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Haiku OS Sees Work On Better App HiDPI Scaling, Better Intel WiFI Driver From OpenBSD

([Operating Systems] 5 Hours Ago Haiku OS June 2025)


The Haiku open-source operating system project inspired by BeOS had a busy month of June with a number of enhancements made to this OS. Haiku just published their convenient monthly recap that highlights all of the interesting changes made the past month to this open-source OS.

On the hardware driver side, Haiku OS has replaced its iprowifi3945 / wpi WiFi driver originally imported from the FreeBSD codebase with the WiFi driver from the OpenBSD codebase. The Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG WiFi driver from OpenBSD rather than FreeBSD turns out to work better at least on Haiku OS.

Haiku OS also saw some applications work on better HiDPI scaling support, more robust error handling was merged for the FAT file-system driver, the groundwork for Path MTU discovery was laid in its kernel, and a variety of other improvements made.

More details on the Haiku OS improvements made during the month of June can be found via [1]the Haiku-OS.org blog .



[1] https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/waddlesplash/2025-07-12-haiku_activity_contract_report_june_2025/



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Michael

While walking down a crowded
City street the other day,
I heard a little urchin
To a comrade turn and say,
"Say, Chimmey, lemme tell youse,
I'd be happy as a clam
If only I was de feller dat
Me mudder t'inks I am.

"She t'inks I am a wonder, My friends, be yours a life of toil
An' she knows her little lad Or undiluted joy,
Could never mix wit' nuttin' You can learn a wholesome lesson
Dat was ugly, mean or bad. From that small, untutored boy.
Oh, lot o' times I sit and t'ink Don't aim to be an earthly saint
How nice, 'twould be, gee whiz! With eyes fixed on a star:
If a feller was de feller Just try to be the fellow that
Dat his mudder t'inks he is." Your mother thinks you are.
-- Will S. Adkin, "If I Only Was the Fellow"