BFS, the kit-based C++ API, and the pervasively multithreaded design behind BeOS's open-source successor.
A complete walkthrough getting the native toolchain installed, writing a minimal Kit-based application, and building Haiku itself from source.
A practical guide to viewing and setting file attributes, building a saved query, and turning that query into a self-updating virtual folder in Tracker.
A complete walkthrough of both the graphical and command-line paths to installing, updating, and removing software on Haiku.
A complete walkthrough from downloading the image to a working desktop, including why starting in a VM is worth doing even if your real goal is bare-metal installation.
A blank screen, wrong resolution, or corrupted graphics on boot almost always traces to the graphics driver — and Haiku's safe-mode VESA fallback is the fastest way to confirm it.
A package won't install, or the system misbehaves after an update. Because packagefs never unpacks files, most of these problems are fixable by manipulating package activation directly, without touching the file system.
Haiku's driver model inherits BeOS's modular, hot-pluggable design — but as a much smaller, community-driven project, its hardware support has real, practical limits worth understanding upfront.
Haiku won't boot normally, or hangs partway through. Here's how to use the boot loader's safe mode options to isolate which specific subsystem is actually at fault.
A complete walkthrough Haiku's Deskbar (its taskbar/menu equivalent) and its multiple-workspace system — features inherited directly from BeOS, still central to how Haiku is meant to be used day to day.
A complete walkthrough backing up a Haiku installation using BFS attributes and standard file-copying tools, plus what to know about restoring packagefs-managed system data specifically.