This blog covers operating systems and infrastructure in technical depth. This category exists for the events, products, and moments that shaped the industry those systems live in — verified, dated, and sourced.
A company with no profit went public at $28 a share and closed its first day at $58.25, more than doubling in value in hours. Many historians point to this single afternoon as the moment internet mania actually began.
A complete walkthrough configuring a printer on Haiku using the Print Kit's transport and driver add-ons, from adding the printer through to printing a real test page.
A complete walkthrough keeping save files and save states in sync across a desktop, a handheld, and a laptop, so progress made on one device is exactly where you expect it on the next.
A complete walkthrough building a minimal windowed application using Haiku's Interface Kit and BApplication/BWindow classes — the actual starting point for any native Haiku app, GUI or not.
A complete walkthrough taking a messy folder of ROM files and turning it into a properly named, verified, artwork-complete collection that frontends like RetroArch and EmulationStation can actually use well.
A complete walkthrough setting up Haiku's native WebPositive browser day to day — organizing bookmarks, configuring privacy and cookie behavior, and setting a sensible download location.
A complete walkthrough setting up RetroArch's rewind feature — instantly reversing gameplay frame by frame — plus the memory and performance tradeoffs involved in tuning it well.
A complete walkthrough using Haiku's ProcessController Deskbar replicant to watch CPU load and memory usage at a glance, and dig into individual running teams when something is misbehaving.
A complete walkthrough getting 3-4+ player retro games working locally — configuring virtual multi-taps, assigning controllers to the right ports, and handling per-core multiplayer quirks.