Haiku OS project gets ready to take the wraps off alpha release


Back in the early 1990s, BeOS appeared on the operating system scene promising a simple, uncluttered desktop designed to tackle digital media chores. Though Be is no longer "alive," its memory lives on thanks to a devoted community of supporters - like those behind Haiku.

At long last, the Haiku OS project is getting close to an initial alpha release. Even better, they're making nightly builds available on Haiku-Files.org so that anxious OS Evel Knievel types can get an early look at what's in store.

Can't believe this. BeOS was so incredibly fast - you could boot your machine to a working desktop in less than 10 seconds. I actually downloaded a pre-alpha VMware appliance of Haiku just a few weeks ago, you know, just to see how things are going, and I must admit I was seriously impressed.