AROS, also known as AROS research operating system, is an operating system first released in 1996. It is similar to the Amiga operating system, and runs on a variety of platforms including IA-32, x86-64, PowerPC, m68k, and ARM. It is compatible with any program written for the AmigaOS.
Available AROS distributions
- Icaros Desktop, whose features include Amiga 68 K emulation and 3D acceleration for NVIDIA GPUs
- Broadway, a newer distribution aimed at being an introduction to AROS
- AspireOS, a distribution for Acer Aspire One netbooks
- AROS Vision, a native m86 k distribution
Amiga, Distribution, Emulation, GPU, Linux, NVIDIA, Operating System terms
AROS is hosted on SourceForge at aros.sourceforge.net.
