page_title: History of Haiku (operating system)
section_title: Haiku R1/Alpha 1 and after
hierarchical_section_title: History of Haiku (operating system) / Progress / Haiku R1/Alpha 1 and after
caption_attribution_description: English: Official Haiku OS R1 Alpha 1 CD. The picture was taken inside of the Microsoft Research &amp; Development center, Haifa, Israel. Français&#160;: CD officiel de Haiku OS R1 Alpha 1. La photo a été prise au sein du centre Microsoft Research &amp; Development à Haifa (Israël). Русский: Фотография официального диска с первой альфа-версией Haiku OS R1. Фотография была сделана внутри Центра Исследований и Разработок компании Microsoft, г. Хайфа, Израиль.
context_page_description: The history of Haiku, a free, open-source operating system, began with "OpenBeOS" in 2001. As of January 2016, this history is covered to November 2012 and the release of Haiku R1/Alpha 4.
context_section_description: The first alpha release "Haiku R1/Alpha 1" has been released on September 14, 2009.
  On October 27, 2009, Haiku obtained Qt4 support via an external 3rd party port.
  The second alpha release ("Haiku R1/Alpha 2") was released on May 10, 2010.
  After having been distributed with the BeOS Firefox 2 port, ports of Links or NetSurf, Haiku now has its own web browser, WebPositive.
  "Haiku R1/Alpha 3" was released in June 2011, featuring a large number of improvements and big fixes, including support for both GCC 2 or GCC 4 (use of the latter being discouraged for compatibility reasons).
  "Haiku R1/Alpha 4" was released on November 14, 2012, with an intended purpose to provide "third party developers with a stable version for testing and development".
caption: Original Haiku R1 Alpha 1 CD. The picture was taken inside of the Microsoft Research & Development Center, Haifa, Israel.
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