Topic: Wha do you think about Haiku?

advi !!3gpAcg/hF started this discussion 15 years ago #1,975

It's basically a modernized version of BeOS. I need to install it on my laptop if it ever goes beta.. http://haiku-os.org

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #35,967

I've seen it. Why the fuck would I want this?

MinuetOS is where it's at.

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dreamworks4mayor '11 !xPoNIEsltA joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 3 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #35,969

Why do all those OS's have ugly GUIs?

advi !!3gpAcg/hF (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #35,972

@35,967 (B)

Simplistic, easy to use, and if stable, practical. Also, Kontiki > Minuet.

advi !!3gpAcg/hF (OP) double-posted this 15 years ago, 5 minutes later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #35,973

@35,969 (dreamworks4mayor '11 !xPoNIEsltA)

It's an alpha release, I doubt they care much about how pretty it is atm

dreamworks joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 hours later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #36,095

@previous (advi !!3gpAcg/hF)
almost all opensource os's are ugly

advi !!3gpAcg/hF (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 12 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #36,107

@previous (dreamworks)

ALL operating systems are ugly without custom themes

dreamworks replied with this 15 years ago, 8 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #36,117

@previous (advi !!3gpAcg/hF)
nah

Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 45 seconds later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #36,118

@36,107 (advi !!3gpAcg/hF)
Windows 7 is quite cool looking.

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advi !!3gpAcg/hF (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 9 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #36,122

@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)

glossy as fucking hell and edges are too rounded, but otherwise I agree; keep in mind though that Windows is made by the biggest software company on earth and Haiku is a community project

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