06 July 2021, 21:45 | #1 |
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AeonOS - A new OS coming from A-EON ?
From Amiga-News.de:
"A-EON is already internally testing Alpha releases of their own operating system Allegedly, A-EON's OS4 licenses expired quite some time ago and sources claim the company is not trying to apply for a new one. amiga-news.de has now received screenshots from an anonymous source that seem to be from a private forum A-EON is running for their betatesters. The screenshots show a posting from late May, in which Matthew 'Amigakit' Leaman announces the availability of the first Alpha release of "Enhancer Software Release V54". The term "Operating System" is never used, but Leaman's description clearly refers to a standalone system. Leaman refers to the download available to Betatesters as a "Distribution". It's said to be a bootable ISO image, although the installation instructions explain how to use an existing AmigaOS 4.1 installation to set the new system up. The OS modules not yet reimplemented for the Enhancer project need to be copied from an existing AmigaOS installation into a drawer of the Enhancer system called 'Legacy:' - the distribution's installer apparently takes care of that. Leaman's description of the process is like this: "We are no longer installing the Enhancer Software over the OS 4.1.The OS 4.1 files are complementing the main Enhancer Software system". In his announcement, Leaman lists the developers who have contributed to the project so far (surnames added by amiga-news.de staff where known): Classes, Commodities: Daniel, Massimo [Tantignone], Thomas [Frieden?] Datatypes-System: Kevin Multiview, MultiEdit, X-Dock: Andy [Broad] Utilities, preferences, system tools: Fredrik [Wikstrom], Javier, Guillaume [Boesel] Neue Sensor-API, rejuvenated Mediatoolbox: Andrea Vallinotto Updated versions of Ringhio: Max [Tretene] Warp 3D Nova, (upcoming) modernised 2D graphics: Hans [de Ruiter] Shell commands: Constantinos Icons, other artwork: Martin [Merz] Other components owned by A-EON such as MediaToolbox, DVPlayer and the original Warp3D will "of course" (Leaman) also be included in the distribution." Are they really trying to recreate OS4 themselves, from scratch ?! This is why Amigakit is so aggressive on their copyright agenda ? Last edited by Ian; 08 July 2021 at 11:35. |
12 July 2021, 15:03 | #2 |
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Unbelievable. We’ll end up with 3 PPC systems:
- MorphOS - AmigaOS 4 - the Enhancer With no PPC-compatible hardware in production, with Tabor still not being released :/ |
12 July 2021, 16:06 | #3 |
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I'd really wish they'd all put their eggs into the MOS basket.
Anyway, I think Enhancer is a continuation of 4.1, not a contender. |
12 July 2021, 16:28 | #4 |
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or Enhancer will run on A-Eon hardware and OS 4.1 will run only on Classic PPC, WinUAE and Sam4x0.
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26 September 2021, 12:19 | #5 |
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Is A-EON still operative? There are no signs of life.
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26 September 2021, 13:05 | #6 |
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It is no continuation, it is an attempt to replace it when the real thing is alive and well. However given how poorly development is/was managed there, and the fact that they claimed the OS3 Enhancer Software and other things were imminent 5 years ago, and they never appeared, I don't think there is much chance it will be a real contender either :-D
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26 September 2021, 15:46 | #7 | |
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They should just salvage AOS4.x or whatever they're gonna call it by porting it to ARM. |
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26 September 2021, 19:52 | #8 | |
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Why waste so much R&D on their own hardware that is obsolete years before the products hit the market.. |
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26 September 2021, 20:45 | #9 | |
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It surprises me that the AROS and MorphOS guys haven't done a fully native RPi port yet... |
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27 September 2021, 10:09 | #10 | |
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27 September 2021, 10:54 | #11 |
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@BSzili:
Yes, there was an update this year; you didn't know? https://www.hyperion-entertainment.c...e-for-download |
27 September 2021, 15:07 | #12 |
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As a matter of fact I did know, and I have it installed since it came out. Regardless I find calling OS4 "alive and well" a very amusing statement, but I guess everyone has different standards
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27 September 2021, 15:49 | #13 | |
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Short answer, lack of developers. |
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27 September 2021, 21:36 | #14 |
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You're probably not wrong, but it needs to be seen in a wider perspective.. They "threw away" lots of R&D resources on the hardware. If they instead focused purely on porting to ARM resources could have been shuffled around..
Also, deadlines don't seem to be a thing in OS4 land so a slow road to ARM would look good today if they started say when RBP 2 was released way back in 2015. |
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