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[Forum] Freescale donates 10 PegasosPPC machines to Gentoo developersANN.lu
Posted on 11-Oct-2004 10:58 GMT by MrZammler24 comments
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Check this out: http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20041011-newsletter.xml#doc_chap1.

While they mention that MOS is pre-installed there, I'm assuming they'll not be concentrating their efforts on MOS stuff. (that's to be expected of course from a linux distro). So, while it is nice that Amiga-ish hardware finds it's way to people outside of the community, do you think that this is of any good for the Amiga platform in general? Or is it a sign that Amiga-like OSes just doesnt cut it for the 21st century?
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Posted by AdmV on 11-Oct-2004 09:15 GMT
How does an Amiga OS fit in today's situation?

When released, Amiga OS as far as I understand was built formost as a gaming machine/OS - including the custom equipment for the sound ,GFX, and thus it fitted very nicely into Multimedia which due to the display being a TV fitted into an explosive market.

Today, Amiga OS lives on retro-capabilities. It plays old games, and old apps, or updated apps. You can I guess apply that to MOS or AROS, Amithlon and UAE.

If amiga OS is to have some kind of future, I would suggest this and only from my personal view.

1. An OS that is nice for the user.
2. A stable OS.
3. Development tools and API's that allow applications and games, network tools and other areas to be developed.
4. A modern look and feel.
5. An OS that is as open as possible.

Right now, I am not sure Amiga OS even is capable of matching what is on offer in any of the mainstream OS's. Its capabilities have been around for a long time and its lacking in rather a lot of areas, as you would expect for an oldish OS. To bring people back into this OS would require major changes, beyond people being fond of it.
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