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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"This sounds rather cool, but I'd think it would take a few seconds for the monitor to adjust to a new color depth. I'm a big fan of virtual desktops (I have 16 on my GNOME2 and KDE3 desktops), but I don't really see the point of having virtual desktops with different color depths and resolutions. "
Then you may not have a use for it. BeOS has this feature too. Each virtual desktop can have a different background, resolution and color depth. It's awesome really. Aside from testing web pages at different resolutions and color depths, it makes more sense to watch .mpg's and .avi's which are say 320x240 (or anything much smaller than your current resolution) at say 640x480. The quality is better and the performace is better. If you have a particular app that needs more screen real estate you can give it that real estate and then go back to the lower resolution for other work like word processing etc... It's fast too. I can't say I have ever sat there and said "gee, I wish it didn't take so long to switch resolutions and color depths". A second or two is nothing when you consider the benefits.
Of course, I can switch res./col. depth without a reboot in XP as well, it just isn't as easy or fast to do.
Satori.