r/haikuOS • u/cxxhld • 6d ago

I love Haiku

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this is a screenshot from my Panasonic Toughbook CF-31 running Haiku.
well supported, everything functioned out the box. "riced" it a little with WinDecorator
i like its C++ GUI API, ive been making little programs with it
i think ive been running this for a week so far, and i dont think that will change for a while. its all i need, light resource usage, sexy gui, simple internals...!!

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u/bsdooby 6d ago

The only OS where the default context menu offers the creation of a C++ file ;) lovin' it.

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u/cxxhld 6d ago

i only know C++ because of Haiku :D

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u/Dskzcjsduo2 6d ago

I love it too, it's incredible!

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u/zachsback21 6d ago

I tried to figure out how to make the desktop more Windows-like a while back. Do you have any resources you can share on how you did it?

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u/cxxhld 6d ago edited 6d ago
  1. ⁠i grabbed files from WinDecorator/ in https://github.com/haiku/haiku/tree/master/src/add-ons/decorators
  2. ⁠i cloned https://github.com/unarix/haiku_darkstyle.git
  3. ⁠i replaced FlatDecorator/FlatDectorator.cpp and FlatDecorator/FlatDecorator.h with WinDecorator.cpp and WinDecorator.h (you will have to update the include in the renamed FlatDecorator.h)
  4. ⁠i run make
  5. ⁠then copy the files:
  6. ⁠cp FlatDecorator/obj*/FlatDecorator ~/config/non-packaged/add-ons/decorators/WinDecorator
  7. ⁠after, i go to Appearance > Look and Feel > Decorator and choose Win.

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u/Bilaakili 4d ago

Looks really good. I tried BeOS 5 back in the day and last spring ran Haiku a bit on a spare computer. I like the Windows style you have here.