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Re: How to move AROS forward
« on: July 30, 2008, 12:39:09 PM »
Bloodline wrote about using the Linux kernel.
Defender of the faith about using the L4.

To Defender of the faith: What is your vision for the advantages of using L4?
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Re: How to move AROS forward
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2008, 01:34:47 PM »
To Bloodline:  I see.  It's very interesting to hear great programmers talk about this, and I think the Aros will gain a substantially larger support the moment it gets modern browser support.  That's all it takes.  On Google you have a complete office and mail and it will be possible to use it in daily life. That will draw the old Amiga users back and the supporter base will grow bigger.
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Re: How to move AROS forward
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2008, 02:12:57 PM »
And with bigger supporter base, more bounty that speeds up further development.
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Re: How to move AROS forward
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2008, 08:52:43 PM »
To Zekaric: I was seeing this from my own point of view (what else could I do?). I was an Amiga user. It was the first in a long line of computers that had an OS, and this OS was, as it probably was for many Amiga users, almost like a second home. I left this for pc then the company crashed. I left Amiga completely but some year’s back I discovered winuae and thought it was great. And I also discovered that Amiga lived a prosperous underground life. I learned about the AROS. The first thing I did was to take out one of the older PC’s and hoped that AROS was possible to install and use for browsing. It did not work out, so I have it in VM like a goldfish. This behavior is something that I think many former Amiga owners will do with their second pc’s that stand in the basement.  I do not like Linux very much. Windows is a workhorse but I would prefer to use an OS that derived from that former sweet home. I just guess that many former Amiga owners and users would feel the same. There will always be hardcore enthusiasts but I think that AROS could also attract the “lighter” former user and by that broaden the supporter base. There are a lot of former Amiga owners out there and since so much of computer time is connected to the internet I think many will return if it’s a real OS that can be use on pc for daily internet tasks. If just the browser works I think people will have patients and wait for the other bits to fall into place.
 It’s just a thought.
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Re: How to move AROS forward
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2008, 05:56:52 PM »
Hi
I glanced back at my last post here and saw it could come across as rather negative. I think AROS is great and the AROS team has done a fantastic job. I Just wanted to have that said. Also, it was an issue with the first pc not AROS. The second pc I tried the AROS livecd on installed without any problem, so no shadow over AROS.
How is the current situation with the browser?
Is traveler at a standstill?

Zekaric wrote his:
However I found a little something over on the SDL mailing list. If a browser is wanted maybe this will be at least a bare minimum until someone has the time to port over something like FireFox.

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9883020354.html
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5894497943.html

SDL based Web browser. AROS has an SDL port doesn't it? Or at least SDL'll probably be easier to port over than all that window manager stuff that FireFox will need. A thought.
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Is this the way to do it? My programming skills are not up to date, so I am of no use here.
Is it possible to get a browser going so AROS could be used as the main OS and move from pre-internet state?
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Re: How to move AROS forward
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2008, 11:29:35 PM »
Oh, it was my programming skills that were insufficient, but Zekaric seems to be a dev. Maybe he could be talked into doing it.  He also had some ideas for pawing the road for new devs that haven’t been deeply involved with Amiga. And all ideas that lead to more devs and more users sounds good.

AROS is different and different is good.
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Re: maybe this can interest some of you...
« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2008, 11:24:52 PM »
That's terrific news, terrific work. The more platforms its on the better.

And I also really hope a talented dev picks up the browser bounty or just do it for the greater good.

I'll be waiting anxiously for ditching Windows on the home pc.
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Re: maybe this can interest some of you...
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2008, 02:25:11 PM »
I don’t think this split will damage AROS, it will only future prof the Amiga as a whole. AROS don’t move forward, it kind of sprints forward. I highly anticipate the next vmwaros for there seems to be a lot of goodies for both devs and users in the next version.
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