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0 pointsinferiorhuman7y ago0 comments

> Serious question - does anyone use Haiku for anything more than playing?

Doubtful. After seeing a few Haiku posts over the past few days I downloaded it and gave it a try. There's a lot of promise, but it's pretty darn glitchy (e.g. DHCP client works occasionally, mail client sees mailboxes but doesn't fetch messages).

I'm in the opposite camp though. I'd love to find a viable alternative to macOS.

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waddlesplash7y ago

Those two things plus the web browser are indeed the glitchiest parts of the system :)

I've finally found a consistent way to reproduce the DHCP glitches, so I might be able to spend some time debugging that. The mail client is another issue; for now you're probably better off avoiding it. (There are third-party mail apps in the depot, so maybe try one of those?)

Glad to hear you can see the potential, though! :)

iforgotpassword7y ago

I see it too, but am honestly quite sceptical it'll get there in time. Development is just plain slow, which isn't surprising with the comparatively low number of devs. It feels half the man power is "wasted" on just keeping up with new hardware. By the time haiku is done, i fear desktop pcs and laptops will be extinct. I liked beos so I was really thrilled when openbeos popped up. I download the latest haiku build every other year or so, but it just feels they are all the same.