Does Linux have an Amiga feel?

[rdolores]

I voted no.  I've experienced several versions of Ubuntu as well as other distros going  back to Slackware.  But having said that, I just remembered Aeros which is actually a Linux/AROS hybrid.

http://www.aeros-os.org/

AROS is a re-implementation of AmigaDOS3.1 therefore has a real Amiga feel.  What Aeros does is use the Linux kernal for its wealth of drivers and access to its library of applications and puts the AROS UI on top of it.  Pretty cool trick.  I tried it when it first came out.  Was a bit  buggy, but should be more stable now.  It is based on the Broadway distro of AROS.  I prefer the Icaros distro myself.  But it's definitely worth  a look.  It will work with most x86 or x64 machine including laptops.  There is also a version for the Raspberry PI which just came out.

[rdolores]

If we are going down that route then I change my vote to yes because of Amithlon.



Did someone say ARIX?

Almost forgot about that.  Strange animal the likes of which we may never see again.  It doesn't just have the Amiga feel.  It is an Amiga.  It uses a combination of modified Amiga side calls and Linux hardware drivers to deliver incredible performance.  It was like having a super 68040, with RTG and AHI machine using an old PIII, 512MB machine that could barely run  Windows XP.  Still have that machine somewhere around.

Big difference between Aeros and Amithlon.  One is Amiga-Like, the other is an Amiga.  Amithlon was much lower level than Aeros which makes it more efficient but also much more difficult to implement.  It's almost like its talking to the Linux drivers (graphic, sound, usb, etc...) directly from AmigaDOS without going thru any HAL.  Aeros feels like there's more layers in between.

[rdolores]

I'd googled around and it seems ARIX is somehow alive

Will this be closer in spirit to the Amithlon or to Aeros?