www.anubis-os.org finally open

[sim085]

Hello,

The project looks very interesting. However I have a question. What is in AmigaOS which is worth saving when compared to Linux, Windows, BSD, etc? I was going to start a thread on this but I think it does fit here.

I understand that the structure of all these Operating Systems is different. So what does AmigaOS (or any of its variants) have as a pro when compared to the other Operating Systems, and will these features be included in the new OS?

Regards,
Sim085

[sim085]

paolone wrote:
The answer is really simple: why are you still here? That's the answer.

I did not mean that as an insult. What I wanted is to learn more on Amiga Workbench (which we know it was ahead of its time when it first came on the market) to see if there is anything in this OS that is still better then any other OS out there.

[sim085]

Tension wrote:
Pfft!!!

... which means?

[sim085]

bloodline wrote:
With Anubis the idea is to make an operating system that, with respect to the user, looks and functions like AmigaOS, but without it's technical limitations.

Why don't just develop a Graphical User Interface for Linux or BSD then? Something like GNOME and KDE?

[sim085]

Hello again,

First of all I cannot understand the bad attitude some people have towards this project - at the end of the day it is not their time that is going to be spent and they are always free not to use any final product achieved through this project.

That said, I am personally not so much in favour of a Linux Kernel. From what I read over here the main problem is that an AmigaOS can never work on a full-fledged x86 pc because of driver problems! Now rather then building an OS on the Linux Kernel, can't a driver wrapper application be developed? If I'm not wrong there was something like this for Linux as well (to wrap windows based drivers).

By the above I do not want to mean any offence to anyone. I am not expert and therefore would really be interested to know what others think about this.

Regards,
Sim085

[sim085]

Here is a link; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NdisWrapper

[sim085]

Some other links which may be related with this topic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllable_(operating_system)
Syllable is based on AtheOS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AtheOS) which "was initially intended as an AmigaOS clone".

Regards,
Sim085

[sim085]

brianb wrote:
everyone else is still playing catch up. I can only assume it's cause they have never written a line of source code

Why is it so hard to write code for an Workbench/AmigaOS? Can't for example a Java Runtime Environment library be developed for Amiga basedet OS and therefore get the ability to run any Java application?