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 :-(

Ok, TORCS is gone now. Yeah, some of my favorites are not on the official list. Iirc, last years picks were rather slim too. 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. Not a big fan of Cavestory (it's ok), but agree that Tower Toppler and XLog!cal are good fun. If OpenRedAlert worked better I might agree on that one. My topmost Aros fave is still Neverball. Hey, at least we have a chance to vote for an Aros game. I haven't played some of them so I'd better try them out first ;)

in random order my favourites are: - OpenRedAlert - Flare - Tower Toppler - XLogical - Gigalomania - fade to black and (really my all time favourite, sorry cavemann/serk/others) [b]Cavestory[/b] But cavestory is missing from my list, as last year it was ported to AROS by BSzili. Didn't i complain about that last year ?? That, back then, cavestory was also not on the list of AROS ? Please note that _none_ of my favourites (for AROS) are mentioned in the list of Obligement. Ergo, what is my motivation to vote ? :/

@cavemann afaik u r correct. Torcs was never released for aros, at least not officially. nor have i seen bszili ask for testing. With all respect to the author, but that list sux. Here is mine (and i leave it up to the experts amongst us to tell if an older version was already ported earlier or not). [code]2012-10-24 Serk118uk Game: Nether Earth remake 0.52 2012-10-26 Serk118uk Game: Kill Everything That Moves 2 (WIP) 2012-10-31 Serk118uk Game: Tux Football 0.3.1 (WIP) 2012-11-17 Fabio Falcucci Game: G.E.M.Z. 2012-11-19 Serk118uk Game: sdlCC (Chinese Checkers) 2012-11-22 Szilard 'BSzili' Biro Game: Candy Crisis v20120715 2012-11-23 Szilard 'BSzili' Biro Game: Freesynd 0.6 2012-12-06 Serk118uk Game: Adrian 2012-12-07 Szilard 'BSzili' Biro Game: Duke Nukem 3D 4.2.2 (update) 2012-12-07 Szilard 'BSzili' Biro Game: Yamagi Quake II 4.90 (update) 2012-12-07 Szilard 'BSzili' Biro Game: Candy Crisis v20121206 2012-12-07 Szilard 'BSzili' Biro Game: Cave Story (Doukutsu Monogatari) 1.0.0.4 2012-12-07 Szilard 'BSzili' Biro Game: OpenBOR (Beats Of Rage engine) svn3742 2012-12-12 Szilard 'BSzili' Biro Game: OpenBOR (Beats Of Rage engine) svn3742 (update) 2012-12-14 Szilard 'BSzili' Biro Game: Candy Crisis v20121212 2013-01-04 Szilard 'BSzili' Biro Game: Darkplaces/Nexquiz 0.6.0 2013-01-09 Serk118uk Game: Ri-Li 2.0.1 2013-01-16 Serk118uk Game: Super-Tirititran (Spanish) 2013-01-28 Szilard 'BSzili' Biro Game: Wolfenstein Enemy Territory - Legacy 2.70rc1 2013-02-10 Mark Harman Game: Gigalomania 0.25 2013-02-23 Serk118uk Game: OpenRedAlert r462 2013-03-05 Szilard 'BSzili' Biro Game: Wolfenstein Enemy Territory - Legacy 2.71rc2 2013-03-06 Serk118uk Game: BlastGuy v3 2013-03-13 Szilard 'BSzili' Biro Game: Pushover 0.0.4 2013-03-14 Serk118uk Game: DestructionBombs 2013-03-17 kioniro Game: Flare 0.17.1 2013-03-28 Achim Kern Game: PengoBrain 1.1 2013-04-09 Mark Harman Game: Gigalomania 0.26 2013-04-09 Brad McCormack Game: AsciiBattleships 2 2013-04-17 cavemann Game: GNU Robbo 0.66 2013-04-24 cavemann Game: Tong-its 2003 2013-04-30 cavemann Game: The Last Mission 0.6 2013-05-08 kioniro Game: Flare 0.18 2013-05-09 Michel 'DMX' Bagmeijer Game: Cube 2 - Sauerbraten (Collect Edition) 2013-05-09 Michel 'DMX' Bagmeijer Game: AssaultCube 1.2.0.0 Beta 2013-05-09 Michel 'DMX' Bagmeijer Game: Red Eclipse 1.4 2013-05-16 Miloslav Martinka Game: Tetris-gtk 0.6.2 2013-05-20 Michel 'DMX' Bagmeijer Game: AssaultCube Reloaded 2.5.7 2013-06-02 cavemann Game: Black-Box 1.4.8 2013-06-17 cavemann Game: Martian Memory v20030923 2013-07-02 cavemann Game: Kapooka 0.3 2013-07-25 Szilard 'BSzili' Biro Game: Star Trek Voyager - Elite Force HoloMatch (multiplayer only) 2013-07-30 XDelusion Game: Odamex - Project Alien Breed (Beta 2) 2013-08-04 Morgue Soft Game: Ami Jackpot 1.21 2013-08-08 cavemann Game: Sporktris 1.1 2013-08-08 cavemann Game: Too Hard For You 1.3 2013-08-08 cavemann Game: Tower Toppler 1.1.6 2013-08-08 cavemann Game: Ronda 0.1 2013-08-13 cavemann Game: NuclearChess 1.0.0 2013-08-17 Szilard 'BSzili' Biro Game: Odamex 0.6.4 2013-08-19 cavemann Game: Valtra Tractors 1.0 2013-08-27 cavemann Game: Wakkabox 1.1.0 2013-09-02 cavemann Game: syaSokoban 2.0.1 2013-09-06 Michel 'DMX' Bagmeijer Game: AssaultCube Reloaded 2.5.9 (r3) 2013-09-29 James jacobs Game: Worm Wars 8.82 2013-10-03 cavemann Game: SDL-Gweled 0.3.2 2013-10-03 cavemann Game: SuPoker v2010 2013-10-03 cavemann Game: Help Hannah's Horse 1.0 2013-10-04 Szilard 'BSzili' Biro Game: Shadow Warrior Classic Redux 2013-10-15 cavemann Game: XLogical 1.0-8 2013-10-20 Robert 'Phibrizzo' Krajcarz Game: ChangeIt 0.9 2013-11-04 Serk118uk Game: OpenRedAlert r462 (repacked) 2013-11-06 Szilard 'BSzili' Biro Game: Wolfenstein Enemy Territory - Legacy 2.71rc3 2013-11-06 cavemann Game: Twin Distress 1.1.0 2013-11-06 cavemann Game: nPush 0.7 2013-11-18 Simone Bevilacqua "Game: New Mission ""Stay a While"" for BOH The Game" 2013-11-20 cavemann Game: Dangen 0.5 2013-11-21 Yannick 'Yannickescu' Erb Game: Sqrxz 2 v1.00 2013-11-23 Michel 'DMX' Bagmeijer Game: AssaultCube 1.2.0.2 2013-11-26 Serk118uk Game: Fade to Black 1.8 2013-12-09 cavemann Game: Bloboats 1.0.2 2013-12-16 cavemann Game: Emilia Pinball 0.3.1 2013-12-31 cavemann Game: gtMachine 2009-r2[/code] Please do notice that some titles have multiple entries because they were updated/fixed along the line last year. But, even when i subtract them the AROS list is much bigger. Yet, i do not know the exact criteria that this competition uses.

It's that time of year again. Vote for the AROS game of the year. [url]http://obligement.free.fr/hitparade/award2013.php[/url] Btw, should TORCS be on the list? I don't recall seeing that one.

The offfical AmbasaOS forum is now online: [url] http://ambasa.x10.mx/forum/[/url]

Thank you for the additional information as well as an alternative download location. Sorry for not posting earlier, A) i'm lazy :D and B ) was not able to download earlier. I've posted the news. In case there something wrong with it or would like other adjustments to it then please send a pm.

AmbasaOS is based off of Ubuntu and comes with wine, virtualbox open source edition, and kvm/qemu pre-installed. Future versions of AmbasaOS are also going to use components from Debian and Trisquel and will target next generation computers and mobile devices. The payable version was available throught ebay, however we suspended sales because we were not making enough money to cover the costs(DVDs, labels, ink, shipping). I would love to use something other than dropbox, but right now it is the best that I can do with the limited resources that I have. As far as the website is concerned Wix says that the website should work on mobile devices.

Ah yes, thank you fatman2021 :thumbsup: Are you aware that that website is problematic for some people ? e.g. html-5/javascript incapable browsers (like on phones or other unsupported browsers) ? That's also part of the reason i could not find many info on this project yet... I 'guess' the project is based on linux/qemu ? Which distro is used ? What else is possible ? The 'free version' suggest there is a 'payable' version, so where to pay ? If pay, what do you get ? etc. etc. Perhaps all those questions have obvious answers (for you, as you are the creator), but most people like to have all kind of such information before actually taking the time for downloading (relative to aros) big files like that from 'shady' dowloadlocations (like dropbox). Not meant as negative comment on your project, just a honest observation from my part (that hopefully can aid your project). regards,

Thank You... The link to the official webpage is: [url]http://lichten-books.wix.com/ambasa-os[/url]

Thanks fatman2021. I already tried to do some research (for a newspost), but maybe it's easier if you would just tell where the official website is/are ? It seems you tried very hard to give some rumour about it on the net already (lichten..., launchpad, youtube, github, etc) ;) Oh, and ofcourse a very welcome here on arosworld :D regards,