[haiku] Re: Differences between BeOS and Haiku
- From: François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:16:57 +0200
Le 24 juil. 2010 à 17:31, Humdinger a écrit :
> -- Truls Becken, on Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:46:34 +0200:
>> Although the target for Haiku R1 is to recreate BeOS R5, it has
>> already surpassed the original in many areas.
> [...]
>
> I'd add:
>
> - Better POSIX compatibility
Things like mmap(), ... which were never available in BeOS or just as gross
hacks
> - More supported filesystems (I think: ext2/3, reiserfs, udf)
And optional layers (attributes, write over read-only media...)
Also, there is a new driver API aside the BeOS compatible one, which is
node-based, much alike FreeBSD's.
> - Subtly modernized GUI (gradients, pop-up menus, button and border
> style etc.)
Did we mention the layout engine ?
François.
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