installing AROS on a Virtual Machine https://aros-vision.de/Install_VM.html

next page describing using wanderer desktop https://aros-vision.de/Wanderer.html

[quote name=OlafSch post=14533]@OlafSch - new page about general how are preferences done in aros https://aros-vision.de/Aros_Preferences.html[/quote] Great job. I linked to your guide on the Raspberry Pi forum. [url]https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?p=2387984#p2387984[/url]

[quote name=OlafSch post=14533]@OlafSch - new page about general how are preferences done in aros https://aros-vision.de/Aros_Preferences.html[/quote] You're doing a great job, covering all the important parts for new users.

new page about general how are preferences done in aros https://aros-vision.de/Aros_Preferences.html

https://aros-vision.de/Aros_Glossary.html

I have started with a glossary page

On the audio I would point out we do have HDA, AC97 drivers even though we don’t always have the latest and greatest codec support for it. plus the recent hdmi audio support for both the nvidia cards and the raspberry pi.

This is some of the information I'm including in the Introduction Section for my AROS Desktop PDF Guide. At the end of the user guide there will be a section about Links to Further Information. I'd like to list your website documentation there.

new page describing the architecture https://aros-vision.de/Aros_System.html

Correction.. "USB stack USB support on AROS is implemented by using the open source version of . Poseidon is a commercial product but author Chris Hodge permitted to make the source codes at a certain time open source. It is used on both AROS and MorphOS. Poseidon itself is commercial on AmigaOS 3.1 but no new versions for a long time. Backport is permitted and recently someone worked on it." Chris not only Opened it at the time he did the original port himself.

aros.org would be a good location to put the Beginner User Guide. There's already some information there. Just add to it. :-) There's no reason we can have PDF User Guides for the desktop too. I like having pictures in my guides.

[quote name=coffeecat post=14432]@coffeecat - I'd propose setting up MediaWiki or even a public repo on GitHub where more people could contribute While working on the term, I figured out how many things are possible in the user/startup sequence, which I did not know 20 years ago. The same goes for, e.g., AppleScript, which I currently use heavily -> 30 years later, I discovered that I could do many of those things with Arexx.[/quote] All Info: http://www.aros.org/documentation/using.html http://www.aros.org/documentation/shell/introduction.html http://www.aros.org/cs/documentation/shell/scripts.html https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Aros/User/DOS

[quote name=coffeecat post=14427]@coffeecat - Thank you for putting this together! I wonder if a small “first steps” section could make it even more useful for people coming to AROS without an Amiga background. Things like assigns, SYS: and RAM: might be completely new to them. A few simple examples, such as moving between directories, listing files, and launching a program, with a short explanation of what’s happening, could be a helpful starting point before diving into the command reference. It’s easy for those of us familiar with AmigaOS to forget how much we’ve picked up over the years.[/quote] thanks for ideas yes that is a good idea for someone who never used amigas or left amiga platform in early ninetees it is certainly difficult to get in the platform there should be manuals, be it pdf or online, who are dedicated to this group

I'd propose setting up MediaWiki or even a public repo on GitHub where more people could contribute While working on the term, I figured out how many things are possible in the user/startup sequence, which I did not know 20 years ago. The same goes for, e.g., AppleScript, which I currently use heavily -> 30 years later, I discovered that I could do many of those things with Arexx.

I think this is a great idea! I'm also writing a AROS PDF User Guide intended for new users and more experienced users. The introduction & first couple sections are dedicated to new users. It details the History of Amiga-like OS'es including AROS. It lists some of common directory structure, the terminology such as Workbench, Drawers and Files. Prefs and Drawer names that contain system files. We can share information. ;-)

Thank you for putting this together! I wonder if a small “first steps” section could make it even more useful for people coming to AROS without an Amiga background. Things like assigns, SYS: and RAM: might be completely new to them. A few simple examples, such as moving between directories, listing files, and launching a program, with a short explanation of what’s happening, could be a helpful starting point before diving into the command reference. It’s easy for those of us familiar with AmigaOS to forget how much we’ve picked up over the years.

webpage for beginners explaining shell, handler, devices and dos commands https://aros-vision.de/Shell.html I used AI for creating the text

If anyone is interested in the new laptop-style dock (with a 10-hour battery), it has been listed again at the bargain price of £50. [url]https://www.ebay.pl/itm/287466129655?_skw=pi-top&itmmeta=01M27WEQC1AP05FGV7H8SKVN5M&hash=item42ee5108f7:g:u3cAAOSwj~VnQJBu&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAAwGfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xCh55LY8wSPG44svdiDpnr2%2Faab%2F01EuHMZW9pFNAWk17o2s3b6L2f4K4n0%2BDr84SLdpo%2Fe%2B8HsZcvxzgDnsy%2F2e59SXEwIYx7T8nt8Ov4S%2F2MS370EGiTiQUB%2Bvg0lOtvCwe7jY47GMfhq8bChlqsMDry2%2Fr9L2c2FNE7uxSQKJecerLJWU6LUAEP4agShXwPsSW%2Bg0mIL4KmmHMp7c72vLA9ZibsHpfuJr40DExYHzA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR6D2uvyRaA[/url]

[quote name=miker1264 post=14337]@miker1264 - Thanks for moving forward on documentation. It's important for new users to have for reference. I also started writing three PDF User Guides. AROS Desktop Guide, Hardware Configuration & Magellan User Guide (condensed version). I'll provide them here for you when completed. Another AROS user is assisting with some of the hardware user guide. I mainly do software.[/quote] I think documentation is most important right now when new users without amiga knowledge become interested. AROS as amiga based is very different. That makes it interesting but also difficult to start. I look at it through my 68k glasses but something like that is needed for all platforms, be it X86/AMD64 or ARM or perhaps RISC-V and of course 68k