[openbeos] Re: Haiku Homepage add / rewrites

  • From: Ralf Schülke <teammaui@xxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:40:49 +0100

Am Sonntag, den 12.11.2006, 09:04 -0800 schrieb Jorge G. Mare (a.k.a.
Koki):
> Waldemar Kornewald wrote:
> > On 11/11/06, Ralf Schülke <teammaui@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >> 1) on irc #haiku found a this link "http://www.ohloh.net/projects/3399";
> >>         can we this add under Development/Tools  ?
> > 
> > 
THX
> > 
> >> 2) I see on WalterCon Axel D. Guide "driver development", is this
> >> aviable for a Haiku HP ?
> > 
> > Jorge, could you please upload your version?
> 
> This has been already added to the renovated website we are working on. 
> I ask a little bit of patience to everyone; we are slowly getting there. ;-)
OK THX

> 
> >> 3) I look in a FAQ and found for me a critical point:
> >>
> >>         "How does Haiku relate to Linux?"
> >>         = "Linux is mostly suited for experts. Linux makes a good 
> >> server OS,
> >> but it does not focus on usability."
> >>
> >> I think this is not so true , Linux get a point to a Desktop = Glx,
> >> compiz etc. Installation from linux is not more as the same for 10 years
> >> ago, any User can Install easy in a GUI modus.
> 
> Ralf is absolutely right. The FAQ is being reviewed, and you can expect 
> to see a new FAQ when the renovated website is released.
:-)

> 
> >> "Haiku targets the home and desktop"
> >> = Also is Haiku NOT for "experts" ? i think yes off course it is when a
> >> expers is a developer, Software makers, Tecnical producers etc.
> > 
> > Why do you think that home and desktop users cannot be experts? What I
> > wanted to say is that Haiku especially made for people who don't want
> > to use the command line or dig through 1000 configuration options and
> > features which almost never get used. You can of course install any
> > expert software on Haiku or use the terminal. You just don't have to.
I think the FAQ can linux peoples misunderstuck, the best is we says
what Haiku can do. Haiku and Linux and other OS have a anothers scils
and rules what the OS can do and how. When Haiku get to r1 , i think any
developers look more to Haiku , then we must have a 100% corectly and no
flames FAQ. ;-)
> 
> We are not limiting Haiku to any particular *personal computer* user 
> profile. The goal is to make Haiku suitable for everyone: the low-end 
> user will not be exposed to difficult decisions or complex operations, 
> but the power user will still be able to drop to the Terminal or mess up 
> with configuration files if they want to. Just like BeOS did. :-)
true :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
Ralf


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