Haiku OS released its sixth beta (R1/beta6) celebrating the project's 25th anniversary, featuring nearly two years of development with over 530 bugs and enhancements resolved. The release is now feature complete at beta quality, with Mozilla Firefox support included, though users are cautioned it remains beta software with potential data loss risks.
Background
Haiku is an open-source operating system inspired by BeOS, developed by volunteers since 2001. It targets personal computing with a focus on being lightweight, fast, and user-friendly as an alternative to mainstream desktop OSes.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Aug 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
- Score
- 5.0 / 10