Haiku R1 Alpha 4 released

The Haiku team is pleased to announce that our long-awaited Alpha 4 release is now available for download. A year and four months have passed since the release of Alpha 3 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 program development. To do 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 the release of Alpha 3 Debugger - New native debugger. Now KDL generates QR codes. File system - BFS is faster. Enhanced Support for NTFS and Blu-ray Discs Hardware








- Improved support for USB OHCI drivers and the definition of CPU
Localization - Fixed many translations into various languages. New
multimedia layout switch - 10-band graphic equalizer and VST loader.
Network and Internet. - Improved network card drivers. New PCNet driver. Basic support for IPv6
OpenGL Kit - Mesa updated to version 7.8.2 for gcc2 and 8.1.0-devel for gcc4
System - Improved virtual memory settings and creation of swap files
Video - Most Radeon HD GPUs and Intel Extreme chipsets are supported
Wireless networks- Support for WPA / WPA2. Corrected Wireless Card Drivers

To go deeper into the details of the enhancements and fixes, visit the Release Notes page .

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