Half-Life 2 running natively on HaikuOS(discuss.haiku-os.org)
318 points by m0do1 1 day ago | 64 comments
tl;dr: Half-Life 2 now runs natively on HaikuOS via the nillerusr Source engine port, leveraging a new Nvidia driver ("Nebula") that supports Turing and Ampere GPUs (e.g., GTX 1650–RTX 2060), with users reporting high framerates at 1440p. DisplayPort support is reportedly ready but unreleased, and HDMI audio was briefly enabled before being reverted pending a workaround. Newer Lovelace/Ada cards (RTX 40/50 series) aren't supported yet due to missing firmware blobs.
HN Discussion:
  • Praise for X512's extensive contributions to Haiku including the Nvidia driver work
  • Context about the nillerusr Source engine port used as the basis
  • Surprise and delight that Haiku now has hardware-accelerated GPU support
  • Excitement about broader Haiku progress like ARM/M1/Raspberry Pi support
  • Suggests HL2 on portable ARM Linux is more interesting than this port