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Too much AROS!
« on: April 15, 2012, 11:24:22 PM »
What I mean is there is AROS this and AROS that and it's not obvious what is the newest, most complete version. What do you tell a nostalgic friend to get?

Icaros desktop
Aros Broadway
included install with ARESone computers.
Aros homepage distribution a la 2010 found via google?

AROS needs one native version in one website and downloaded via one easy location/link.

It's confusing as all this Linux Mint/Ubuntu/[other distro] shamblesmaking people look away.

LESS IS MORE!

(native 32bit x86 version of AROS required)
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Re: Too much AROS!
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2012, 11:34:01 PM »
Quote from: wawrzon;688671
aros68k obviously!! ;P


*hands you your glasses* :)
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Re: Too much AROS!
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2012, 12:24:06 AM »
Quote from: SamuraiCrow;688678
The included install with AresOne computers IS registered Broadway.  The nightly builds on the Aros homepage are experimental only and have no testing involved until after they are built.

Icaros is the most complete distro but has duplicate functionality in some places.  Also, it comes mostly on DVD-ROM with only a cut-down version on CD-ROM.

Broadway is a more compact distro that fits on CD-ROM by cutting out some of the extra stuff such as some large ported games.

I personally use Icaros because it comes with the development environment pre-installed on the DVD version.


Need to install it to PC not run it from a DVD, presume Icaros can do this?
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Re: Too much AROS!
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2012, 12:30:50 AM »
Quote from: SamuraiCrow;688686
Yes.  There's an install script on the LiveDVD and CD-ROMs of Icaros.


Thanks, will download 1.4.1 live DVD/ISO tonight.
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Re: Too much AROS!
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2012, 04:02:22 AM »
Quote from: XDelusion;688695
AROS and all distros are a constant work of progress. AROS is in Alpha stages, so unless your nostalgic friend is into beta testing, trouble shooting, and having his system negatively impacted by updates and what not, I would not advise it as a full time OS yet.


For those of you who would like to contribute, I'd say IcarOS is the most fully featured, but AspireOS is coming along well. I've not tried Broadway, nor the Classic Amiga stuff.


Not as a replacement, he is an avid PC gamer. We were watching a webisode of some Linux show and they reviewed AROS Broadway and he asked me what should we try.

I haven't used AROS myself for years hence the question.
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