BeOS addicts ressurrect their favorite OS

Haiku's OS developers showed off their new operating system at the Southern California Linux Expo. The devs say the OS is in pre-alpha stage and people are welcome to download VMWare images to test it out.

Haiku’s OS developers showed off their new operating system at the Southern California Linux Expo. The devs say the OS is in pre-alpha stage and people are welcome to download VMWare images to test it out.

Haiku's initial desktop screen

Haiku’s initial desktop screen

Haiku's about screen. Processor speed, memory size and uptime information is displayed in the bottom left portion of the window.

Haiku’s about screen. Processor speed, memory size and uptime information is displayed in the bottom left portion of the window.

Basic clock and calendar application

Basic clock and calendar application

BeMail is the included email application12:49 PM 2/12/2007

BeMail is the included email application12:49 PM 2/12/2007

People management

People management

Diskprobe is an integrated hex-editor.

Diskprobe is an integrated hex-editor.

Image file converters

Image file converters

File association editor

File association editor

Font settings

Font settings

Some keyboard settings

Some keyboard settings

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