Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 13th Sep 2002 20:26 UTC, submitted by Gareth
AROS, the AmigaOS clone which is being developed by Amiga enthousiasts, and who many regard it as the real future of the AmigaOS, now includes a simple WorkBench clone. Screenshots are available.
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"If AROS is an implementation of the Amiga API there will be dozens of apps, all they need is a re-compile.
People seem to forget the Amiga has been around 17 years... "
The trouble is that the source code for most Amiga programs is no
longer available, or in most cases would need porting from SAS C to
gcc.
So yes, there could be dozens, but not hundreds unless they include a
68k emulator, which ATM they regard as very low priority.
Originally, AROS was planned to be an exact functional clone of
AmigaOS 3.1, but that seems to have changed somewhat recently and it's
moving more toward being another new OS "inspired" by AmigaOS.
AROS is an impressive project, and it could be a final platform for
Amiga users if all the others fail.
The great thing about AmigaOSes is that there are so many of them
(like Linuces).