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by tqh 13y ago
Package management will make OS upgrades easier. Dependencies as opposed to static linking will allow the CPU to run and cache used code better instead of reading and discarding the same code from different parts of memory. Compression will
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by tqh 13y ago
It might be true on a OS that lacks a good file notification API. Haiku on the other hand has a very good notification system, so the package manager will step in and take care of unpacking, mounting, managing and download dependencies. Sam
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by tqh 14y ago
I would say that it was a key concept in BeOS and still is in Haiku. Haiku development actually started by replacing one module at a time in BeOS so several userland modules were actually working before there even was a bootable kernel.
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by tqh 14y ago
Linus Torvalds has a Chromebook Pixel and he has written a few posts about it and running Linux on it. Here is the latest post atm and perhaps the summary: https://plus.google.com/u/0/102150693225130002912/posts/AVDr...
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by tqh 14y ago
Yes, it is like the original Be code. It was for showing the inheritage.
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by tqh 14y ago
Funny thing about the C++ example: The API Mindroid implements in C++ from Androids Java API, is actually from BeOS originally where it was C++. It still exists today in Haiku. So Mindroid has gone full circle C++ -> Java -> C++. He
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by tqh 14y ago
Goldring NS1000 noise cancelling headphones
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by tqh 14y ago
Enders Game and Enders Shadow by Orson Scott Card. Before the movie comes out: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1731141/
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by tqh 14y ago
We don't have fat libraries. We do have a hybrid system, either a gcc2 based system with additional gcc4 libraries so a gcc4 application uses gcc4 libraries. Or the other way around a gcc4 system but with gcc2 libraries for old apps. gcc2
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by tqh 14y ago
Haiku OS has been in GSoC quite a few years now and tries to to evaluate students skills very carefully before accepting them. Anyone that has been accepted has had to prove their skills and interest. Also there is a pool of core developers
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by tqh 14y ago
The stack and tile functions might make you reconsider: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y-6YmGd30A
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by tqh 15y ago
Haiku OS uses vector icons in a a format called HVIF, a much more efficient format than SVG: http://haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/applications/icon-o-ma... https://www.haiku-os.org/articles/2009-09-14_why_haiku_vecto...