Haiku R1 Beta 6, the newest release of the BeOS-inspired open-source operating system, has launched two years after Beta 5, arriving just a week before the project's 25th anniversary. The release brings more working applications including Mozilla Firefox and a Go language port, support for NetBSD's Virtual Machine Monitor (NVMM) for QEMU hardware virtualization, numerous performance optimizations, expanded hardware driver support, and continued progress on an ARM64 port that still lags behind the x86 version.
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What's new in Haiku R1 Beta 6?
Haiku R1 Beta 6 adds support for many more working applications, including Mozilla Firefox and a port of the Go programming language, plus support for NetBSD's Virtual Machine Monitor (NVMM) for hardware virtualization with QEMU. It also includes two years of performance optimizations, new hardware driver support, and continued work on an ARM64 port that still trails the x86 version. Track Haiku OS releases and BeOS-inspired open-source development on daily.dev.
Does Haiku OS support Firefox and Go?
Yes, Haiku R1 Beta 6 brings Mozilla Firefox and a port of the Go programming language among the many applications now working on the operating system, following continued porting and compatibility improvements since the previous beta release two years earlier. Developers evaluating alternative operating systems follow porting progress like this on daily.dev.