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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Matt Parsons, good to see a more open minded AROS developer (with regard to me) here on OSNews.
> AROS certainly does appear to be slower, but that is due
> to the fact that the native version is only using the
> ancient 4bit VGA graphics modes at the moment.
And that was exactly the point I was making. From a user's point of view Bernie's solution *currently* is ALOT faster. That emulator truly flies on x86 hardware, regardless of all the performance penalties imposed by emulation. AROS does not fly at all! Maybe internally you have versions with great graphic card drivers, maybe internally you have it running much faster and more optimised, but externally I can't judge this.
Note, that I have always pointed Amiga users/developers who are interested in open source to the existance of AROS. IMO open source has great value for educational purposes, I do believe that fulltime developed commercial projects mostly offer much better end results and this in much shorter time spans. Sorry if that may offend you, but I clearly stated that this is my personal opinion and it is not in any way meant personally.