Off-topic: BeOS and Haiku (was Re: Your Bespoke Lilypond Environment)

[Aaron Hill]

On 2020-05-07 10:09 pm, Eby Mani wrote:
> Lack of lilypond for Haiku is preventing me from switching.

> On Thursday, 9 April, 2020, 12:38:48 am IST, Valentin Villenave
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> The other desktop environment I happily use is Haiku (haiku-s.org);
> LilyPond is again not available (but could conceivably be ported, as
> most of the toolchain is already there; ................ besides
> Frescobaldi _is_ available under Haiku, and can
> very easily be installed (with minor adjustments) through pip.

This reminds me how much I miss BeOS.  My friend from university got me 
hooked on it.  It was so slick compared to other environments.  I 
especially liked the "feature" where you could change the theme to Amiga 
Workbench.  After all, what could be better than white text on a blue 
background with black and orange accents?  :)

Years ago, someone from Haiku contacted me to contribute my Conway's 
Game of Life screensaver I had on BeBits.  While it was hardly anything 
worth keeping around, I have to commend the Haiku team for having the 
dedication to preserve what they could from the BeOS world.  I might 
just have to spin up a VM now.


-- Aaron Hill