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Re: AEROS - AROS/Linux distro status update
« on: October 04, 2011, 12:43:59 AM »
I'm really anxious to give this a test drive as well. I think its a really fantastic idea. Windows, linux, amiga 68k apps and AROS native apps all together. Thats like nerd overload!

Congrats and good luck with this! Looks really exciting so far.

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Re: AEROS - AROS/Linux distro status update
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2011, 02:08:55 AM »
I agree if they can keep the linux side well out of the way so you forget all about it that would be best. No more driver problems is another great thing.

Its regrettable AROS dosn't have wine and more drivers natively, but it may never have wine native,so this sure fixes that and more. Actually, it fixes ALOT of problems I think prevents aros from becoming an everyday os.

I mean, if I had to I could get by with AROS native for most things I do, but I'd be alot more confident about saying that with this.

I love linux, but a sane file system and cleaner more efficient user interface  and simpler gui like aros has I would much prefer.  

Not sure I like that boxy app launcher from Broadway, and the desktop icons seem huge, but I think thats just a few tweaks to fix. And that stuff is merely cosmetic. Getting the nuts and bolts of this to work is really impressive to me. I'd like to see how fast it boots and what it looks like booting... Like, can you totally hide all linux stuff and just have it go straight to aros workbench? Looks great so far!

If you need some graphics, or any other help, feel free to ask.

Good luck... Can't wait to try this!

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Re: AEROS - AROS/Linux distro status update
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2011, 06:10:36 PM »
I have been tinkering with linux for some time now. Lately, I've been spending my time getting dos apps, amiga apps, and windows apps to you know just point click and it runs... Its very cool. I know this can be done on linux very well, so I'm sure this kind of thing would work on aeros even better. (More sane sensible file system means you can find everything easier!)  This just opens more possibilities for that kind of thing, and I would much prefer the aros interface/gui to linux.

To me, if the computer I'm using can run linux, classic amiga apps, dos apps AND aros ng amiga apps... That would just be heaven.

Steven