Haiku releases news and letters – together!
Stephen B. - February 18th, 2006
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In addition to changing the format of the Haiku newsletter, the publishing rate appears to have been accelerated – Studio-33 has spotted a new single-article newsletter less than two weeks after the last one. The latest issue features an editorial by Michael Phipps titled “Top 20 Reasons Why I Think That Haiku is Still Relevant“; the list is a good combination of general BeOS strengths and unique advantages that Haiku offers. I particlarly liked his last point:
Aw well, shucks, we do try :)
After 6 months of being exiled to single processor slot1 land (stupid accident with a screwdriver while installing a heatsink), the VP6 I picked up on eBay arrived today and I’m back in BeOS heaven. The repution of BeOS’ SMP capabilities has become almost mythical online, but the difference on multiprocessor machines really is noticeable. It’s not so much that the system runs “faster” per se, it just becomes more or less impossible to make it run slowly. And it brings a warm glow of BeOS user pride to my heart to see a BeOS machine with two 1Ghz P3s give my Windows machine (an AthlonXP 2800) a run for its money in many tasks, like video encoding. I apologize for the digression into vanity-blogging, it’s just damn nice to once again be using a machine worthy of running BeOS.
Well, it appears that the solution to my problem with Mail Daemon Replacement and spam filtering was easier than I thought – thanks to BiPolar for pointing out the answer (and not ridiculing my obtuseness). It turns out that I simply needed to escape the square brackets in [Spam] – which I would have known if I’d read the MDR “README” file. Whoops. Read on for the details, and to have a good laugh at my newbie-ish mistake.
Developer “tigerdog” continues to tweak HaikuFox, his NetPositive-esque theme for the Firefox browser. His latest release, posted on the 15th, includes several adjustments and additions; from the Version Details:
It’s definitely one of the nicest overall Firefox/Mozilla themes that I’ve used and it really helps make Firefox feel more like a native application in BeOS. Keep up the great work! Thanks to Mr. X for pointing out the new release.
Around the beginning of 2006, I had posted about a planned upcoming feature called “Ask BeOSNews.” In a nutshell, the idea is this: readers EMail us with BeOS-related questions/problems, and we post answers/solutions that incorporate input from readers and community members. Somewhat a combination of two of the best BeOS tech help resources, comp.sys.be.help and BeTips. I’ve decided to start the feature in a self-indulgent fashion and ask for help with a odd problem I’ve been having with the Mail Daemon Replacement and spam filtering. Read on for the details and if you’re feeling helpful, please post your suggestions in the comments area.
I was a little slow-on-the draw noticing this one – mea culpa – but the Haiku Project recently published their latest newsletter after a bit of silence on that front. This edition marks a change in format for the Haiku Newsletter – in Michael Phipps’ words:
The changes work well, I think, and the news & views from Haiku developers are a great read as always.
An excellent article has been posted on Studio-33, 0033 has taken a recent Haiku build for a spin and written up his experiences. It’s a fascinating read, especially for those of us who are interested in Haiku but haven’t had a chance to play with it lately – it’s really quite amazing to see how far Haiku has come. There’s also a nice description of the steps necessary to install Haiku, and – for the voyeurs in the audience – plenty of screenshots.
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