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Build WPA2 support for Haiku?

Forum thread started by apgreimann on Sat, 2010-11-13 01:59

Hello.

I had a major question, as I'm running on an Acer Aspire AOA150 netbook. Other notebook, netbook, or laptop owners I imagine are asking as well if Haiku can support WPA and WPA2 networks. The card is recognized--and it will pick up unsecured ones, I imagine, but no secured networks. This is seriously a major problem for Haiku!

Therefore, while Haiku can't now, what can I or we do to get it to support these wireless networking configuration types? The options listed I can do if feasible:

a) Is compiling wpa_supplicant or wireless networking utilities possible?

b) Is importing nm_applet and similar packages from Linux platforms possible?

Haiku Only Users?

Forum thread started by Paspie on Fri, 2010-11-12 00:00

Core, I've suddenly found myself posting loads here!

But, it still might be an interesting subject. I've decided to start a transition from Windows to Haiku, over 4-5 years (this is when support for XP ends). I have a few reasons listed below. As with most of my plans, they may not ever happen, or not in the way I want them to.

1. MS Windows has lost abit of it's charm since Vista. I liked the operating systems prior the that, but the whole project isn't heading in the same direction anymore. Windows 7 isn't even that, it's Windows NT 6.1, a bodge of Vista.
2. There is too much focus on aesthetics than there should be in Mac OS and the latest versions of Windows.
3. With such a tiny Market share (100x that lol) it's almost like being in some sort if secret club i.e it makes you feel great.
4. You're not faced with loads of apps thrown at you with Mac Os and Windows, so it's easier to make decisions.
5. It'll be fun watching my mother learn how to use it (I'm 13 years of age)
6. There is no reason why I can't stick to more mainstream operating systems.

Once there is a full flash plugin, a decent video editor (wmm, iMovie, that kind of thing) and a fully featured office suite I can actually get to work, I'm switching to Haiku. Fulltime (in the home).

So what about you guys? Would you switch over or would you have to wait for certain features, if so, what?

Operating systems and end users

Forum thread started by apgreimann on Thu, 2010-11-11 21:26

Hello, all.

Earlier this year, I had asked if a 'fork' of Haiku is possible. After reading in Guidelines, and I quote, "The Haiku project believes that having one distribution (the one officially released by the project) is the best long term strategy to ensure success of the platform..." I do not believe that making a fork should ever be done if Haiku is to stay alive.

However, recently, I had read a few interesting posts that caught my attention that I believe should be addressed seriously as open source programmers, including "How to use programs for Windows with Haiku?" and "The chicken and egg problem of BeOS."

Is Haiku ready to face the world of real-time OSes? It is honestly well-built, but as both posts pointed out, what can it run? It is estimated that Microsoft(r) Windows(r) holds "90% of the market share" (Wikipedia).

Therefore, I put forth on the table a few questions about Haiku in response to reading the posts. Should we want it to run Windows applications or "programs"? Should Haiku adapt to the Windows(r) user? What will the normal end user want? Will Haiku be able to surpass the MS foothold? As one user pointed out, end users "have taken the blue pill"--that is, are MS brainwashed. MS is *not* helping the situation for programmers either--again I quote: "programmers program with Microsoft." Adding to this, recently MS launched an ad campaign against openOffice.org!

Is our best bet for OSS survival Wine and Linux? I hope not, and I hope that open source can stay alive and grow. I believe these are serious questions every coder or user with any open source platform, should be asking right now.

D programming language.

Forum thread started by cipri on Fri, 2010-11-05 10:09

My c++ knowledge is not so bad, but since i saw "D programming language" I started to think, that this could/should be my next favourite programming language.
I wanted to ask, if D (version 2.0) could be integrated in the developer tools?
I think it would be a good ideea to start promoting D. I read recently that fedora 14 offers now support for D, perhaps we could do that too. (Of course it depends of how many people are interested in it)

Can I save all my preferences for Haiku and it's programs?

Forum thread started by MrAccident on Tue, 2010-11-02 19:02

In Windows it could take a few days to put the Operating System, install all the programs and configure both to exactly how I want them to look and behave. That's why I used to make an image of the system after I finished it all.
So... the question in the title.

How to use programs for Windows with Haiku?

Forum thread started by MrAccident on Mon, 2010-11-01 21:11

Hello.
I still am not using Haiku. I'm using Windows-XP sense ever, and although not content with the overall OS, and mostly it's performance - can't imagine living without some of the programs made to be used with it.
What are the ways to install those programs? Compatibility layer, Windows in a Virtual Machine on Haiku, DOS in a Virtual Machine on Haiku, Haiku in a Virtual Machine on DOS? I don't even know if DOS can accept all the programs from Windows; I don't know much about Operating Systems.
So please mention all the ways you know to use those programs that aren't compatible to Haiku, and which you think are better then others.
Oh, and also - programs that you can install a portable version of - can they be installed on Haiku?

Does Haiku have a maths so library?

Forum thread started by stellarpower on Sun, 2010-10-24 17:29

I've been trying to compile something that wants to use -lm, which doesn't work, and I've found patching the makefile about impossible.

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