General Haiku Discussion

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Hello everyone,

I'm new to this forums and I've already read up quite a lot on Haiku, saw the slideshow & some videos and now I'm looking for more information. Maybe one thing first: I am no programmer. Did some basic stuff with Pascal and C back in the 90s, but that's about it. I'd consider myself as someone with experience in computer stuff, but I am not an expert or geek. (which means that I'll probably ask a lot of stupid questions...;-) )

Anyway, a couple of years ago I would have said that "I'm an avid Mac user and I won't ever use anything else!" but thanks to the direction Cupertino is taking lately, I won't buy a new Mac. I'll keep using my old PowerMac G5 with 10.4.11 until the day it stops running.

Knowing that this day will eventually come I'm looking for an alternative operating system to use for my everyday tasks. Just like I found an alternative in the Macintosh back in the 90s when the Commodore Amiga went down in flames. I tried Ubuntu, but somehow I can't like it for whatever reason. I just don't feel "home" and as if I am in charge. Odd.
Also tried AROS, an Amiga inspired OS for x86 machines, but it needs a lot more polish and I can't seriously see they're going anywhere.

So, well, here I am. Downloading Haiku and going to try it out on a pretty beat up notebook that I got from my sister's husband to tinker with.

My first question is - is there a catalogue with categories that gives a quick overview about what software is available for Haiku - possibly including a download option?

I was thinking of something along the lines of this one here that I know:

http://opensourcemac.org/

Second question: Do you think Haiku, as it is right now, is ready to be used as an everyday OS? (no, I don't expect a full OSX replacement, I just wonder about major bugs etc.)

I think Proprietary software and FOSS compliment each other and we would not have

much innovation without proprietary software as it comes with innovation

On the other hand FOSS comes with great liberty and flexibility

Do you believe they could/should co-exist ...???