<s>
The	O
history	B-Language
of	I-Language
Haiku	I-Language
,	O
a	O
free	B-Application
,	O
open-source	B-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
,	O
began	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
,	O
as	O
refactoring	O
FLOSS	O
effort	O
of	O
BeOS	B-Application
named	O
initially	O
"	O
OpenBeOS	B-Language
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
used	O
open	O
sourced	O
code	O
of	O
a	O
Tracker	B-Language
file	O
browser	O
and	O
NewOS	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recently	O
work	O
on	O
Haiku	B-Language
happens	O
in	O
a	O
stable	O
pace	O
with	O
'	O
Nightly	O
 '	O
builds	O
available	O
between	O
beta	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
project	O
began	O
as	O
"	O
OpenBeOS	B-Language
"	O
in	O
2001	O
after	O
Palm	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
bought	O
Be	O
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
discontinued	O
BeOS	B-Application
,	O
leaving	O
BeOS	B-Application
users	O
without	O
a	O
viable	O
upgrade	O
path	O
and	O
BeOS	B-Application
developers	O
with	O
programs	O
stranded	O
on	O
an	O
unsupported	O
platform	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenBeOS	B-Language
differed	O
from	O
several	O
other	O
contemporary	O
projects	O
aiming	O
to	O
continue	O
BeOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
Cosmoe	O
and	O
BlueEyedOS	O
(	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
remain	O
incomplete	O
,	O
and	O
now	O
appear	O
to	O
be	O
inactive	O
)	O
took	O
an	O
existing	O
Linux	B-Application
or	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
kernel	B-Operating_System
and	O
re-implemented	O
Be	O
's	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
on	O
top	O
of	O
it	O
;	O
this	O
broke	O
binary-code	B-General_Concept
compatibility	I-General_Concept
with	O
BeOS	B-Application
R5	O
and	O
significantly	O
deviated	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
contrast	O
,	O
OpenBeOS	B-Language
planned	O
an	O
almost	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
maintaining	O
binary	O
and	O
source-code	B-General_Concept
compatibility	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
meant	O
that	O
existing	O
BeOS	B-Application
R5	O
programs	O
could	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
young	O
system	O
without	O
being	O
recompiled	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
OpenBeOS	B-Language
was	O
made	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
this	O
release	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
;	O
instead	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
community-created	O
update	O
for	O
BeOS	B-Application
5.0.3	O
that	O
contained	O
open	O
source	O
replacements	O
for	O
a	O
few	O
BeOS	B-Application
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
Haiku	B-Language
"	O
was	O
chosen	O
to	O
reflect	O
the	O
elegance	O
and	O
simplicity	O
that	O
attracted	O
many	O
to	O
the	O
BeOS	B-Application
platform	B-Device
,	O
and	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
direct	O
reference	O
to	O
the	O
distinctive	O
haiku	B-Language
error	O
messages	O
found	O
in	O
NetPositive	B-Application
,	O
the	O
default	O
BeOS	B-Application
web	O
browser	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
other	O
Be	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Haiku	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
a	O
non-profit	O
organization	O
based	O
in	O
Rochester	O
,	O
New	O
York	O
,	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2003	O
by	O
former	O
project	O
leader	O
Michael	O
Phipps	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
project	O
and	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Haiku	B-Language
operating	I-Language
system	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
29	O
,	O
2002	O
OpenBeOS	B-Language
app_server	O
prototype5	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
major	O
milestones	O
were	O
achieved	O
in	O
a	O
six-week	O
period	O
during	O
March	O
to	O
April	O
2005	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
graphical	O
applications	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
Haiku	B-Language
itself	O
(	O
running	O
with	O
full	O
2D	O
acceleration	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
(	O
Links	B-Application
)	O
on	O
Haiku	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Haiku	B-Language
does	O
not	O
use	O
any	O
code	O
or	O
binaries	O
belonging	O
to	O
Be	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
drivers	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
network	O
card	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
examples	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
major	O
milestone	O
was	O
reached	O
in	O
July	O
2005	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
BeOS	B-Application
desktop	O
shell	B-Operating_System
,	O
Tracker	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2005	O
,	O
Axel	O
Dörfler	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
prolific	O
Haiku	B-Language
developers	O
,	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
full-time	O
paid	O
Haiku	B-Language
developer	O
,	O
who	O
worked	O
via	O
funds	O
donated	O
by	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
worked	O
on	O
CD	O
booting	O
,	O
SMP	O
and	O
other	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
and	O
app_server	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Work	O
on	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
continued	O
,	O
and	O
Haiku	B-Language
could	O
now	O
be	O
booted	O
and	O
was	O
semi-usable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Network	O
and	O
Universal	B-Protocol
Serial	I-Protocol
Bus	I-Protocol
(	O
USB	B-Protocol
)	O
functionality	O
were	O
under	O
heavy	O
development	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
media_server	O
lagged	O
behind	O
the	O
other	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Haiku	B-Language
was	O
still	O
quite	O
unstable	O
,	O
(	O
as	O
should	O
be	O
expected	O
in	O
a	O
pre-release	O
state	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2006	O
,	O
Haiku	B-Language
celebrated	O
its	O
fifth	O
anniversary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
on	O
the	O
aforementioned	O
network	O
and	O
USB	B-Protocol
stacks	O
continued	O
rapidly	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
expected	O
that	O
once	O
these	O
two	O
last	O
major	O
remaining	O
pieces	O
of	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
were	O
complete	O
,	O
Haiku	B-Language
would	O
be	O
suitable	O
for	O
day-to-day	O
use	O
by	O
developers	O
and	O
testers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
new	O
website	O
was	O
launched	O
,	O
a	O
contest	O
was	O
held	O
to	O
create	O
Haiku	B-Language
's	O
default	O
icon	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aßmus	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
developer	O
responsible	O
for	O
Haiku	B-Language
's	O
icon	O
creation	O
tool	O
,	O
Icon-O-Matic	O
,	O
and	O
integrating	O
Haiku	B-Language
's	O
own	O
format	O
of	O
scalable	O
vector	O
graphics	O
,	O
Haiku	B-Language
Vector	O
Icon	O
Format	O
(	O
HVIF	O
)	O
into	O
the	O
Deskbar	O
and	O
Tracker	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2008	O
,	O
an	O
official	O
Java	O
for	O
Haiku	B-Language
team	O
was	O
created	O
and	O
was	O
unanimously	O
accepted	O
by	O
the	O
OpenJDK	B-Language
Porters	O
Group	O
to	O
port	O
OpenJDK	B-Language
to	O
Haiku	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
,	O
in	O
April	O
2008	O
,	O
Haiku	B-Language
became	O
self-hosting	O
,	O
which	O
meant	O
Haiku	B-Language
could	O
be	O
built	O
from	O
within	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
milestones	O
toward	O
its	O
first	O
release	O
continued	O
as	O
time	O
went	O
on	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Haiku	B-Language
obtained	O
a	O
native	O
GCC4	B-Application
port	O
;	O
this	O
allowed	O
modern	O
applications	O
,	O
(	O
like	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
3	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
)	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
built	O
on	O
Haiku	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
12	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
a	O
first	O
prototype	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
WLAN-Stack	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Haiku	B-Language
,	O
which	O
enabled	O
unencrypted	O
WLAN	B-Architecture
connections	O
as	O
a	O
first	O
step	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
14	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
very	O
first	O
official	O
release	O
of	O
Haiku	B-Language
,	O
Haiku	B-Language
R1/Alpha1	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
huge	O
milestone	O
for	O
the	O
Haiku	B-Language
project	O
as	O
Alpha1	O
was	O
a	O
demonstrably	O
working	O
(	O
but	O
still	O
an	O
alpha	O
)	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Haiku	B-Language
operating	I-Language
system	I-Language
unveiled	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
to	O
download	O
and	O
use	O
...	O
and	O
unlike	O
BeOS	B-Application
R5	O
,	O
could	O
run	O
live	O
from	O
the	O
CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
About	O
a	O
month	O
later	O
,	O
on	O
October	O
27	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Haiku	B-Language
obtained	O
Qt4	O
support	O
via	O
an	O
external	O
3rd	O
party	O
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Work	O
continued	O
after	O
Alpha1	O
,	O
and	O
three	O
more	O
Alpha	O
releases	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
afterward	O
,	O
each	O
of	O
which	O
would	O
be	O
a	O
huge	O
step	O
forward	O
for	O
the	O
Haiku	B-Language
operating	I-Language
system	I-Language
:	O
R1/Alpha2	O
(	O
May	O
2010	O
)	O
,	O
R1/Alpha3	O
(	O
June	O
2011	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
R1/Alpha4	O
(	O
November	O
2012	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
2012	O
,	O
serious	O
attention	O
was	O
given	O
to	O
implementing	O
an	O
innovative	O
package	O
management	O
system	O
for	O
Haiku	B-Language
with	O
its	O
own	O
PackageFS	O
,	O
'	O
packages	O
 '	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
inserted	O
or	O
removed	O
on	O
the	O
fly	O
,	O
and	O
built-in	O
tools	O
like	O
the	O
HaikuDepot	O
and	O
pkgman	O
,	O
and	O
this	O
major	O
aspiration	O
slowed	O
down	O
the	O
time	O
in	O
between	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finally	O
,	O
in	O
September	O
2018	O
,	O
a	O
long	O
awaited	O
first	O
beta	O
(	O
R1/Beta1	O
)	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
world	O
as	O
Haiku	B-Language
's	O
official	O
exit	O
from	O
the	O
alpha	O
stage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
Beta1	O
,	O
Haiku	B-Language
released	O
Beta2	O
in	O
June	O
2020	O
with	O
another	O
round	O
of	O
improvements	O
and	O
features	O
to	O
Haiku	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
,	O
development	O
continues	O
on	O
Haiku	B-Language
as	O
it	O
continues	O
to	O
add	O
support	O
for	O
hardware	O
,	O
and	O
make	O
itself	O
better	O
,	O
more	O
stable	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
usable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Beta1	O
,	O
several	O
popular	O
open	O
source	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
LibreOffice	O
6	O
(	O
and	O
7	O
)	O
have	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
Haiku	B-Language
,	O
and	O
work	O
continues	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
a	O
viable	O
alternative	O
to	O
BeOS	B-Application
and	O
hopefully	O
to	O
mainstream	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
re-calibrating	O
its	O
vision	O
Haiku	B-Language
had	O
a	O
community	O
poll	O
after	O
the	O
first	O
alpha	O
release	O
in	O
2009	O
(	O
8	O
years	O
in	O
development	O
)	O
on	O
what	O
could	O
be	O
the	O
feature	O
set	O
beyond	O
doing	O
a	O
floss	O
refactoring	O
of	O
BeOS	B-Application
from	O
late	O
1990s	O
and	O
decided	O
to	O
expand	O
vision	O
to	O
supporting	O
basic	O
contemporary	O
systems	O
and	O
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exceptional	O
contributor	O
back	O
then	O
busy	O
with	O
packaging	O
,	O
but	O
coming	O
from	O
humanities	O
(	O
media	O
studies	O
)	O
presented	O
this	O
state	O
of	O
affairs	O
in	O
somewhat	O
controversial	O
queering	O
visions	O
talk	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2010	O
FOSDEM	O
entitled	O
:	O
"	O
Haiku	B-Language
has	O
No	O
Future	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
intervention	O
he	O
cited	O
(	O
radical	O
)	O
queer	O
theory	O
of	O
Lee	O
Edelman	O
on	O
queer	O
futurity	O
and	O
Mathew	O
Fuller	O
’s	O
(	O
critical	O
)	O
software	O
studies	O
writing	O
when	O
addressing	O
the	O
situation	O
and	O
stating	O
the	O
Haiku	B-Language
is	O
a	O
"	O
queer	O
"	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Our	O
work	O
will	O
not	O
ever	O
define	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
what	O
it	O
does	O
do	O
is	O
undermine	O
the	O
monotone	O
machinery	O
of	O
the	O
competition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
alpha	O
release	O
"	O
Haiku	B-Language
R1/Alpha	O
1	O
"	O
has	O
been	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
14	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
alpha	O
release	O
(	O
"	O
Haiku	B-Language
R1/Alpha	O
2	O
"	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
10	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
having	O
been	O
distributed	O
with	O
the	O
BeOS	B-Application
Firefox	B-Application
2	O
port	O
,	O
ports	O
of	O
Links	B-Application
or	O
NetSurf	B-Application
,	O
Haiku	B-Language
now	O
has	O
its	O
own	O
web	O
browser	O
,	O
WebPositive	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Haiku	B-Language
R1/Alpha	O
3	O
"	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2011	O
,	O
featuring	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
improvements	O
and	O
big	O
fixes	O
,	O
including	O
support	O
for	O
both	O
GCC	B-Application
2	O
or	O
GCC	B-Application
4	O
(	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
latter	O
being	O
discouraged	O
for	O
compatibility	O
reasons	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Haiku	B-Language
R1/Alpha	O
4	O
"	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
14	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
intended	O
purpose	O
to	O
provide	O
"	O
third	O
party	O
developers	O
with	O
a	O
stable	O
version	O
for	O
testing	O
and	O
development	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Haiku	B-Language
R1/Beta	O
1	O
"	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
28	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
after	O
many	O
years	O
in	O
between	O
official	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
notable	O
new	O
features	O
to	O
arrive	O
in	O
Beta1	O
is	O
PackageFS	O
and	O
package	O
installation	O
through	O
the	O
HaikuDepot	O
(	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
text-based	O
tool	O
called	O
'	O
pkgman	O
 '	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
large	O
change	O
in	O
between	O
Alpha4	O
and	O
Beta1	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
such	O
,	O
Beta	O
1	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
official	O
Haiku	B-Language
release	O
to	O
support	O
full	O
package	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
large	O
improvements	O
include	O
improvements	O
and	O
changes	O
to	O
several	O
parts	O
of	O
Haiku	B-Language
's	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
WebPositive	B-Language
,	O
Haiku	B-Language
's	O
media	O
foundation	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
redesign	O
of	O
the	O
Network	O
preflet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tools	O
in	O
Haiku	B-Language
such	O
as	O
SerialConnect	O
,	O
RemoteDesktop	O
,	O
and	O
Haiku	B-Language
's	O
Debugger	O
as	O
default	O
also	O
were	O
notable	O
features	O
in	O
Beta1	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
the	O
hood	O
,	O
beta1	O
includes	O
a	O
new	O
thread	O
scheduler	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
launch	O
daemon	O
,	O
ASLR	O
,	O
DEP	O
,	O
and	O
SMAP	B-Device
support	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
salvo	O
of	O
improvements	O
to	O
the	O
filesystem	O
,	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
,	O
drivers	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
hardware	O
support	O
overall	O
in	O
the	O
6	O
year	O
gap	O
between	O
it	O
and	O
Alpha4	O
--	O
and	O
is	O
perhaps	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
significant	O
Haiku	B-Language
versions	O
to	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Haiku	B-Language
R1/Beta	O
2	O
"	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
9	O
,	O
2020	O
with	O
improvements	O
to	O
Haiku	B-Language
's	O
HDA	O
driver	O
,	O
HiDPI	B-Algorithm
,	O
NVMe	B-Application
,	O
and	O
XHCI	O
support	O
in	O
Haiku	B-Language
,	O
improvements	O
to	O
WebPositive	B-Language
(	O
the	O
default	O
web	O
browser	O
in	O
Haiku	B-Language
)	O
,	O
improvements	O
to	O
Haiku	B-Language
's	O
system	O
installer	O
(	O
and	O
updater	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
under	O
the	O
hood	O
fixes	O
and	O
improvements	O
such	O
as	O
to	O
the	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
,	O
drivers	O
,	O
and	O
DriveSetup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Changes	O
to	O
the	O
Haiku	B-Language
UI	O
like	O
a	O
new	O
'	O
Input	O
 '	O
preflet	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
'	O
meta	O
 '	O
Terminal	O
feature	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
Deskbar	O
'	O
mini-mode	O
'	O
,	O
and	O
small	O
tweaks	O
and	O
improvements	O
to	O
several	O
applications	O
also	O
were	O
introduced	O
in	O
Beta	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Haiku	B-Language
R1/Beta	O
3	O
"	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
26	O
,	O
2021	O
with	O
improvements	O
to	O
installation	O
process	O
,	O
improvements	O
to	O
package	O
management	O
using	O
Python	O
3	O
,	O
improvements	O
to	O
user	O
interface	O
including	O
better	O
support	O
for	O
dark	B-General_Concept
mode	I-General_Concept
,	O
improvements	O
to	O
graphics	O
server	O
,	O
improvements	O
to	O
web	O
browser	O
with	O
newer	O
WebKit	B-Language
,	O
and	O
under	O
the	O
hood	O
fixes	O
and	O
improvements	O
such	O
as	O
to	O
the	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
and	O
drivers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Haiku	B-Language
R1/Beta	O
4	O
"	O
is	O
currently	O
the	O
latest	O
release	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
23	O
,	O
2022	O
with	O
improvements	O
to	O
hardware	O
support	O
and	O
its	O
overall	O
stability	O
,	O
and	O
much	O
more	O
software	O
ports	O
from	O
drivers	O
,	O
to	O
key	O
GTK	B-Application
apps	O
like	O
GIMP	B-Application
,	O
Inkscape	B-Application
,	O
GNOME	B-Language
Web	I-Language
aka	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epiphany	B-Language
and	O
many	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wine	B-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
applications	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
x64	O
bit	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developer	O
waddlesplash	O
was	O
contractor	O
working	O
on	O
Haiku	B-Language
via	O
Haiku	B-Language
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
a	O
501(c )	O
3	O
non-profit	O
.	O
</s>
