3715 Haiku is a new open-source operating system that specifically targets personal computing. Inspired by the BeOS - which Apple flirted with in the mid-'90s as a potential basis for OS X before settling on Steve Jobs' NeXTStep OS, Haiku is fast, simple to use, easy to learn and yet very powerful.

The Haiku Project announces the availability of Haiku R1/Alpha 1, the first official development release of Haiku, an open source operating system that specifically targets personal computing. The purpose of this release is to make a stable development snapshot of Haiku available to a wider audience for more extensive testing and debugging. This will help the Haiku development team identify and address bugs, and thus improve the quality of the system as development keeps advancing towards the subsequent development milestones. Bugs found in Alpha 1 should be reported to the Haiku bug tracking system at http://dev.haiku-os.org

This first alpha release of Haiku comes approximately eight years after the project kicked off, and is the direct result of the dedication of many volunteer contributors from all over the world. Special thanks go to former Project Leader Michael Phipps, as well as to the small but very resilient group of core developers who stuck with the project throughout the years.

Alpha 1 will be followed by additional development milestones, eventually leading to the long-awaited final release of Haiku R1. These subsequent official milestones will be announced as the release dates are defined by the Haiku development team.

Haiku R1/Alpha 1 Availability
Download ISO/raw/VMWare image:
http://haiku-os.org/get-haiku

Purchase CD (from the end of September):
http://www.cafepress.com/haiku_os

For more information, visit:
http://www.haiku-os.org/

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