This year, 2 of 4 students completed their GSoC project
Louis Feuvrier - UEFI bootloader (failed - student disappeared right after being selected) Akshay Jaggi - libUSB port Arvind S Raj - ARM / BeagleBone XM port Zhuowei Zhang - Go language port (failed - port was working eventually but many communication problems with mentors)
For information about Haiku's participation in GSoC this year, please see this page.
Qualifying students can apply for a Haiku project (see the list of suggested projects below) between March 10th and March 21st, 2014. For details about how to apply, please check out Students: How to Apply for a Haiku Idea.
According to other mentor organizations, the most successful Google Summer of Code projects are the ones proposed by the students themselves.
This article attempts to sum up a discussion I had with stippi over IRC about how to implement this. Most of the ideas and design are his work, not mine. I’m just turning this into a more readable form and archiving it on the website.
Requirements: what are alpha masks, and why do we want them? I’ve covered this in an existing blog post.
Short version: WebKit renders “blocks” of an HTML page (span, divs, and the like).
App Server This list is to facilitate communication amongst developers working on the Haiku App Server.
Subscribe | Message archive Applications This is for the discussion of general purpose applications and preferences included in Haiku.
Subscribe | Message archive | RSS feed Bluetooth development This is a mailing list for handling all bluetooth related development under Haiku.
Subscribe | Message archive | RSS feed Data Translation This mailing list is for the discussion of topics related to the translation kit, such as the Translation API and data translators for images and text.
Haiku's package manager presents installed packages as a read-only filesystem, so unlike other systems, it is not possible to just delete or rename a problematic driver or library. However, individual packaged files can be prevented from being exposed at boot time.
In the Boot Options menu, there is a "Disable components" option available to accomplish this. However, this method will only let you disable components of the main (haiku) system package, and only until the next time you reboot.
With the advent of package management, there are now different ways to install an application.
1. A proper .hpkg package Either installed automatically via HaikuDepot or with pkgman in Terminal, e.g. WonderBrush, or downloaded off some site. When using HaikuDepot or pkgman, you're all set. If downloaded somewhere else, just move the .hpkg file into /system/packages/ and (in case of an application) it'll appear in /system/apps/.
2. An "old", self-contained archive Those come traditionally in form of a zipped up folder.
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Haiku offers a wide range of ported applications, available through HaikuDepot.
Further reading: HaikuDepot
Meta-data, so called "attributes", are used pervasively around the system.
For contacts and emails…
Further reading: Attributes, People
...for managing your media library...
Further reading: MediaPlayer
...or to provide useful information. like the source of downloaded files.
Further reading: WebPositive
Attributes can be indexed and then deliver nearly instant search results.
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Further reading: Replicants
Many open windows tend to clutter the desktop...
Further reading: GUI
...but windows can be stacked by their yellow tabs and are then resized and moved together...
Further reading: Stack & Tile
« Previous page :: Next page » Haiku offers a slew of basic applications for your everyday needs and a few preference panels to set up your system.
Further reading: Applications, Desktop Applets, Preferences
"A simple text editor, calculator, disk space monitor, un-archiver and Haiku's bash shell."
Further reading: StyledEdit, DeskCalc, DiskUsage, Expander, Terminal
Online with WebPositive. Like many modern browsers it uses the multi-platform WebKit.
