VmwAROS 1.0.2 released!

[paolone]

VmwAROS update 1.0.2 is here. For the first time ever, it is available in two formats: a update-only disk for current VmwAROS 1.0 and 1.0.1 users, and an updated ISO of the whole Live! distribution.

A detailed description of the most interesing features is here, while a short list follows.

New from VmwAROS 1.0.1

- added SabreMSN
- faster Amiga emulation with AmiBridge
- updated development chain
- updated ATI™ and Nvidia™ native drivers
- updated mplayer
- updated Eternal Lands MMORPG client
- updated FTP and HTTP server: they now work with DHCP
- added USB mass storage support
- updated VmwAROS preference script
- updated ConfigIP (won't ask for Yafs anymore)
- updated VmwUpdate
- AmiStart now shows 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 programs
- Opaque can be disabled in Preferences
- updated and more compatible ata.device
- added antialiasing to PoorPDF
- reintroduced SFSdefrag

Download the update disk only (89 MB)

Download the whole DVD ISO distribution (288 MB)

[paolone]

Ehehehe, I originally planned to make an update every 30-60 days, but AROS vitality is great these days, so I had to modify my original plan.

[paolone]

Oh I see. I didn't realise it was a distribution. I just thought (going by the name... how silly of me  ) that it was for virtual environments. Maybe a name change for the non VM version is needed?

No, maybe *reading* what's written on websites is needed.

[paolone]

Sorry, but I simply don't understand where is the problem. VmwAROS stands for 'virtual machine with AROS' but gives lot of freedom to the users. The project started as a VM for VMware (yes) but in the meanwhile it evolved in a complete distribution which:

- can run on top of real hardware (live!)
- can run in a window in Windows (live!, formerly 'exe')
- can run in a pre-installed VMware virtual machine.

That is.

I don't pretend to wear something on my head while downloading 'Red Hat' ;-)

In the meanwhile VmwAROS has got enough popular and a name change would be even more misleading. Not counting issues with internet domain and so.

[paolone]

I have read the VMWaros website several different times over the last several months and each time I walked away dazed and confused. VMWaros seems to need and not need VMWare which is free and not free but that is okay because it works and does not work with and without VMWare on a plain or not plain PC

You just need to understand that "VmwAROS" offers two different "products", the former called Live! and the other VE. They are based on the same technology, but aimed to do different things.

[paolone]

Ok, you have a product called "VmwAROS Live!"  What part of that product is virtual?

Maybe the part that you launch, after extracting the .7z archive, clicking twice on the "win32-start" or "win64-start" icons?

The more you're talking, the more I suspect you haven't ever seen what you're talking about, nor you haven't informed yourself. So this discussion is totally pointless.

[paolone]

Thanx for the awesome work your doing paolone.

Thanks.

[paolone]

But isn't that totally the point. People aren't even downloading and trying cause they are confused. Look if you intend to keep ignoring these comments then fine, that is upto you, your software, you do what you like.

Really? For now I got thousands of downloads for the Live! and VE versions, and 3 people whining 'cos they have been 'misleaded' by the distribution name. I can agree to the fact that 'vmwaros' is a little confusing, but I don't feel the need for a name change. Moreover, what name should I choose right, then? And, finally, since VmwAROS has appeared on dozens of websites and printed magazines, why should I change a relatively well-known brand with a new one?

[paolone]

Oh well. At least he did change the requirements to "fast DVD dive" after my comment.

Oh yes, sorry for haven't reported it here. Thanks for your hint.

[paolone]

Posiblities: VmwAROS = AROS for VMware RmwAROS = AROS for Real Machines = Native AROS RmwAROS = Real Machine With AROS WinAROS = AROS for MS Windows = "VmwAROS Live!" or maybe "WinAROS Live!"

Are you kidding, or do you REALLY believe this mess would simplfy things?

[paolone]

Ok, so if one were to describe "VmwAROS Live!" as "VmwAROS for Microsoft Windows" then that would be 100% accurate?

I don't see the point in a similar description, since on VmwAROS website first lines says:

"VmwAROS is a pre-configured AROS desktop envirnoment available in two formats: a bootable live-DVD installable on the hard drive, and a disk image for VMware."

and short description for VmwAROS Live! is:

"The VmwAROS desktop environment on a bootable live-DVD, which runs directly on your PC."

I suppose people should at least inform themselves BEFORE trying to describe something, or not?

[paolone]

When I boot from dvd I get amigapointer and I can move it in a box for some time before it all halts. Using QEMU all is ok, except I get three times:  BAD SWSTYLE: 0x04

Unluckily AROS system files are still far from perfect, but maybe you can help us fixing them by posting your problem to the bugtracker on www.aros.org. Provide all informations you can, like hardware configuration and a verbose description of the issue, maybe try to choose a VGA 640x480 mode, which would give you some more system messages.