Aros Vision 2.0 online based in Magellan

[OlafS3]

On my download-page you can download version 2.0 of AROS Vision.



Highlights:
Based on Magellen (SAS Version)
AREXX integrated (Regina)
Snapshoter
OWB (AROS Version), Netsurf and AWeb integrated
Updated System files
Hotkeys added (description on download-page)
Filetypes for the most important picture and sound formats including AVI
Packer-support
and mucb more

download:
http://www.aros-platform.de/html/distribution_download.html

[OlafS3]

On my download-page you can download version 2.0 of AROS Vision.



Highlights:
Based on Magellen (SAS Version)
AREXX integrated (Regina)
Snapshoter
OWB (AROS Version), Netsurf and AWeb integrated
Updated System files
Hotkeys added (description on download-page)
Filetypes for the most important picture and sound formats including AVI
Packer-support
and mucb more

download:
http://www.aros-platform.de/html/distribution_download.html

one small comment, the snapshoter uses fast mem without being in use. So I would recommend to quit it after start or remove from startup-sequence and only start it when needed.

[NovaCoder]

Looking good

Have you spoken to Toni about getting this included with the WinUAE distro?

What kind of speed are you seeing on a real RTG 060 now, is it usable?

[pVC]

That button bank on bottom should also use prettier custom icons/images and maybe some nice background graphics etc

[OlafS3]

That button bank on bottom should also use prettier custom icons/images and maybe some nice background graphics etc

Already on my todo list :-)

regarding background graphics I am always open for new ideas. Up to now functionality had higher priority.

[OlafS3]

Looking good

Have you spoken to Toni about getting this included with the WinUAE distro?

What kind of speed are you seeing on a real RTG 060 now, is it usable?

No the idea is new. I spoke with Cloanto to integrate it as addon but I have to reduce size (considerably) and right now have other priorities. I want to make it to the best (feature-rich) 68k distribution first before I think about it :-).

Toni Wilen distributes more than WinUAE with his roms? Was not aware of that.

[OlafS3]

Looking good

Have you spoken to Toni about getting this included with the WinUAE distro?

What kind of speed are you seeing on a real RTG 060 now, is it usable?

I hope Wawa can test it. I have no capable hardware (only emulation) so I cannot test it. But it "feels" much faster compared to "Wanderer" (beside no bugs and much more functionality)

[ferrellsl]

@Olaf

Olaf, I'm trying to see the point of another AROS distro that looks like the others except for the Wanderer desktop has been removed/replaced with Magellan.  What's wrong with Wanderer?  Wouldn't it have been easier and less confusing to just stick with Icaros or stock AROS and add a copy of Magellan?  I've used Wanderer quite a bit and it's quite mature and responsive on my 7 yr old Dell laptop.  I can understand users who are more comfortable managing files with Magellan and who would prefer using it over Wanderer.  But I can't see the value of creating another separate distro that has replaced Wandere with Magellan.

[nicholas]

@Olaf

Olaf, I'm trying to see the point of another AROS distro that looks like the others except for the Wanderer desktop has been removed/replaced with Magellan.  What's wrong with Wanderer?  Wouldn't it have been easier and less confusing to just stick with Icaros or stock AROS and add a copy of Magellan?  I've used Wanderer quite a bit and it's quite mature and responsive on my 7 yr old Dell laptop.  I can understand users who are more comfortable managing files with Magellan and who would prefer using it over Wanderer.  But I can't see the value of creating another separate distro that has replaced Wandere with Magellan.

Well you can try booting Icaros on your A1200 but you won't get very far, likewise you can try running Vision on your Dell laptop but you won't get very far with that either unless you run it in UAE.

[nicholas]

Looking good

Have you spoken to Toni about getting this included with the WinUAE distro?

What kind of speed are you seeing on a real RTG 060 now, is it usable?

Give me a week and I'll let you know how it runs on my A3000/060 with Picasso IV as I've just received an ATX PSU adapter for it this morning, just need to fit it when I get some free time.

[Methuselas]

I'd offer to test it, but I don't think my A500 would run it. Still waiting on someone making a decent accelerator for it. :/

[ferrellsl]

Well you can try booting Icaros on your A1200 but you won't get very far, likewise you can try running Vision on your Dell laptop but you won't get very far with that either unless you run it in UAE.

Doh!  My bad.  I didn't realize this was a 68K version of AROS.  Please ignore my earlier post Olaf!

[OlafS3]

Give me a week and I'll let you know how it runs on my A3000/060 with Picasso IV as I've just received an ATX PSU adapter for it this morning, just need to fit it when I get some free time.

that would be fine :-)

[OlafS3]

Doh!  My bad.  I didn't realize this was a 68K version of AROS.  Please ignore my earlier post Olaf!

To the general comment regarding "Why not Wanderer". Where should I start? I could tell you about the desktop features, Hotkey, file tpyes, file snooper and so on. To say it short... Wanderer would have to be very very heavily updated to be in any way competitive. When was the last substantial Wanderer update? And I do not talk about known bugs. So I will predict that all AROS distributions will use Magellan as desktop as soon as it is available for the different platforms. I heavily used and use Magellan and do not understand what people prefer at Wanderer. The only "advantage" Wanderer has, it is based on Zune (what a problem is because by this Wanderer inherits every Zune bug). If people want that they can still downgrade Magellan to a kind of Wanderer but it makes no sense. Magellan gives you every freedom and that is what I enjoy at it.

[bloodline]

Doh!  My bad.  I didn't realize this was a 68K version of AROS.  Please ignore my earlier post Olaf!

Actually it's not very clear that AROS Vision is for 68K Amigas... I wonder how many others don't realise this fact?