Questions About AROS

[Robert17]

Evening folks, I've heard of AROS, but What actually is it, and what does it do?

Also I'm unclear about what I need to run it, Is This a standalone OS now, or does it still run on top of Windows or Linux?

Thanks

Robert

[motorollin]

It's a standalone OS which is designed to function in a similary way to AmigaOS. You can run it in a virtual machine to run it alongside Linux/Windows/MacOS. It doesn't run 68k Amiga software.

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moto

[_ThEcRoW]

You can run it native(directly on your x86 hardware) or linux hosted.

[CannonFodder]

motorollin wrote:

It doesn't run 68k Amiga software.

It does if you run it on a 68k Amiga.

http://amidevcpp.amiga-world.de/afaupload.php

[4pLaY]

CannonFodder wrote:

motorollin wrote:

It doesn't run 68k Amiga software.

It does if you run it on a 68k Amiga.

http://amidevcpp.amiga-world.de/afaupload.php

Thats just a few parts of AROS not the whole thing.

[dammy]

Evening folks, I've heard of AROS, but What actually is it, and what does it do?

AROS description can be read here

Also I'm unclear about what I need to run it, Is This a standalone OS now, or does it still run on top of Windows or Linux?

x86 is your best bet, unless you already have PPC Linux installed.  Best way to experience it is to go to download the CD ISO, burn it, and boot up a PC with it.  It's pretty snappy even on my old P233 laptop.  If you like what you see, burn a extra copy or two and show your friends.  Since it's open source (ie free as in beer), it's a wonderful thing to share with others.  Oh, and please leave feed back (good or bad) to the Devs, they like knowning others are trying out their code. :-D

Dammy
TeamAROS

[Fester]

dammy wrote:
x86 is your best bet, unless you already have PPC Linux installed.  Best way to experience it is to go to download the CD ISO, burn it, and boot up a PC with it.  It's pretty snappy even on my old P233 laptop.  If you like what you see, burn a extra copy or two and show your friends.  Since it's open source (ie free as in beer), it's a wonderful thing to share with others.  Oh, and please leave feed back (good or bad) to the Devs, they like knowning others are trying out their code. :-D

Dammy

Hi Dammy,

Thanks for the information. I followed your links and downloaded the CD ISO. I also downloaded ISO Recorder V2 to create the actual AROS booting CD. Within 10 minutes, I was all setup and browsing through the AROS Extras demos. Very nice. Thanks!

Fester

[Heinz]

@motorollin

 It doesn't run 68k Amiga software.

Not natively, but you can of course run them using E-UAE.  ;-)

[Marco]

Heinz wrote:
Not natively, but you can of course run them using E-UAE.  ;-)

Which _really_ needs integrating more fully, hint, hint, nudge, nudge, shove, crash, bang.

Though integrated UAE is the least of my concerns for it, the lack of a proper installer and  the inability to play nice with dual boot and other OSs are my primary peevs.

[dammy]

Not natively, but you can of course run them using E-UAE.

Hopefully there will be a major announcement sometime in December about E-UEA.

Dammy

[cecilia]

I also check out info here

curently I am using WinAros_Light_QEMU.zip on a flash drive. It works great! and I can carry it around and show others on their PC.