Which AROS?

[TheBilgeRat]

I have an old P4 that I would like to turn into a dedicated AROS machine.  I noticed that there are several flavors to choose from.  Should I go with AROS proper, or Icaros, or some other version for a dedicated hard drive install?

[TheBilgeRat]

I take it that would be Icaros then

I am having plenty of fun mucking about with the A4000, no need to double it up

[TheBilgeRat]

How dare you insult my good name with such scurrilous allegations against my masochistic Amiga fiddling credentials?

I say!  Then I shall do no such thing in the future.  Mea Culpa!

I know of no other hobby as great as ours.

I'm having much fun getting my 3.9 install just how I want it under UAE before taking over our spare bedroom with my A3000 and a bajillion spare parts and running it on the bare metal.

I was running classicWB ADV SP BYOB 123 or some such and it was driving me nuts as I would put something in user-startup and next thing I know it wasn't doing what I wanted it to do so I stripped it off and was going to do 3.9 but then it took me forever to figure out how to get the emergency disk straight so by the time Thomas straightened me out I had put 3.1 back on and BetterWB and now I am just ducky!

I am debating whether or not to do newIcons or not.  We'll see

[TheBilgeRat]

But, as an aside, I have a great CED/vbcc build environment so I might start playing with novacoder's API here soon.

[TheBilgeRat]

I periodically set up an AROS system.
For awhile I even kept a system dedicated to it (but have recently sold the 7600GT video card I kept for that  purpose).
I am convinced that AROS will indeed "get there" on day.

MorphOS is already there, in fact its the most "there" of any of the NG OS'.
And yes, the hardware is not new.
Frank Mariak (Pega-1) has explored a port for the SAM460, but even though new, this PPC system would be slower than our current systems.

So I'll keep my G4 Macs, wait for G5 MorphOS support, and periodically check out AROS.
AROS has some serious potential (especially with ported OpenGL based programs).

If I had a powerPC kit laying around I'd definitely give MorphOS a go.  Its a lot easier to explore AROS when finding an old PC for free is as simple as hopping on craigslist  Or you happen to have one left over lying around.

I bet eventually MorphOS will end up on ARM or Intel and then I'm sure I'll find the money to pony up.

Oh, and Nicholas, I'd love any documentation you could kick my way!