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I just downloaded the .iso and couldn't get WebPositive to return any web pages. I also ran a few web searches and couldn't figure out what the command is to install new packages. Just making some observations.

It seems like a very performant and simple OS (which is a welcome alternative compared to macOS) but these are pretty glaring problems for a user starting out. For a project that's been around for over a decade, that's a little bit of a red flag.



The GUI package manager is "HaikuDepot" and the command-line tool is "pkgman". HaikuDepot is documented in the Userguide: https://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/applications/haik... Dunno why no search engines took you to it.

Also dunno why WebPositive wouldn't do anything for you. It's still a little buggy, but it usually works well enough for my purposes...


I think the search problem is more your search engines fault for not pointing you to the official docs




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