I'm a Newbie!

Forum thread started by MattP on Tue, 2012-08-14 17:25

Hey there,

I am a Windows user generally, but I also use Mac OS X. I went to a computer museum the other day, there was a computer that had a operating system called 'BeOS' I loved the look of it, it looked so much better then other OS's. I did some research when I got home and I came across Haiku. I have downloaded the VM version and I am loving it. I am now even thinking of installing it to dual boot with Windows.

I want to see this OS be a big thing.

Thanks for developing a great OS!

‹ Few questions about haiku Thinkpad X61 and haiku ›

Comments

Re: I'm a Newbie!

by ModeenF - 2012-08-14 18:49

Welcome :)

We are all Newbie's in the begining ;)

I'm also a windows user, have tested linux and freebsd but if I'm going to use a slow system (compared to BeOS) I can stick with windows ;).. now I'm doing all my develpment in Haiku

Re: I'm a Newbie!

by richienyhus - 2012-08-15 00:27

Make sure to check out the Haiku User Guide, as it is pretty handy!

http://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/contents.html

Re: I'm a Newbie!

by Munchausen - 2012-08-15 12:12

I'm interested in where you saw the computer - and was it one of the fabled BeBox?

Re: I'm a Newbie!

by jscipione - 2012-08-15 19:15

Since you regularly use Windows, have used Mac OS X, and are new to Haiku I am curious to know what your first impressions are, what parts do you like, what parts do you not like? First impressions are valuable and help us to improve the product.

Re: I'm a Newbie!

by MattP - 2012-08-29 08:14

I really like Haiku. I like the layout of the desktop, I find it better than the Windows Desktop because of the start bar design. I have actually been using haiku more than windows. I'm not too sure about some of the programs that are built into the OS. But generally I like it. I might start developing programs for it. I have for Mac and Windows, but never for another OS.