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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, 11:32:54 PM »
aros68k obviously!! ;P
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Re: Too much AROS!
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2012, 11:34:01 PM »
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aros68k obviously!! ;P


*hands you your glasses* :)
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Re: Too much AROS!
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2012, 11:49:38 PM »
Nightly Build from aros.org for a quick test.
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IcarosDesktop for a more thorough test.

The other distributions out there i consider personal distros, people have personalised them to their own needs. Icaros is more a every man and his dog distro, it contains almost every piece of useful Aros software you can find.
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Re: Too much AROS!
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2012, 11:57:53 PM »
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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)


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.
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Re: Too much AROS!
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2012, 12:24:06 AM »
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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 #6 on: April 16, 2012, 12:26:01 AM »
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Need to install it to PC not run it from a DVD, presume Icaros can do this?


Yes.  There's an install script on the LiveDVD and CD-ROMs of Icaros.
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Re: Too much AROS!
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2012, 12:30:50 AM »
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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 #8 on: April 16, 2012, 12:49:11 AM »
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.
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Re: Too much AROS!
« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2012, 04:02:22 AM »
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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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Re: Too much AROS!
« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2012, 09:23:12 AM »
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Nightly Build from aros.org for a quick test.


Please don't recommend the nightlies to end users. They may not work and give a false impression.

For the average homemade-PC user, Icaros is the way to go.
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Re: Too much AROS!
« Reply #11 on: April 16, 2012, 09:48:19 AM »
"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"

The typical phrases from parts of MorphOS camp that I like so much...
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Re: Too much AROS!
« Reply #12 on: April 16, 2012, 10:08:45 AM »
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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)


Broadway is just more multimedia oriented. No problem with choices, there are also 68k, PPC and ARM builds.
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Re: Too much AROS!
« Reply #13 on: April 16, 2012, 10:27:08 AM »
I am generally not of the opinion. The number of distributions are the result of the broad coverage of Aros with different options like hosted (Linux, Android) and processors (X86, ARM, 68k, PPC). Icaros has the biggest number of features, AspireOS is dedicated to netbooks and not the volume of Icaros (more "Amiga"), Broadway X is in future a combination with linux, I work on the 68k distribution that will be downloadable alone and will be integrated in the big Aros distributions. And competition means that all new features will be very fast integrated in the distributions. Or do all here prefer the "speed" that we know in "amigaland". I prefer change...
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Re: Too much AROS!
« Reply #14 on: April 16, 2012, 10:55:31 AM »
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Please don't recommend the nightlies to end users. They may not work and give a false impression.

For the average homemade-PC user, Icaros is the way to go.


I said Nightly Build for quick test, you think someone will want to download 1 GB file just to see if it boots correctly?
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