AROS Status Update

[Rodney]

wow zune is looking prettier and prettier!!!

Just wondering, Zune is MUI based. MUI recently had an updated. AROS and the MOS teams have been known to exchange code, or help out in areas...

Would i be wrong in assuming that both teams or all three teams (MOS, AROS, MUI) helped out each other or something similar to get the gradients working on these platforms?

[Rodney]

Well, goes to show how much i know Just a nice coincidence it seems.

BTW - can i download avaliable development tools like gcc for AROS... I had a look at the manuals on your site, but it doesnt really explain (yet) how to use GCC or get it for wither nativ-i386 or linux-i386

I would love to start writing on AROS as GCC 2.9+ on AmiOS on UAE P@ 400 is pretty slow...

[Rodney]

There's currently no native gcc availabe for AROS. To code for AROS you need to use the crosscompiler which is built on the fly when compiling AROS itself. You can find it under AROS/bin/-/tools/ and it's named --aros-gcc. Replace with your cpu model (most likely i386) and with your operating system (most likely linux). Use that compiler as if it were a native one.

Just as a suggestion, it might be a good idea to point this out on the aros website (unless its there and i missed it). I was looking in the manual for "application dev on AROS". Right or wrong place, who knows... oops, maybe i should have checked the FAQ's?