Is AROS and AmigaOS 4.1 the samething?

[phoenixkonsole]

AEROS r4 will be available in last quarter of 2013 for ARM, PPC and x86.

AEROS r4 itself comes with no AROS except the 68k Version. LX68k isn't working yet as it should but in "theory" you can run Linux apps from the emulated 68k environment.

AEROS r4 will also come with a boot loader which allows to install "native" AROS distributions, they will be automatically added to the Boot loader.

BIOS->AEROS->Bootloader->AROS/AmigaOS/LINUX.
You can also install some PPC OS on top of it, while in fact using a x86 machine.

Personally i am checking the possibility of an ARES PPC with MOS/AmigaOS and AROS. Based around the SAM460ex.

The ARM version is working on an 13.3 inch MW8550 Notebook available for less than 170€ or less than 80€ if ordered as 1K batch.

[ferrellsl]

I know I'll get flamed for saying it but I've used Aros, OS4 and MorphOS and of the 3, I have to say that Aros and MorphOS were superior in many ways compared to OS4.  The comments about Aros requiring you to use outdated or second-hand hardware are total BS.  Aros has some very narrow hardware requirements especially when it comes to wireless networks cards but I installed it on a Dell laptop with an nVidia GPU and have been very pleased with it.  The only changes I had to make in terms of hardware was to replace the wireless card with an Aros-supported card.  Aros also runs circles around OS4 and MorphOS just due to the fact that it takes advantage of modern x86-64 processors.  If I had to rank the 3 OS's in terms of usability and performance, I'd rate Aros at the top, followed by MorphOS and lastly OS4.

[nicholas]

I know I'll get flamed for saying it but I've used Aros, OS4 and MorphOS and of the 3, I have to say that Aros and MorphOS were superior in many ways compared to OS4.  The comments about Aros requiring you to use outdated or second-hand hardware are total BS.  Aros has some very narrow hardware requirements especially when it comes to wireless networks cards

How did I forget, how many wireless cards does OS4 support exactly?

but I installed it on a Dell laptop with an nVidia GPU and have been very pleased with it.  The only changes I had to make in terms of hardware was to replace the wireless card with an Aros-supported card.  Aros also runs circles around OS4 and MorphOS just due to the fact that it takes advantage of modern x86-64 processors.  If I had to rank the 3 OS's in terms of usability and performance, I'd rate Aros at the top, followed by MorphOS and lastly OS4.

MorphOS is much more polished than AROS, but it's not far behind these days.  OS4 isn't much better than a fully tweaked Amiga OS 3.9 install.

[trekiej]

Same Middle Earth different Character.

[AmigaClassicRule]

Same Middle Earth different Character.

I think I opened a can of worms that is now not possible to close :insane: I think I can just conclude that in the end it is really a matter of preference. I will take that as a final answer to my original post question.

[nicholas]

Making drivers for AROS is an incredibly difficult process

Where do you get this crap from? It's no more difficult than writing drivers for the Amiga OS, MorphOS or OS4.

so there's a latency between release of hardware and drivers emerging; hence most hardware you can get that's new isn't natively supported by AROS.

Just because you repeat a lie over and over again it doesn't make it any truer.

Tell me, what new hardware that is released does OS4 support? Oh that's right, none whatsoever.

It doesn't even support the hardware in its flagship machine fully.

What is it with a large segment of OS4 users seeming to only be able to enjoy their chosen OS by spreading lies about MOS/AROS?

If you had made valid complaints then fair enough but you've done nothing but make yourself look ridiculous with the nonsense you've been spewing in this thread.

[eliyahu]

I think I opened a can of worms that is now not possible to close :insane: I think I can just conclude that in the end it is really a matter of preference. I will take that as a final answer to my original post question.

well said. thread closed before it turns into a flame-fest.

:flame:

-- eliyahu

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