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The "Not Quite Amiga but still computer related category" => Alternative Operating Systems => Topic started by: Nightcrawler on November 26, 2003, 01:22:05 AM
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I just downloaded it. Seems sort of interesting, but not terribly useful. Anyone here tried it? Was it good? Terrible?
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whats the web address guy?
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http://skyos.org (http://skyos.org) ?
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Ok. Tried it now... It was pretty much what I expected. Interesting, but I have no use for it. Deleting SkyOS, installing Aros again.
It's not bad at all though, so don't hesitate to try it. Slightly Amiga'ish too ;-)
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I'll tell you one thing, it's not exactly goodlooking :-)
Why not check out Syllable? (http://syllable.sourceforge.net/ (http://syllable.sourceforge.net/))
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Syllable is quite ugly too.. :-)
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I tried it on my laptop, seemed a bit buggy, and was a bit slow (Too slow for 300MHz machine)
At least it managed to open 800x600 16bit screen, something, my Windows installation on same machina hasn't managed to do yet :-)
I'd say, why not try, but don't expect too much, at least not yet...
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I tried it on my laptop, seemed a bit buggy, and was a bit slow (Too slow for 300MHz machine)
How's AROS, in comparision, on that same machine? :-D
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@Jope
Well, better-looking than SkyOS IMHO.
Although I haven't tried either of them, Syllable seems rather interesting and pretty Amiga-ish too.
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Hey everyone,
I just wanted to say, I am the lead GUI designer for SkyOS. Up until version 4.0 (which would have been the version you all tried), Robert (the main coder) had done all the rudimentary GUI work. As of 5.0, there will be a new GUI that was picked from a contest with over 30 GUI entries and then edited to be more functional / good looking. You can see new screenshots of the SkyOS 5.0 GUI if you visit the homepage at http://www.skyos.org
Thanks for your interest! :)
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falemagn wrote:
I tried it on my laptop, seemed a bit buggy, and was a bit slow (Too slow for 300MHz machine)
How's AROS, in comparision, on that same machine? :-D
I've tried AROS on my 366MHz laptop, should be about the same as a 300MHz. The main UI is certainly quite usable, though I didn't experiment with too many apps.
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I found AROS to be much smoother in feel than SkyOS on my old laptop before it went belly up on me. This wasn't too long ago too. The thing that keeps me interested in SkyOS is how fast it is being developed. I watch AROS, SkyOS, and ReactOS with much anticipation for the future. . . much more than I do for anything commercial.
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If ONLY, if ONLY these teams would unite and go for one OS - AROS of course ;)
Seriously, I whish this was the case. Too many admittedly good projects at once, and they will probably not make it to a notable status outside a very close commmunity. There are even more projects like these, like AthenOS. Just look at ShellCity.
An Aros with a good browser and OpenOffice and Java developed by these highly talented people... sigh...
But these days, everyone does "his" own little thing. Even the Amiga has two rivalling groups.
Sigh
SIGH
Have fun,
McTrinsic
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McTrinsic wrote:
If ONLY, if ONLY these teams would unite and go for one OS - AROS of course ;)
Seriously, I whish this was the case. Too many admittedly good projects at once, and they will probably not make it to a notable status outside a very close commmunity. There are even more projects like these, like AthenOS. Just look at ShellCity.
An Aros with a good browser and OpenOffice and Java developed by these highly talented people... sigh...
But these days, everyone does "his" own little thing. Even the Amiga has two rivalling groups.
Sigh
SIGH
Have fun,
McTrinsic
I agree it is a waste of resources to have so many projects doing the same thing... I will defend them by saying that variety is a good thing.
Sure it would be nice if everyone worked on AROS, but unfortunatelly everyone wants something different from an OS, which is why we have these projects.
I would appeal to them though, and ask that they attempts to pool resources on things like drivers.. if we had a common driver interface that would benefit all projects...
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bloodline wrote:
I would appeal to them though, and ask that they attempts to pool resources on things like drivers.. if we had a common driver interface that would benefit all projects...
What do you think about UDI (http://www.projectudi.org/)? Good? No good?
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Martyn wrote:
bloodline wrote:
I would appeal to them though, and ask that they attempts to pool resources on things like drivers.. if we had a common driver interface that would benefit all projects...
What do you think about UDI (http://www.projectudi.org/)? Good? No good?
Cheers for the link, I'm reading it now :-D
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I would appeal to them though, and ask that they attempts to pool resources on things like drivers.. if we had a common driver interface that would benefit all projects...
That is the single most intelligent comment I have seen in months
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IonDeluxe wrote:
I would appeal to them though, and ask that they attempts to pool resources on things like drivers.. if we had a common driver interface that would benefit all projects...
That is the single most intelligent comment I have seen in months
Couldn't agree more.
From the UDI FAQ:
2. What is a Uniform Driver Interface?
Like other device driver interfaces used in Operating Systems today, UDI defines an architecture and a set of APIs for use between the driver and the surrounding system. This allows drivers and OSes to be developed independently. UDI goes a step further and provides APIs that are OS-neutral and platform-neutral, allowing multiple OSes and platforms to use the exact same driver.
UDI also provides uniformity across device types. Many OSes today use drastically different driver interfaces for different types of devices (e.g. SCSI vs Network). UDI provides a common infrastructure for all drivers, with extensions for specific device types.
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Some things I note about UDI is the large SCO input, that immediatelly makes me cautious of such a system and the rather conspicious lack of drivers...
But it is exactly the sort of thing we need.
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I'm going to start a new thread on this driver topic.
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@Bloodline:
mmm I bet you would like to run AROS on this (http://www.cmdweb.de/scpu.htm) ;-)
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I have used it but i too have no real use for it even though it is quite smart.
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bloodline wrote:
Some things I note about UDI is the large SCO input, that immediatelly makes me cautious of such a system and the rather conspicious lack of drivers...
True, that raised my eyebrows at first but you need to bear it mind when UDI first got off the ground (around 1999-time) and SCO's recent history of buy-outs, renaming, linux firtation and not litigation. I'm not sure if if really the same company anymore.
I think it's "clean".
But it is exactly the sort of thing we need.
Sure is.