Haiku R1 Alpha 4 released

The Haiku team is pleased to announce that our long-awaited release of Alpha 4 is now available for download. A year and four months have passed since Alpha 3 saw the light and the Haiku project has progressed significantly during this time. The main task of the new alpha release is to provide a stable platform for testing and developing programs. For this, the Haiku distribution kit includes a rich set of utilities for developers.







This release contains many improvements on all fronts, including:



Bug Fixes - More than 1000 bugs have been fixed since Alpha 3 was released.

Debugger - New native debugger. Now KDL generates QR codes

File System - BFS is faster. Improved support for NTFS and Blu-ray discs

Hardware - Improved USB OHCI driver support and CPU detection

Localization - Fixed many translations in various languages. New Layout Switch

Multimedia - 10-band graphic equalizer and VST-loader

Network and Internet - Improved network card drivers. New PCNet driver. Basic IPv6 support

OpenGL Kit - Mesa updated to version 7.8.2 for gcc2 and 8.1.0-devel for gcc4

System - Improved operation of virtual memory settings and the creation of swap files

Video - Most Radeon HD video chips and Intel Extreme chipsets are supported.

Wireless Networks - Supports WPA / WPA2. Corrected wireless card drivers



To delve into the details of improvements and fixes, visit the Release Notes page .

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You can get Haiku R1 Alpha 4 by free download (USB, CD, virtual images) or by buying a CD.