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piAROS distro

Last updated on 10 hours ago
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Jeff1138Member
Posted 18 hours ago
Hi,

Explaining Computers is testing on Pi 3A normal and smp https://www.youtu...dZwGkUKAmA
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coffeecatMember
Posted 18 hours ago
It's a little sad that someone with such a following opens the system and shows past content. In the comments, I also see "pure nostalgia."

We have SMP, we have Crafts, we have Limpet, and it turns out to be like yet another way to run software from the Amiga 500.
Edited by coffeecat on 01-11-2026 11:21, 18 hours ago
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BohunSenior Member
Posted 17 hours ago
Well, the distro is reporting the status as of early October. The update is on my desk, but neither Limpet nor Craft are included because they're not available for aarch64.
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coffeecatMember
Posted 17 hours ago

Bohun wrote:

@Bohun - Well, the distro is reporting the status as of early October. The update is on my desk, but neither Limpet nor Craft are included because they're not available for aarch64.


Limpet is on Raspi: https://github.co...tag/v0.8.0
Rest of the crafts - in progress, so far Vectorcraft is on Raspi
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BohunSenior Member
Posted 15 hours ago
Great news. I'll add Limpet to the new version of piAROS. I couldn't find Vector Craft.


By the way, the comments on this video have been very positive. In a while, when more software is available and I refresh the graphical page, we'll do a second opening – we'll send the information to Chris. It won't be just nostalgia anymore.
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BohunSenior Member
Posted 14 hours ago
My personal selection of the coolest comments on the film:

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Seeing the Workbench again gives me goosebumps.


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Isn’t it amazing how they made it so you can see which window is which, and how you can tell what’s a button you can press!?


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With all the chaos going on in the Linux world, it would be nice to see more developers support projects like this.

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Great video.
I'll share this in the Norwich Amiga Group 😊.
I've used Aros in the past, but very cool to have it running on a pi.

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What a great Sunday morning! You take a unique operating system and run it on a reasonably priced Raspberry Pi. Oh what fun! On top of that, Stanley the SD card was introduced! Stanley the Knife must be so proud! After this video, the rest of my day will seem rather dull. As always, looking forward to your next video!

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Even though these are said to be 'alpha' releases, they seem to be quite mature for that designation. It was neat to see such an alternative OS running on an R/Pi. Thanks for the video Smile


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Okay, this has my attention. Cannot wait to see if this is a viable alternative to Pi OS.

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Wow, really cool, Chris. The Pi version looks surprisingly stable, and seeing wifi working really surprised me.
PiAROS looks GORGEOUS. Thanks for showing the setup., as I think it can be confusing knowing what to download. I think it's something that the team should do something about.
Worth remembering that Aminet is still alive and active. There are spreadsheets and all kind of stuff available. Also check out AROS Archives which also has software for AROS. It's not as active as Aminet though.
Amazingly cool project!
Edited by Bohun on 01-11-2026 14:42, 14 hours ago
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OlafSchSenior Member
Posted 10 hours ago
I think ARM on RPi has the biggest potential to attract new users
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