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Re: Haiku aka modern BeOS (edited, prev: BeOS on Linux)

Reply #15 –
They should probably compromise from their end to be able to port some full video drivers from bsd's/linux but i have no idea how different their video stack is.
There is some mesa, you can see the kernel threads for llvmpipe on the cpu.

LE: last news about this almost 3 years ago https://www.phoronix.com/news/Haiku-OS-Zink-RADV

Re: Haiku aka modern BeOS (edited, prev: BeOS on Linux)

Reply #16 –
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There is some mesa, you can see the kernel threads for llvmpipe on the cpu.

LE: last news about this almost 3 years ago https://www.phoronix.com/news/Haiku-OS-Zink-RADV

Yes, I saw that and it doesn't work with my video card (Nvidia Gtx650). It only works in vesa mode, with 650x650 resolution.

Re: Haiku aka modern BeOS (edited, prev: BeOS on Linux)

Reply #17 –
True, at least on my modern radeon i have the full framebuffer resolution.
I don't remember right with my previous post about beta4 that i had some more gpu features with my older card, seems i was wrong.

Re: Haiku aka modern BeOS (edited, prev: BeOS on Linux)

Reply #18 –
https://depot.haiku-os.org/#!/pkg/iceweasel_bin/haikuports/haikuports_x86_64/128/5/0/-/2/x86_64

A first Mozilla port.

And the nice surprise looking over recent updates a lot of new ports or updates of familiar software. Except for drivers. But i don't complain. Slowly but surely.

Re: Haiku aka modern BeOS (edited, prev: BeOS on Linux)

Reply #19 –
Quote from: Hitman – on
A first Mozilla port.

I'll add my own twist to this news. In my subjective opinion, they're doing nothing. Instead of porting video drivers, they ported firefox....maybe, in about 20 years, they'll be doing nvidia mesa and Nouveau drivers...

Re: Haiku aka modern BeOS (edited, prev: BeOS on Linux)

Reply #20 –
Well, considering the codebase of modern mozilla that even ours truly (linux) distro has had problems with, let alone for something that isn't even bsd. The chromium/qtwebkit stuff was already there for years if you're wondering.
And i don't think nvidia is any small project's priority, Nouveau is nice cause it's blobless truly OSS driver that amd doesn't have, okay, but amd+mostly intel are easiest to get going. Not that i ever read display driver code but i assume that.

Re: Haiku aka modern BeOS (edited, prev: BeOS on Linux)

Reply #22 –
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Well, considering the codebase of modern mozilla that even ours truly (linux) distro has had problems with

Yes, in this case, no one disputes that Firefox is a very complex software product, but why is it needed if Nvidia card owners will not be able to appreciate HaikuOs's hard work? I see no logic in this port. Moreover, if chromium/qtwebkit is already in the software repositories, all this work seems to me like equating masturbation with real sex (forgive me for the crude comparison).

Re: Haiku aka modern BeOS (edited, prev: BeOS on Linux)

Reply #23 –
I don't see how hardware changes aren't this impossible.
Gnome web/epiphany was also there for a long time so you can add webkitgtk too, that's if hopefully you're not a troll.

Re: Haiku aka modern BeOS (edited, prev: BeOS on Linux)

Reply #24 –
Quote from: Hitman – on
I don't see how hardware changes aren't this impossible.
Gnome web/epiphany was also there for a long time so you can add webkitgtk too, that's if hopefully you're not a troll.

No, i am not a troll :) and thank you for your point of view :)