How to move AROS forward

[paolone]

Oh no! Another "how should other people work" topic about AROS.

And another fork/split proposal. It seems the Amiga community can't live without splitting things in thousands pieces.

Well, for people that aren't aware of it, AROS has its own mission and definition, which is being "a lightweight, efficient and flexible desktop operating system, designed to help you make the most of your computer. It's an independent, portable and free project, aiming at being compatible with AmigaOS 3.1 at the API level (like Wine, unlike UAE), while improving on it in many areas".

Isn't it enough? Well, there are the ending lines too, "The source code is available under an open source license, which allows anyone to freely improve upon it" which formally and actually allow anyone willing to do his/her "better AROS" to take the code, modify it and reach the goal he/she likes.

So, having clear in mind that all in all AROS is a *hobbystic* project, the community can do different things with it:

1. just whining and claiming their opinion would be the best way to improve AROS

2. contribute with code to reach the common goal stated above.

3. take the existing code and improve upon it the way they like, just to become the new ruler of the world.

The direction is already here for the people that want to see it. The others may disagree, but please don't claim AROS is pointless or directionless anymore, as it is completely untrue.

[paolone]

Paolone, I don't know if I was meant to be one of the targets of your 'all talk no action' rant or not

Nope. And I've found your proposals for a PM scheme very interesting: at least you're proposing a solution, instead of simply whining 'cos there's no PM in AROS. My rants were almost directed to the initial post.

Thanks for your vision on VmwAROS, I'm really happy it has been well received by the community. But VmwAROS is in first place an example of my "take action" motto: I felt AROS needed a modern, complete distribution since AROS-MAX was dead, and I simply MADE it.

I'm neither a C developer nor a IT graduate, I'm simply what someone would call "power user". VmwAROS demonstrates that everyone of us, instead of simply whining or struggling in a stupid poor men's war, has the strenght to actually do something. It requires just a lot of will and some spare time.

[paolone]

bloodline wrote:

AROS has both Doom and Quake ports, that work really well... :-)

And it would be really fine if someone would look at their sources, and add AHI audio support.

[paolone]

Just a little news worth mentioning:

http://www.power2people.org/bounty_018.html

M. Schulz, after his successfull SAM440EP port, is porting AROS to the Efika platform too.