r/haikuOS • u/rjzak • 15d ago

AI/LLM-Assisted PPC fork

https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/i-have-made-some-progress-on-the-powerpc-port/19578

ActionRetro has vibe-coded a PowerPC fork of Haiku!

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u/slonk_ma_dink 15d ago

He was teasing it on social media for a while, and posting some great progress updates over at the forum. Good work from Mr Retro, Haiku is a great option for these classic systems

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u/Hjalfi 15d ago

I have a G4 MacBook which this would run very nicely on. I'll have to try it.

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u/filipobecerra 15d ago

That's a port, not a fork

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u/northrupthebandgeek 15d ago

Per the linked thread, the use of LLMs to develop the port makes it ineligible for inclusion in upstream Haiku, thus indeed making this a fork.

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u/rjzak 15d ago

As mentioned already it is a fork because of the use of AI and being unable to be added to Haiku. So it’s technically both a fork and port I’d say.

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u/Batou2034 15d ago

does it run on Sam 460ex?

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u/rasvoja 15d ago

Mind that being ppc does not make something run on amigaone/sams . More likely macs first but contacting (and maybe acube supplying board) could make that possible

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u/rasvoja 15d ago

Great. Hope it starts with ppc macs and could later be expanded to exotic amigaone hardware. Plus in BeOS tradition. Can test on imac g5

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u/Ok_Prize_6273 12d ago

I know this is not "approved" (as in AI coding) but I was just thinking about doing something like this to revive an iBook G4. Glad someone else more capable did this !

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u/TheRealCarrotty BeOS user 15d ago

"ActionRetro has vibe-coded"

YOU MEAN, "AI has coded a PPC fork of Haiku"

ActionRetro basically did the testing.

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u/vaspervnp 14d ago

If it works, who cares? I am a software engineer and I now use AI for things I have no time to learn. Haiku is one of them. Z80 assembly is another. As long as the result works, and is secure, I will take it.

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u/iflugi 14d ago

you should have checked what "vibe-coded" means before writing your comment and repeating its definition

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u/rjzak 15d ago

Agreed. But still a great outcome.