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Haiku is a new open-source operating system that specifically targets personal computing. Inspired by the BeOS, Haiku is fast, simple to use, easy to learn and yet very powerful.

The following is directly quoted from the Haiku project's website:

HAIKU is an open source operating system currently in development. Specifically targeting personal computing, Haiku is a fast, efficient, simple to use, easy to learn, and yet very powerful system for computer users of all levels. Additionally, Haiku offers something over other open source platforms which is quite unique: The project consists of a single team writing everything from the kernel, drivers, userland services, tool kit, and graphics stack to the included desktop applications and preflets. While numerous open source projects are utilized in Haiku, they are integrated seamlessly. This allows Haiku to achieve a level of consistency that provides many conveniences, and is truly enjoyable to use by both end-users and developers alike.

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"muxserver_listen bind(): No such file or directory" using todo.txt over ssh on Haiku OS

I'm getting this error after entering a password when connecting via ssh from a Terminal window, ever since I followed these directions to reuse ssh connections: "...consider appending the following to your ~/.ssh/config file:" Host * ControlPath…
Kev
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Is HaikuOS stable enough for everyday use yet?

I was always a fan of BeOS and I have been watching HaikuOS for a while now. I would like to try it out, but if there is still problems with wireless drivers/configuration etc. then it would still be too immature for me. Can it be used as a main OS…
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How to get something to start on next startup only one time in Haiku

I want to make something start up after the next reboot, but only once, and not after any other reboot. Just like your first boot of a Haiku image off a USB stick runs the Installer, and whether you use it or not (maybe you just want to always run…
Kev
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accessing Gmail on Haiku alpha builds

I use the MDR in BeOS R5 to send/receive through Gmail no problem, but on Haiku it says, "No reply." Is it because there are no SSL options in the e-mail prefs under Haiku? How do I enable them?
Kev
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Haiku - change username from 'user' to something else?

Is it possible to change the default username in Haiku from user to something else? When setting-up pre-shared keys between my Haiku workstation and remote devices, it would be nice to be able to type ssh host.tld rather than ssh…
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Haiku panics at boot "vm_page_fault: unhandled page fault in kernel space"

This is my first time installing an operating system other than Windows, so I'll try to put in extra detail in case I made a stupid mistake somewhere during the process. I downloaded Haiku from the official website…
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Scheduled tasks / cron on Haiku?

It doesn't seem to be called cron on Haiku and I don't see anything in Preferences or Applications as of the latest nightly. (Where) is this functionality in Haiku / what is it called? (I also searched HaikuDepot for cron, task, sched, and time,…
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Opening a Terminal for the current bash script, if it wasn't started in one

How can I get a script to re-launch itself in a Terminal window if it wasn't started in one? Based on this question, I've tried, in a file called testterm marked executable: #! /bin/sh if [ -t 0 ]; # stdin then echo "yay! terminal!" else …
Kev
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How-to: reset window "tab" in Haiku?

I have been running Haiku in various environments now for several months, but have run across an interesting issue: WebPositive (the browser that ships with Haiku) has lost its yellow tab at the top of the window, and only displays in full-screen…
warren
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Why won't WebPositive open again after I close it, and how do I fix it?

I'm running Haiku from a USB stick. I opened up the web browser, WebPositive, and tested to see if I could load anything. It didn't, so I closed it. Then I realized - duh, I wasn't connected to the Internet. So I put the password to the WiFi in, and…
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I installed Haiku on my Windows 7 machine. How do I create a boot menu?

I just installed Haiku on my Windows 7 laptop, and I don't know how to create a boot menu. I had BeOS running a few years ago, and that came with one built-in. I know my way around computers enough to mess around with partitions and whatnot, but my…
user27993
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Creating a bootable Linux USB key from Haiku

Note: Usually a question about Haiku would be the opposite--creating a bootable Haiku USB key from Linux or perhaps Windows--but since I have Haiku running and not Linux, I do actually mean what is in the title. I did this (without the USB key…
Kev
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"Not a bootable partition" from Haiku's boot manager for new Linux partitions

I just did this: made an Intel Extended partition covering the whole HD using Haiku Alpha 4.1's DriveSetup made several BeOS partitions deleted the first one installed Haiku onto one of the other ones installed CentOS 6.4 i386 into the empty space,…
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Can't seem to connect to Win 7 share with smbclient 3.5.5 on Haiku

I did the registry mods mentioned here but cannot seem to connect. I say seem to, because there's no error message. smbclient \\\\WIN7MACHINE\\ -U myusername smbclient \\\\WIN7MACHINE\\ -U% smbclient \\\\WIN7MACHINE\\ All of these, with or without…
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Unattended installation of a .pkg file in Haiku

Is there a way to do this from the command-line, additionally being able to specify the destination partition? I tried to create an empty partition, and install the package onto that, so I could just zip the results, but PackageInstaller won't…
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