General Haiku Discussion

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Need something to do?

Forum thread started by AndrewZ on Mon, 2010-06-14 15:44

Need something to do? How about running a cool Haiku/BeOS application?
http://www.osnews.com/story/23445/The_State_of_Applications_On_Haiku

ACPI support and Standby (S3 Sleep)

Forum thread started by Megaf on Mon, 2010-06-14 02:41

Hi folks,
First of all, congratulations for this amazing work you developers are doing on Haiku, i'ts getting really good!

Now, I would like to know about the ACPI support on Haiku, because i can't put my computer on Standby mode (S3 Sleep or Suspend to RAM) and I could not find anything about it on Haiku menu or preferences either.

So, I ask you, is there any support for any ACPI power saving mode? Are you planning to implement that?

State 	Description
S0/Working 	System is on. The CPU is fully up and running; power conservation operates on a per-device basis.
S1 Sleep 	System appears off. The CPU is stopped; RAM is refreshed; the system runs in a low power mode.
S2 Sleep 	System appears off. The CPU has no power; RAM is refreshed; the system uses a lower power mode than S1.
S3 Sleep (Standby) 	System appears off. The CPU has no power; RAM is in slow refresh; the power supply is in a reduced power mode. This mode is commonly referred to as 'Suspend To RAM'.
S4 Hibernate 	System appears off. The hardware is completely off, but system memory has been saved as a temporary file onto the harddisk. This mode is also referred to as 'Suspend To Disk'.
S5/Off 	System is off. The hardware is completely off, the operating system has shut down; nothing has been saved. Requires a complete reboot to return to the Working state.
Source 	http://www.lifsoft.com/power/faq.htm

S & T ? When?

Forum thread started by cipri on Thu, 2010-06-10 19:11

I saw that work on S&T has been done by clemens zeidler.
Does someone know, if it will be included soon in the nightly-builds? I'm curious how it works :-)

which processor/chipset Haiku prefers ?

Forum thread started by n0de on Sun, 2010-06-06 20:30

Hi,

i'm thinking (as i am going to buy a new laptop) what processor/chipset Haiku prefers ? Intel, AMD, or maybe something else ? On which architecture (i don't know if it's right to say that) Haiku runs smoothest - like fast and stable ? I know, it's kind a strange, or maybe even stupid question, but i still want to know..

n0de.

Questions/ruminations on UI

Forum thread started by TWF on Fri, 2010-05-28 07:39

Hello,
I am somewhat of a computer enthusiast and have burned my way through operating systems - my laptop came with Windows 7 but has had FreeBSD, Debian, Ubuntu, and Arch all installed on it. I have become very fed up with the poor offerings of desktop OS's and recently discovered Haiku. In many ways it seems to be a candidate for my dream OS: centralized, simple, fast, and configurable.

There are some things that worry me, though. I feel strongly that an ideal OS would let the user decide how windows are managed: in linux I use a tiling window manager and I feel that they are much more productive than a traditional "floating" manager. Are there plans to include such UI behavior options in Haiku?

Haiku Compatible Laptops

Forum thread started by augdawg09 on Thu, 2010-05-27 11:42

I wanted to know if there was any netbook or low priced full laptop that I could buy to run Haiku on. Does anyone know of any suggestions?

Thanks!

17th Thank You Award - Vote Now!

Forum thread started by kvdman on Wed, 2010-05-26 22:34

Hi folks, the 17th Thank You Award is open for voting now until June 1st. There's quite a lengthy list to choose from, so choose your favourite developer/community member :)

http://www.haikuware.com/

More About the TYA here:

http://www.haikuware.com/thank-you-award

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