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.
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.
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. ;-)
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.
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.
Edited by miker1264 on 12-09-2026 18:17,
3 days agoCorrection..
"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.
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.
Edited by miker1264 on 14-09-2026 17:03,
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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.
I have started with a glossary page
Edited by OlafSch on 14-09-2026 17:47,
1 day ago
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