Looks like this may have been based on the nillerusr Source engine, which is based on a 2020 leak of the Source sources. nillerusr's engine has also been used to port some Valve games to Android.
MisterTea 5 minutes ago [-]
I wish Valve would take a cue from id and release the source code to Source and/or at least GoldSrc under an open license. Though I have a hard time imagining them opening up code to more lucrative games like Team Fortress Classic or Counter-Strike classic. Nice dream though...
tracker1 1 hours ago [-]
Nifty to see... I always liked BeOS/Haiku from a tech perspective, but really don't care nearly as much for the UX or ergonomics... I really like a lot of the Windows 10 start menu and taskbar, but I do hate the MS search results/ads,etc so I switched to Linux for non-work and mostly Cosmic since later alphas.
That's pretty cool though, do you have a video of it running on the device itself?
limsungkee 1 hours ago [-]
Dang. Half-Life 2 ruled my high school life. it is still insane.
yakk0 3 hours ago [-]
looking forward to see Action Retro's shenanigans on YouTube with this.
jordand 2 hours ago [-]
I've watched his previous videos on Haiku and haven't been impressed with him. He doesn't seem to have in-depth knowledge of how software and drivers work, which is especially important given how work-in-progress it all is, and that the lineage of Haiku goes back to BeOS. The community has done a lot of good work, and he doesn't grasp it fully.
kaladin-jasnah 16 minutes ago [-]
> He doesn't seem to have in-depth knowledge of how software and drivers work
I don't really think the point of his videos is to go into that level of detail. I think I'm someone who could understand that level of detail but I still watch his videos anyway since they're fun and engaging (same with others like Michael MJD), and have other YouTube channels that I might watch for more technical dives.
jordand 3 minutes ago [-]
It's genuinely possible to do an informative, fun and engaging videos on a niche OS; it does require a lot of skill and effort to pull off he does not have. His content has been way too shallow. There's a lot more to an OS than just the Desktop Environment being different, and 'Can it run Minecraft' (with missing/broken drivers he doesn't understand).
prmoustache 2 hours ago [-]
Yes, you have seen a video and you have seen them all. It can be resumed to "will it run minecrafts (or one of its clones)".
I guess he figured out the short 10-15min format is better for engagement bevause people brains have been destroyed by tiktok and instagram reels and barely anyone can concentrate for 30min on a subject but really it makes for very uninformative vids.
MomsAVoxell 1 hours ago [-]
This is great, but can we get a port to BeBox please. ;)
AshamedCaptain 2 hours ago [-]
What I find depressing is because of idiotic Linux policies, it turns out nvidia hardware is easier to run on a 3rd party OS than hardware with otherwise fully open source drivers like Radeon.
This is just yet another example that you may think things in the hardware world have changed now that Linux "rules", but they have not.
Quitschquat 6 minutes ago [-]
What makes it easier?
tadfisher 1 hours ago [-]
Are you talking about driver ABIs or something else?
parisiansam 2 hours ago [-]
i wonder how many people are using haikuos enough to make frontpage of video game on that os ?
nemomarx 2 hours ago [-]
When people get doom running on a toaster, do you also ask how many people game on a toaster? It's more about the technical challenge of the whole deal.
InsideOutSanta 1 hours ago [-]
I wonder how many people are flying to space in rockets for rocket launches to make the frontpage? It's just interesting. Haiku is cool, and getting relatively complex games to run on it is a good signal that it is making progress.
nharada 1 hours ago [-]
I love it, this is OG hacker news
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That's pretty cool though, do you have a video of it running on the device itself?
I don't really think the point of his videos is to go into that level of detail. I think I'm someone who could understand that level of detail but I still watch his videos anyway since they're fun and engaging (same with others like Michael MJD), and have other YouTube channels that I might watch for more technical dives.
I guess he figured out the short 10-15min format is better for engagement bevause people brains have been destroyed by tiktok and instagram reels and barely anyone can concentrate for 30min on a subject but really it makes for very uninformative vids.
This is just yet another example that you may think things in the hardware world have changed now that Linux "rules", but they have not.