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by puppetmaster 2658 days ago
I've been using haiku as my main work os for a couple of months now. Granted, there are issues, but none of them too annoying to prevent me from getting things done... except for xhci.

It would seem like this specification has been a pain point for many other projects before. For a os with only a few contributors doing work on their freetime, I think it is going great. (My opinion, like mouths... everybody has one)
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benj111 2658 days ago
USB 3 support seems.. Basic at this point? The post mentions 2012 when chips became prevalent so this isn't new. I also seem to recall an issue with getting a decent web browser recently?

"For a os with only a few contributors doing work on their freetime, I think it is going great "

Oh definitely, I bear no ill will, and would like the project to succeed. But can you make a full featured desktop OS in your free time. There's another comment on this thread pointing out the spec is 600 pages long. I can understand how if you're doing it as a hobby that would take time.

If someone built a car in their garage I'd be impressed. It may have taken 10 years, look ugly and leak oil but its still an achievement. I wouldn't buy it though, I don't want a car that leaks oil, and doesn't have crumple zones etc.

I guess what I'm (slowly) stumbling towards asking is, is this a hobby OS or a 'big professional' OS? Reading between the lines you seem to be happy with a hobby OS, if so great, but that isn't what I want, I'm not sure that is what it was hyped to be.

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kgraves 2658 days ago
> USB 3 support seems.. Basic at this point?

I think you underestimate the sophisticated complex problems of USB 3. Even for a hobby OS this is a massive achievement.

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benj111 2658 days ago
It is a massive achievement just like the home made car I mentioned.

The car has to compete against Tesla, Ford, Toyota though, does it cut it? Does Haiku cut it against Linux, Windows, the BSDs?

Maybe I have unreasonable expectations that it should.

The car can exist for its own sake. The builder had fun making it after all. I thought the idea was that we were all going to be driving round in our own home made cars.

So am I judging it on the engineering skill of the builder, as his hobby project? Or an I judging it as my next potential car?

I can forgive that home built car not having crumple zones, radio, opening windows. They are hard to do, as a car buyer they are basic things I expect.

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