[haiku] Re: is possible make a hibryd beos haiko os?
- From: "Skar Cat" <skarmiglione.sk4r@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 16:13:24 -0500
i wanna know how do this, know all parts of haiku, and try it, educational a
little and for play a little.
how gettin started?
2009/1/4 Casalinuovo Dario <barrett666@xxxxxxxxx>
> i remember that in the past was possible to use Haiku's userland with
> the BeOS kernel, when the haiku kernel was extremely unstable and the
> testing of servers and kits was impossible.
>
> i don't know if this is possible now.
>
> 2009/1/2 Jonas Sundström <jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > "Skar Cat" <skarmiglione.sk4r@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > ...
> >> the hibrid is for have a stable release of
> >> beos/haiku while come the true haiku os
> >> maybe for novate who want try haiku/beos or
> >> something like this, friends of me want try
> >> but i can not recomend the actual haiku os
> >> really...but beos can be recommended if have
> >> the new things what haiku have now...is just
> >> for educational use :).
> >
> > I wish it was possible to give you what you ask
> > for, but I think it's impossible. You can -at most-
> > get BeOS + a few superficial trivial changes here
> > and there. Not worth it, IMO. You wouldn't even
> > get the vector icons.
> >
> > Most of the interesting Haiku improvements can
> > not be added on top of BeOS (without replacing
> > pretty much everything), especially changes to
> > the kernel, the app_server and the libraries.
> >
> > You can't get Haiku + some stability from BeOS.
> >
> > You may be able to fit a Volvo 740 engine in a
> > Nissan Micra, but you can't take the "safety"
> > (the abstract quality of safety)
> > out of the 740 and put it into the Micra.
> > They have different internal structure.
> > (And as a result, one is safer than the other.)
> >
> > Stability is not the result of a single part or
> > component. (But the kernel is of course the most
> > important component.) All parts of the system
> > must be designed well and reasonably bug-free,
> > for the result to be stable. First and foremost
> > the parts must fit togheter.
> >
> > The Haiku kernel was designed to be similar enough
> > to the BeOS kernel, but it's not a drop-in replacement.
> > They're not interchangable. This means you can't run
> > BeOS on top of the Haiku kernel, and you can't run
> > Haiku on top of the BeOS kernel.
> >
> > (I don't know if the Haiku app_server is similar
> > enough to the BeOS app_server for them to be fully
> > interchangeable, but I doubt it. While the Haiku devs
> > have uncovered a lot of how BeOS's various parts
> > communicate with each other, some blind spots are
> > likely to remain, and that's where drop-in replacements
> > would fail. If I've made any incorrect assumptions here,
> > please do correct me!)
> >
> > /Jonas.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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