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March 1st, 9:29pm 0 comments

Haiku on Java

(Well, I think he means Java on Haiku. Anyway ...)

As part of my work at the University of Auckland (which is drawing to a close soon) I have been looking at Java on Haiku. There is already some support for Java on Haiku. By running installoptionalpackage DevelopmentJava you can get the JamVM java virtual machine, GNU Classpath (including gjar, gjavah and maybe some other utilities), and ecj (the Eclipse Java compiler, which is written in Java). This is enough to run and compile basic Java apps. For instance, the popular Java buildtool Ant can run on Haiku.

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February 21st, 4:46am 0 comments

ReactOS gets USB Stack, with Help from Us

The ReactOS and Haiku projects have had a friendly working relationship for several years now, with each group helping the other whenever possible. These range from helping each other with conference attendance at SCALE and FOSDEM to development related matters.

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February 5th, 10:38am 0 comments

Interview with kallisti5

Below, I present interview with Alexander von Gluck aka kallisti5, how I managed to carry out on January 22, 2012.

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February 5th, 10:36am 0 comments

Contract paused due to health issues

I'm writing this to inform a broader audience of what was/is going on with my Haiku contract work.

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February 5th, 10:34am 0 comments

New on Haikuware: Yab 1.7

Latest Update yab 1.7 (More details below.) yab is a complete BASIC programming language for Haiku. It allows fast prototyping with simple and clean code. yab contains a huge amount of BeAPI specific commands for GUI and much, much more. yab woul... (Development / Language)

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February 5th, 12:02am 0 comments

Voptop - VoIP for Haiku!

Voptop is developed by Robert Stiehler, as part of his bachelor thesis. The aim of Voptop is to create the possibility to telephone anonymously within a closed network and to hamper the tapping of phone calls by hiding them. The use of Voptop is free of charge.

 The developer first planed to publish Voptop with VoIP functionality only, but found that a lot of sound cards in Haiku just supported "line out". To be able to do VoIP you of course also need a working "line in"/"microphone in". Because of this issue, instant messaging was implemented as well. The IM part is using its own "Voptop protocol" for keeping also the messaging secure and anonymous.

This first version of Voptop is a beta release for Haiku OS (clients for other OS might follow), but the client includes most planned features for the final release. Have in mind, being a beta release, stability and security have not been tested sufficiently. In order to install Voptop, simply unpack the archive under "/boot". After this is done you will find a reference in the start menu of Haiku under "Applications". A user manual can be found in the program directory at ("/ boot/apps/Voptop").

Download the client, have some fun and help improving Voptop by registering bugs in the bug tracker.

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January 25th, 11:42pm 0 comments

New on HaikuWare: Voptop - alpha 3

Voptop offers secure and anonymous telephony and instant messaging. The Voptop-network is a “peer to peer”-network, which is built by using all registered voptop clients. Features VoIP calls Instant messaging secure transmition... (Development / App Installation)

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January 25th, 11:41pm 0 comments

New on HaikuWare: Voptop - post alpha 3

Voptop offers secure and anonymous telephony and instant messaging. The Voptop-network is a “peer to peer”-network, which is built by using all registered voptop clients. Features VoIP calls Instant messaging secure transmition us... (Development / App Installation)

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January 23rd, 1:14am 0 comments

New on HaikuWare: Astrorocks

Astrorocks is an Asteroids clone made with the EGSL interpreter. It is a fully playable game and shows what can be done with EGSL. Due to the pixel perfect collision one needs a rather modern PC, I would recommend at least a dual core processor. C... (Games / Classics)

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January 23rd, 1:13am 0 comments

New on HaikuWare: Einsteinium

Einsteinium provides smarter monitoring of applications and system services for Haiku. It will restart applications and system services that quit or crash, gather statistics on application usage and provide customizable ranked lists of applications. (Utilities / Desktop Accessories)

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