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My experience at the Summer Gathering in Lucerne, Switzerland

Blog post by stippi on Sun, 2007-08-05 12:39
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My backpack turned out really heavy, because at the moment, I have no mobile computer. Luckily I have one of those "industry embedded" machines, as big as an external CD-ROM drive. But I still had to pack my 17" flat screen. The travelling by train was nice, although I almost got off at the wrong station in Basel. I mean, I did get off, but I got back in in time... turned out Ingo did it exactly as I before me. He, François and Michael Lotz were already there, and they waited at the train station to pick me up. They held up a paper with the Haiku logo, as if I wasn't going to recognize them... :-) One hour later, we picked up Axel, again with the help of the Haiku sign.

Haiku Admin Meeting Summary - July 23, 2007

Blog post by umccullough on Thu, 2007-07-26 07:42

Haiku Admin Meeting 2007-07-23:

  • A quick GSoC status was discussed.
  • It was agreed that having Axel and Ingo working together in the same location to focus on many of the VM and stability issues was a successful endeavor:

    • It was proposed that this be done more often, with possible sponsorship from Haiku, Inc. to pay for costs whenever possible.
    It was agreed that Axel and/or Ingo will be reimbursed for any expenses that were incurred.
    This type of reimbursement support would only be reserved for certain situations deemed suitable by Haiku, Inc.

  • The state of Haiku after the recent work by Axel and Ingo was discussed:

    • It was observed that the system is very stable at this point, even more so than was anticipated.

Haiku Admin Meeting Summaries - July 2, 2007 and July 9, 2007

Blog post by umccullough on Thu, 2007-07-26 07:25

Haiku Admin Meeting 2007-07-02:

  • Discussion about WalterCon planning. Things are moving along.
  • The existence of a project called RadiantOS which claims to eventaully be a "distro" based on Haiku was mentioned.
  • There was some discussion about the status of running GCC in Haiku:

    • Haiku might be close to self-hosting capability (able to build itself).
    It was mentioned that once Haiku can self-host it's probably time for an official alpha release.

Haiku Admin Meeting 2007-07-09:

  • There was some discussion about AGG and the recent buzz about it on OSNews and other places.
  • The Admin Team Gathering was discussed some more.
  • Some WalterCon issues were discussed:

All is well

Blog post by Sil2100 on Thu, 2007-07-19 12:15
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Even though I had some private issues this week, all is going well with the PackageInstall. In its current form it is able to properly install all 3 test BeOS packages I tried on it, creating files and directories along with their data and attributes without flaw. So, what's left to do right now?

Overview of Messaging in the Application Kit

Blog post by nielx on Sun, 2007-07-15 10:00
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For the API Documentation team I've prepared an overview of the messaging functions in the Application Kit, mind map style. This image should be the guide to writing the actual API documentation.

Please redirect comments on the technical content to the haiku-development list. They are highly appreciated!

Who is Joe User?

Blog post by darkwyrm on Mon, 2007-07-09 12:45

A couple of articles I just read (here and its rebuttal) are written by Linux users about why Linux is the best and how to get a regular person (hereafter referred to as Joe User) to start using Linux. To save you the time of reading the two articles, the first is entitled "Understanding the Common User: Everything should be as simple as it is, " by Keyto. The article is partly about how a Common User thinks, but primarily that quite a lot of the problem with Linux is the current users -- geeks who have trouble relating to Joe at Joe's level of expertise instead of the geek's level.

Haiku Admin Meeting Summaries - June 18, 2007 and June 26, 2007

Blog post by umccullough on Fri, 2007-07-06 02:04

Haiku Admin Meeting 2007-06-18:

  • Discussion about some "missing" articles on the new website - specifically old newsletters. Also desired is a way to make them easier to locate.
  • Mention of the continual "browser for Haiku" topic that pops up in the mailing list and elsewhere. An official decision should be discussed and published. It may be still too early to fully decide on a direction.
  • More discussion took place about a potential physical "admin gathering" in the near future.

Haiku Admin Meeting 2007-06-26:

  • Darkwyrm has been working on the WalterCon 2007 details including some content. Some ideas were discussed.

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