Hello amigamia, Thanks for the positive response. I didn't think to contact P2P, since I am only asking questions and do not have any solutions. However, you have a good idea. After all, P2P has been crowd-funding longer than most kickstarters. It would be interesting to get their input and suggestions. So I will shoot them a link to this thread in hope of a reply. My guess is that P2P would be ok with milestones depending on how the bounty is written. Another problem with AROS bounties is that the developers work with ABIv1 and the rest of us use a distro based on ABIv0. So the devs consider a bounty complete when it works on their ABIv1 development systems, yet we cannot use their work until it gets back-ported to ABIv0, frustrating all parties. Edit: Yet another problem with bounties is actually writing them. People are always proposing bounties and willing to contribute. But when people discuss which items should be included, or how to word the bounty, the whole thing usually falls apart. Too bad there is no standard fill-in-the-blanks bounty format ;)

Hey cavemann, I have to agree with you 100% but have you tried to contact Bill Buck from Power2People? I believe that's where all the bounties are managed. [url]http://www.power2people.org/contact[/url]

It has been a long time since I donated to an AROS bounty, mostly imo, the economy has not been that good. But also I think there may be some basic problems with our bounty system. Let's say we want someone to assemble a jigsaw puzzle. After awhile someone takes the bounty, but soon realizes he doesn't have enough time to complete it. Since he won't get paid for completing half, he puts the pieces back in the box and walks away. In other words, perhaps a bounty should have milestones, after a project reaches a certain agreed upon point, the developer might be eligible for a part of the bounty, so that work done is not lost. (Assuming another developer would want to build on the first devs work.) But also, most modern projects are really too large for one developer. There should be a way to split the bounty so that if Huey does 50% of the puzzle, Louie does 30%, and Dewie does 20%, they could all be compensated fairly. But of course, Dewie would say that his pieces were all one color and the hardest section, so he should get more. I don't have any answers, but these issues should be looked at, if we really expect some of the more complex bounties to be completed.

Ambasa OS allows you to run several operating systems at the same time​. Perfect for programmers and beta testers. Minimum Requirements: 2.20GHz AMD Athlon II Dual-Core or compadible microprocessor 1MB L2 cache 3GB DDR3 or compadible system memory ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 or compadible graphics card 320GB Hard Drive (5400RPM) DVD-RW or compadible mutimedia drive 1366x768 or higher resolution ISO: https://copy.com/NM7wUk4UbM6z MD5: https://copy.com/ncx7wOmqrNng Support: http://ambasa.x10.mx/forum/ and best of all it still comes with AROS pre-installed. :D

Hi amigamia, Now that i read back my writings, i realize that may have sounded a bit reproached (which wasn't my intention). sorry for that. Seeing the specs of the machine (which are pretty similar as my eebox) i will certainly try that (if even to check out the gui as you mentioned). I've used eeebuntu in the past (but that seems currently dead, or as they call it 'integrated in mainstream ubuntu' ), and now have ubuntu installed with wubi.(unfortunately i still do require the windblows part, which i currently cannot solve with whine). thanks for the mentioning, otherwise i would not have found it myself (i'm such a no-no when it comes to such things :D )

[quote] ElementaryOS.... hmz, you are not the person that uses the most mainstream solutions, are you ? [/quote] Hey Magorium, ElementaryOS is basically Ubuntu Linux but packed in a more user friendly way. The UI is very similar to MAC OS X with some additional perks. It works very well on my HP Mini 1000 with 1GB RAM, it's lightweight, simple but yet elegant. You should take a look at it yourself. That's the kind of interface I envision one day for AROS.

Nice you got things working. hopefully you'll be able to enjoy. ElementaryOS.... hmz, you are not the person that uses the most mainstream solutions, are you ? ah well, aros isn't that mainstream as well :D in case of aros problems, you'll know where to find me B)

I managed to make it work. I installed ElementaryOS to replace PearOS. Once done I was able to go in eOS and modify the grub config to add the AROS entries in there. Now the options come up when I hold the shift key down upon boot.

Thanks Magorium. I will look into it next week end. This week is going to be busy for me

That is not going to solve itself automatically :( [url=http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Aros/Platforms/x86_installing#How_to_setup_an_already_installed_OS_after_an_AROS_install]Here[/url] you can read more. afaik you would need to add your linux entry manually. As you can see, you should have done it the other way around :@ But no harm, if you know where your linux was installed. Be aware that the drive-index-numbers have changed with grub 2. i have no idea what aspireos uses (as it is rather old now).

Hello AROSIANS, I have recently installed AspireOS on HP Mini 1000 along side PearOS Linux. Problem is that I installed AspireOS after, which wiped my grub config to boot in linux and now I only have the AROS menu entries. How do I auto-configure grub in AROS to bring the linux boot items back? I found online there is a utility called grub-mkconfig but I can seem to find it in AspireOS. Any idea?

The results are in (and I am surprised again this year). [url]http://obligement.free.fr/hitparade/award2013.php[/url]

I've finally got around to trying Red Eclipse. Like Assault Cube Reloaded, it's basicly a multiplayer team deathmatch fps. Although I only tried it in single player mode. I'm probably not the best person to give an overview, since I prefer the old monster-filled, level-clearing, find-the-exit shooters. But I'll make a couple of points. Unlike the cube series, the Red Eclipse menus are very nice. I've also noticed that the frame rate seems much better than Assault cube (at least on my gf-8400), the action is smoother and not as jerky. Sad to say, I still could not get the gamma adjustment to work, so many level maps had areas that were dark and difficult to navigate. Also, some levels don't load correctly. When that happens, I switch to the Workbench screen and click cancel on the requester until the level is finished loading. It seems to play ok after that. Overall I think Red Eclipse should place higher than Assault Cube Reloaded. On the subject of Assault Cube, I mentioned before that I was getting graphic glitches. Well it seems I was causing the problem myself. Instead of hitting the 'w' key to go forward, I sometimes hit the 'e' key by mistake. That puts the game into a strange graphics mode. So be careful not to hit a wrong key ;) Of course, this overview is just a starting point. Go find out which Aros game is best for yourself :)

Shooters are very popular so my guess is that Assault Cube Reloaded will win. But that would not be my choice. Here is my humble opinion of this years nominees. -Ri-Li 2.0.0 Nice graphics presentation. Better than average snake gameplay. But what could be worse than a commercial nag screen... a political nag screen. Not this years best, but the best game of the lot, imo. -Super Tirititran 0.9.0.1 Tirititran is Spanish for rat-a-tat-tat. This is a 1941 style vertical scroller, but instead of flying a plane, you are a flying as a super hero. I haven't got very far and seem to die very quickly. Unhappily, the entire game is in Spanish and there is no translation. So many aspects of the game are a mystery to me. Although the Menus seem quite professional, the game itself is perhaps a notch better than your average shareware. -Assault Cube Reloaded 2.5.9 I am not a fan of the Cube series. First off, the menus are confusing to me, and hard to navigate. Then usually I seem to get graphic glitches, if not at first then after a few minutes. There are no gamma settings, so many maps are not very playable. Finally, I prefer a single player fps, and the single player mode for this game is just an after thought. -Speed Dreams 2 The average game speed on my gforce-8400 was about 4 frames per second, which gets tiresome pretty fast. :( -Zod Engine I could not get past the title screen. (My network might be the problem, I can only guess.) :( -Shadow Warrior Classic Redux I can play the good old DOS classic for free. Do I really need to pay Steam 10 bucks to get the data for this version? :( -Red Eclipse 1.4 Huge download, so I did not try this one... no opinion.

@amigamia: I've made a wordpad document (about a year or perhaps two ago) including graphics using virtualbox. I did it for someone who asked more or less the same asking it on a-e forums. I've tried uploading that document as article on this board, but somehow failed. I've never bothered to mention it further because u was busy :) Now... were in the world did i put that document.... :S

Thanks a million magorium. I am going to definitely try that this week end. If these steps work, maybe you can put them as an Article in here?

@amigamia: [quote]I finally have some time and I need to catch up.[/quote] cool. hope you'll enjoy it :) [quote] I actually tried AspireOS on an HP Mini 1000 and I liked it a lot. [/quote] That's a good start ... [quote] I also tried Icaros but for some reason that kept crashing. [/quote] most instability issues arise from the drivers concerning gfx-card. Paolo even made special LKE (Legacy Kernel Edition) for people with problems. So as a wild guess, try booting (non LKE) icaros using the Vesa resolution grub option and see if that helps. If you really want to nail this then some more info is required. your call :) [quote] I now have Pear Linux 8 installed (I love this version of linux) and I am going to set it up as dual boot with AspireOS but I have one dilemma. [/quote] Dilemma's are made to be solved :p [quote] How to install AROS from a USB drive? [/quote] You install AROS from a USB drive, by first installing it onto a USB drive :) Once you booted icaros there is an icon on the workbench that is called installaros. Clicking this icon will install aros onto selected (2nd) device. [quote] Is there a way to copy AROS on a USB drive and boot from it? [/quote] Ofcourse, there is :) Although copying is not how it is done. you need to install it first, so that the drive uses sfs filesystem. [quote] The HP mini 1000 doesn't have a dvd player and I borrowed it from a friend to install AROS. [/quote] DVD is so 80's.... or was it 90's :) Can the machine you want to install aros onto, boot off an usb-pendrive (or usb HD) ? If the answer is yes, then that is imo the easiest way (without burning dvd/cd). [quote] I tried unetbootin and yumi but it does not boot [/quote] This definitely should go into a faq or something as it is the most asked question/complain around these days :) AROS has no support for loopback drivers, ergo such solutions will fail (whatever solution choosen). This might change in the future (or not). [quote] Anyone have any idea how? [/quote] The easiest solution ? (well at least it is for me when machine is able to boot off an USB-device). 1 - Boot the [url=http://www.icarosdesktop.com/icarosfiles/IcarosLive_1_5_2.7z.exe]icaros 1.5.2 full-dvd release[/url] .iso file in a virtual machine (VM) 2 - insert pendrive (or usb hd) in VM. 4GB is pretty cramped, better use 8GB. 3 - click the installaros icon and install onto USB device. 4 - close down VM and use usb device in (other) machine to boot icaros 5 - use icaros this way as real OS, or use installaros icon to install it onto internal drive/partition. Make sure that your virtual machine has USB 2.0 turned off (in certain setups aros has difficulties with it). Please note that any physical machine for using virtualization software can be used (read: borrowed from neighbour, employer) as long as it can run virtualization software and has an usb connection. creating such a USB-device (preferably pendrive) you can boot icaros from any machine that supports booting this way and allows you to install aros onto the machine. Make sure you read [url=http://www.icarosdesktop.com/icarosfiles/IcarosDesktop_manual.pdf]icaros desktop manual[/url] (chapter installing, pendrive) If you have any questions, then please let me know which step is unclear (or not working for you) or otherwise requires attention. I wrote a _very_ short summary. good luck!

Hi Magorium It has been a long time since I tweaked with AROS. I finally have some time and I need to catch up. I actually tried AspireOS on an HP Mini 1000 and I liked it a lot. I like the look and feel and the stability. I also tried Icaros but for some reason that kept crashing. I didn't spend much time troubleshooting though. I now have Pear Linux 8 installed (I love this version of linux) and I am going to set it up as dual boot with AspireOS but I have one dilemma. How to install AROS from a USB drive? Is there a way to copy AROS on a USB drive and boot from it? The HP mini 1000 doesn't have a dvd player and I borrowed it from a friend to install AROS. However, I do not want to ask for it all the time.:( I tried unetbootin and yumi but it does not boot :o Anyone have any idea how? :|

[quote]Ok, TORCS is gone now.[/quote] phew... saved by the whistle :D [quote]Not everyone has native graphics, so some of the first person shooters are a tough call. Even with native IGMA sometimes mesa can run a bit slow. And also, some people don't like shooters anyway.[/quote] especially the missing of accelarated graphics is what keeps most people away from those. And indeed fps is also not really my thing. u can give me an rpg anytime to fill that hole :D [quote]My topmost Aros fave is still Neverball.[/quote] Since i spend hours on monkeyball on the cube, i prbably would have to agree, weren't it for the missing supported gfx card :( [quote]Hey, at least we have a chance to vote for an Aros game. [/quote] Can't argue with that :) @amigamia: It's definitely worth it. but then again i am a biased aros user :D There are at least a couple of good ports available and the os itself keeps progressing (although perhaps not so much on the outside). You can always check things out with virtualization software like virtual box or vmware (on a fast enough machine that is) nice to see you in action again amigamia :)

I've to get an AROS machine going soon before I miss all this fun :-(