HaikuOS Beta 5 Try Out - Browsers!
It's been a while since I've reviewed and talked about Haiku. I have been working with Haiku Beta 5 since around October 2025 soon after it was released. However, it wasn't until a few days ago that I picked it up again and searched through the available software--and found some new treasures. I had a 2TB 7200RPM hard disk that I had found laying around, so to speak, so I connected it, erased Linux Mint, and installed HaikuOS beta 5 onto it. At first I had trouble getting it to boot after installing the OS, but then realized that I had forgotten to Initialize the volume before partitioning and formatting it. Once I initialized the drive, then created the partition, and then formatted the partition and installed the OS, Haiku booted fine. I've been experimenting with Haiku for a long time. Since the BeOS days, really. BeOS was a great Operating System, and I was sad to see the Company fail. BeOS was a great invention and competition is good--I think. After installing ...