Icaros Desktop

[EugeneNine]

What formats can Finalwriter open, ODT maybe?

[terminills]

Originally Posted by EugeneNine

What formats can Finalwriter open, ODT maybe?

ODF file formats are planned. This was really more of a bug fix / minor update release. So the best way for me to get it tested was to allow it to be included as a demo/ prerelease in Icaros.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

IcarOS Installed on my little one ACER Aspire One ZG5, works LAN Network, Wireless and supports Audio Card and Video Card

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Icaros Desktop 2.2 Nuova release della più famosa Distro AROS by Paolone

Icaros Desktop 2.2: Download

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After so many months of development, Icaros Desktop 2.2 is now available for download. The new release expands the ability to run the distribution in hosted mode (introduced with last Xmas Preview), allowing Linux and Windows users to run their applications - with no limitations - from the AROS shell and graphic interface. The new "HostBridge" technology can also open files and even set Linux/Windows programs as default tools for AROS projects. But that's not the only news about Icaros 2.2. The most popular AROS distribution for PC has now a brand new look, with new decoration theme, new desktop and new Magellan toolbars; it also includes new programs (like Slarti and ZunePaint), and brings all included software to the latest release


More news and screenshots HERE:


NEW FROM ICAROS DESKTOP 2.1.3

- Updated AROS system files to feb 20th nightly build, plus some further updates here and there
+ introduced more than 16 Months of changes from AROS developers
- Added Windows hosted environment option
+ installation script for Windows 2000/XP/7/8.x/10/Server 20xx
+ Documents directory automatically mounted on AROS
- Added HostBridge for Icaros in hosted mode
+ users can access Windows and Linux programs
+ use Windows or Linux apps to open AROS files from GUI and AROS shell
+ transparent path conversion from AROS to native format
+ use Windows or Linux apps as default tools
+ add whatever Linux or Windows application you like
+ you may use Icaros Desktop as GUI to drive your host OS
- Updated Windows hosted installation script
+ easy access to Windows volumes and Linux filesystem
+ added warning about current status of Windows port
- New desktop theme with modern "flat-white" decoration
- Updated user interface using Magellan
+ no more confusing toolbar on the top right corner
+ new lister toolbar with labels for common file operations
- Added MuiMapparium and updated Mapparium
- Added ZunePaint, a handy brilliant AROS image editor
- Added minipicolisp to development languages
- Updated ZuneView to latest version
- Updated ZuneFig to latest version
- Updated (again) user manual to reflect latest changes
- Added icoutils, wput, gsar and other utilities in C
- Updated MUIRoyale to version 1.6
- Updated Zune MCC classes to latest release
- Updated HFinder to latest release
- Updated SnapIT to latest release
- Added ogg encoder-decoder to utilities
+ integrated HFinder in Magellan to search for files
- Fixed: Zune prefs now shows class icons on the left
- Fixed: OWB now displays images correctly
- Fixed: AROS 68K in coherency mode now works again
- Added Linux hosted environment option
+ ubuntu/mint-based distros compatible installation script
+ network and audio setup automatically performed on the AROS side
+ user Home directory automatically mounted on AROS
+ implementing Icaros-daemon for Linux (still work in progress)
- Updated SFSundelete to a newer version
- Updated SYSmon to a newer version
- Updated dgen and MAME to latest releases
- Added protracker to multimedia tools
- Added complete AISS package to distribution
+ Installation performed only under user request, within Icaros installation
- Changed directory structure in Extras
- Moved FryingPan and Cinnamon Writer back to Extras
+ this makes them available on Icaros Live! edition only
- Moved Protrekkr and LunaPaint to Utilities
+ this makes them available on Icaros Light edition too!
- Cleaned some parts of S:icaros-sequence startup script
- Updated user manual to version 2.2
- Fixed some little bugs in Icaros installation procedure

[ptyerman]

Nice, been waiting for 2.2 to be released. Downloading now.

[Seiya]

thanks

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Small test on a virtual system of IcarOS 2.2

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[AMIGASYSTEM]

Options in GRUB menus to disable certain components for debugging:

Disable ATA: "ATA=off"
ATA safe mode: "ATA=nodma,32bit"
Disable AHCI/SATA: remove ahci.device line with Ctrl-K.
Disable USB: remove pciusb.device and poseidon.library lines with Ctrl-K.
Disable native graphics: "nomonitors"

Disabling audio can't be done in GRUB, but disabling the startup sound in Icaros prefs should prevent it from starting (unless you plug USB device in or out, which may play a sound).

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Icaros Desktop 2.2.1 Download


First update to Icaros Desktop 2.2 is now available on Icaros website! This is a bugfix release which does not add new features or programs to the distribution, but it refreshes AROS system files and corrects many bugs.

These include::

- removed duplicated FinalWriter demo from Utilities
- removed duplicated MESA demos from Extras/Demos
- removed other duplicated files here and there
- replaced make with AROS one, now it should find makefiles as expected
- Aminet's version of make moved to Storage
- replaced ata.device with better working one
- replaced most AROS system files with newer components
- added alternative ATA device to advanced boot options
- removed faulty rtl8168 network device
- updated AROS 68K ROMs for playing games and demos
- started updating italian catalogs, starting with Wanderer menus

[Sinphaltimus]

OK, I'll give it another go. Last time I played with Icaros I was not able to utilitize AMIBRIDGE very effectively. We'll see how this goes...

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Originally Posted by Sinphaltimus

OK, I'll give it another go. Last time I played with Icaros I was not able to utilitize AMIBRIDGE very effectively. We'll see how this goes...

AMIBRIDGE Tutorial By Paolone
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[AMIGASYSTEM]

10 Years of Icaros Desktop

Icaros Desktop celebrates its 10 Years !

[Sinphaltimus]

Ever single Laptop I have installed ICAROS on gives me the exact same problem. I cannot set the AMIBRIDGE resolution. After integrating AF, when given the option to match screenmodes, the screen just goes grey and sits there forever. I reboot and go to the AMIBRIDGE menu below, far left and select Screenmode. Shortly after, grey screen.

Is there A trick to this I'm missing do I just have 7 incompatible laptops?

EDIT:
I think I may have discovered the issue on this particular laptop after doing some extensive google searches and filling in the blanks AND RTFM'ing.
I loaded AMIBRIDGE presets and used Windowed - The Amiga workbench started up fine. I look at the screenmodes and I can match the resolution of Icaros but not the screen depth.

In workbench, I'm only presented with 32 bit screen depths, in Icaros Desktop Prefs screenmode, I'm only able to set Icaros to 16 or 24 bit.

So there is no way I can match these settings.

So there is no way I can run workbench in full screen.

I'm guessing.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Icaros v2.2.2 release candidate available to supporters and beta testers

Icaros v2.2.2: Info and Dowload

A new release of Icaros Desktop is now available to beta testers and project supporters on Patreon (a supporter is a patron who's pledging 15 dollars/month or more). Since it's still a "beta" version, only the Live! edition ISO file is currently available for testing. This new version includes these enhancements:

- added FolderSync2
- added Appbuilder to demo programs
- added Gilbert to Games
- added GLColumns to OpenGL Games
- added MUI examples to Development
- added metaDiary to Applications
- added RTF-Riddle to Applications
- added Janus-UAE2 (WinUAE port) to Emulators
- added BackupCopy to Filesystems
- updated Hollywood plugins to latest version
- updated AROS libraries
- updated AROS system files
- added mod2wav to CLI commands
- added PDF to PNG option in Magellan GUI
- added MOD to wave option in Magellan GUI
- updated redit (68K) to version 2
- added GPmark to Benchmarks
- added b4sdl and HGui to develoment languages/tools
- added clipo to management tools
- added LuxCC to development tools
- added VMT to misc
- added VAMP to Multimedia players
- added AmiTimeKeeper to Networking
- updated cloud handlers for Gdrive and Dropbox
- AmiBridge can now be optional to save space on system partition
- added DigiClock: digital clock now shown on top right corner of menu bar

[Minuous]

What a scam, it is supposed to be open source freeware and yet now they are selling it!

[BSzili]

Tell me lies, Tell me sweet little lies
https://trac.aros.org/trac/browser

[Minuous]

@BSzili:

You can even read the same words "A new release of Icaros Desktop is now available to beta testers and project supporters on Patreon (a supporter is a patron who's pledging 15 dollars/month or more)" at http://vmwaros.blogspot.com.au/2018/...available.html if you don't believe Amigasystem.

[BSzili]

AROS is FOSS, you can get it via the link I gave you. Icaros Desktop is an AROS distribution. Do the existence of commercial Linux distributions mean Linux is a scam, and somehow no longer free or open source? What about closed source 3rd party programs and binary blob drivers?

[Minuous]

So each user is expected to compile it themselves!? No one is going to bother with that, it is not the 1990s anymore.

Suppressing the binary to gouge money from users is a user-hostile thing to do.

[BSzili]

What does "suppressing the binary" means? You can get the nightly builds for every architecture from the AROS website. You don't have to pay a dime for it.
So you clam that because AROS is FOSS every derivative work must be FOSS as well, othewise it's a scam? Is MorphOS is a scam as well, since uses AROS components and yet they "gouge money"?