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Educational support

Forum thread started by wretched_dutchman on Fri, 2011-01-21 14:09

Hello all,

I've been looking into Haiku for quite some time now and I am quite interested in the direction it is heading.
Currently I'm a student at the HAN university for Information Technology in the Netherlands and I've already had my share of school projects. Up till now all the projects I've worked on are school-related and end up in the archives, which isn't the best motivation to work on something.
I've talked to a teacher about the possibility of using actual (Open Source) projects and he was fairly interested. The semester he teaches is MPNA (Make a high Performance Network Application), which aims to teach the fundamentals of network programming.

I was wondering if someone can tell me what some of the possibilities are for some form of collaboration with the Haiku project. This includes:

  1. Primarily the interest of Haiku developers in starting this collaboration
  2. Listing missing network protocols e.g. smb is mentioned in FutureHaikuFeatures, but I can't find it in trac
  3. Getting a starting-reference for implementing some of these protocols e.g. a lesson-blog or a rewrite of Writing Video Card Drivers in BeOS for the already implemented NFS
  4. By which standards and through which means should the code be submitted to the upstream developers

This is just some brainstorming, so feel free to point me to issues that I haven't thought of yet or point me towards some other subjects that might be beneficial for students and Open Source alike.

I Love Haiku!

Forum thread started by andresconrado on Sun, 2011-01-16 13:09

I Love this OS, really.
Is the only thing that revived my old IBM ThinkPad, and it works like a charm. Is beautiful. Is simple.
I just love it.
Thank you for all your work.

BeOS limitations...

Forum thread started by Kerdo on Sat, 2011-01-15 00:22

I'm looking for OS to eventually replace XP Pro SP2. I taught myself on public computers about two years ago, so my knowledge is limited. If I understand Haiku correctly, it will not run on AMD64 type PCs like Athlon II (X2, X3, X4) or Phenom II (X2, X3, X4). Correct? If so, is there any BeOS that can handle these x64 PCs?

Am I suitable to switch to Haiku...

Forum thread started by Paspie on Thu, 2011-01-13 21:56

...once it moves far beyond alpha? I know it's a stupid idea to use a buggy alpha version as a primary OS? I have looked over haikuware for many apps however I have only managed to get a BeOS spreadsheet application to work...I guess that will change over time. Anyway, here is what I do on the personal computers at home...

Edit word and spreadsheet documents (using Microsoft Office)
Edit 480p video (Windows Live Movie Maker)
Browse the Internet, frequently using Flash for YouTube and a much used website for school homework that is flash based.
Defragment my hard drive.

There could be many more as I may be doing things I am not aware of, but that's the basics. The second one, I couldn't find a Haiku video editor anywhere so is there hope for that gap to be fulfilled when the final version is released? I don't need much currently, just changing the speed of the film for road timelapses and maybe some titles.

There have been many other threads like this but seeing as I've done quite alot of the homework I thought I would just ask some of you guys that may know a little more and have some advice.

Thanks for subsequent replies.

Request developers to get rid of that ugly mouse pointer

Forum thread started by asifnaz on Thu, 2011-01-13 17:19

I am playing with Haiku . I really like this Free and open source OS .
On thing I really don't like that horrible looking mouse pointer .

where to contact developers about this issue ..???

Qt as Haiku Gui Framework

Forum thread started by neonnds on Mon, 2011-01-10 23:39

Just wondering what the view is on replacing the current GUI code in the Haiku base with Qt. This would of course require a complete rewrite of the desktop environment but i think the initial investment will be worth the effort.

The reason i suggest this is, the Qt framework offers a wealth of resources (developers, users, application and documentation) and it will be near impossible for the Haiku community to offer develeopers anything close to what Qt has.

It would also mean that the Haiku desktop environment would be directly compatible and integrate well with existing Qt applications (that is, drag and drop functionality etc). And most importantly it would save Haiku developers alot of time and effort, as they can rely on the Qt community for future framework improvements and support.

Just a thought. Let me know what you think.

Cheers.

Is Haiku right for my needs...

Forum thread started by robertmark68 on Fri, 2011-01-07 15:48

Hello All

I trust this is a somewhat appropriate place to post this question.

Awhile ago I heard about Haiku from a friend and I was intrigued. Now, I think I may actually have a use for this OS and I'm wondering if some of the more veteran users here can answer a few questions regarding Haiku. I have a Laptop PC of moderate capability that I would like to turn into a machine to do rudimentary stuff. Some of the tasks I need it to do OUT OF THE BOX (little setup time) are as follows:

1. Remote Desktop INTO XP and '7' based PC's (most important)
2. Connect to a G/N wireless network
3. Be able to recognize USB flash drives and other devices easily.
4. Will OpenOffice work on it?

Will Haiku do those things for me...without too much headache?

I don't have the $ to acquire an XP license and I just don't have the time to setup LINUX which would do all I need to do BUT is just to labor intensive right now. I need this UP and Running in a matter of hours.

Thanks so much for your brain dumps!

Robert
Otter River, Massachusetts

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