M based cards? It’s OK if there’s an accelerated framebuffer for Intel stuff, but I need it to work on my computer.
-Is it possible to self-compile MAME for Haiku? I use customised sources relying on custom video modes.
-Does it support BCM43XX wireless network controllers in some way?
That’s all, I think…
thanks!
PD: Note accelerated 3d stuff is something I don’t want/need. I just need a VERY flexible accelerated 2d support. Custom refresh rates AND perfect smooth vysnc-ed display is mandatory for me.