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Experimental: AROS 68k Improvements

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CoolCat5000CoolCat5000Member
Posted 2 months ago
#21
Ok,
I cant do it.
But i have the impression that an updated windows 10 doesnt made anything stop working, and also you dont need to format.

Is windows update task to do this regulary (as the mobile stores do in your phone)

But i will not insist if it is not your desire, but be aware that it is probably possible to update your win 10, and if it still complains about the hardware not support wsl it is just a registry hack to enable it.

Regards,
cdimaurocdimauroMember
Posted 2 months ago
#22

AMIGASYSTEM wrote:

@AMIGASYSTEM - I believe that AROS needs to stand on its own two feet; too many dependencies on other operating systems will make it seem like some sort of emulator to those who want to try it out.

Having the Development package included by default in an AROS distribution and being able to compile with extreme ease by simply opening a shell is a major advantage, as well as a reason to be curious enough to give it a try.

This can only work out with AROS x64, because it can use plenty of memory.

Self-hosting a native compiler on any other 32-bit platform (not only 68k) isn't something feasible nowadays that compilers require A LOT of RAM to work. It works out only with old compilers, but that's something which AROS can't stick with in the long term (e.g.: Cx23 arrived and C++26 is knocking at the door).
cdimaurocdimauroMember
Posted 2 months ago
#23

AMIGASYSTEM wrote:

@AMIGASYSTEM - My PCs have a huge amount of data and a lot of configurations that I would lose or that wouldn't work with a new OS. Given my age and some health issues, I don't feel up to reinstalling everything from scratch right now. As I said, I hope someone younger and more capable than me will do this for the community.

You can try to update your systems to Windows 11 using RuFus to patch the ISO image on-the-fly to remove not needed requirements (TPM) that Microsoft imposes.

If it works (and it should work out: in the past I've upgraded even netbooks which natively had Windows 7) then you can check if all your applications and setting are functional.

If you're not satisfied, then you can always rollback to your previous Windows version as it was before the installation.

At least, you can give a try: Windows 11 deserves it, because WSL2 is a great tool to have if you want to use Linux without the hassle of having a virtual machine or dual boot.
AMIGASYSTEMAMIGASYSTEMDistro Maintainer
Posted 2 months ago
#24
Thanks, I wasn’t aware of this interesting procedure; when I have the time and a spare PC, I’ll install Windows 11.
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OlafSchMember
Posted 2 months ago
#25

deadwood wrote:

@deadwood - New exprimental build, lots of performance fixes:

https://build.axrt.org/download/builds/Experimental/exp-amiga-m68k-20260730-131608.tar.gz

Contains following PR (read description for details):

https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/819
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/834
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/840
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/841
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/843
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/844
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/848
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/864
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/872
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/873
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/874


that all sounds very interesting. I am currently updating and testing my 3.1 and Aros distribution but when I am ready with it, in august, I will test it and perhaps do a rebuild of my distribution based on it
Argo, retrofaza, CoolCat5000
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deadwoodAROS Dev
Posted 2 months ago
#26
Build #7

https://build.axrt.org/download/builds/Experimental/exp-amiga-m68k-20260803-150839.tar.gz

PRs:

https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/875
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/876
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/877
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/879
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/884
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/885
Argo, aha, CoolCat5000
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deadwoodAROS Dev
Posted 2 months ago
#27
Build #9

https://build.axrt.org/download/builds/Experimental/exp-amiga-m68k-20260803-174244.tar.gz

PRs:

https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/896
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/895
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/901
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/902
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/903
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/906
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/907
CoolCat5000
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deadwoodAROS Dev
Posted 2 months ago
#28
Build #10

https://build.axrt.org/download/builds/Experimental/exp-amiga-m68k-20260803-180520.tar.gz

PRs:

https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/908
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/909
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/911
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/915
https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/pull/921
retrofaza, Deremon, miker1264, Argo, sonountaleban
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OlafSchMember
Posted 2 months ago
#29
Wow Like
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OlafSchMember
Posted 1 month ago
#30
Is this current version? I would like to start to build up my distribution based on it
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deadwoodAROS Dev
Posted 1 month ago
#31
My builds in this thread is always around a week behind.

You can compare the PRs above with history of:

https://github.com/aros-development-team/AROS/commits/master/

to know where things stand. Reference builds from

https://github.com/aros-development-team/

can be found here:

https://aros.sourceforge.io/nightly1.html
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OlafSchMember
Posted 1 month ago
#32
the 68k builds from main branch (Kalamatee) do not longer boot in winuae
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ahaJunior Member
Posted 1 month ago
#33
@OlafSch

Please try again the next nightly build. There was an important fix only 10 hours ago.
OlafSch
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OlafSchMember
Posted 1 month ago
#34

aha wrote:

@aha - @OlafSch

Please try again the next nightly build. There was an important fix only 10 hours ago.


another question... I had two problems with main branch before

network prefs crashed system. Propably related to recent changes to network stack

in contrib no regina and rexxmast build

both were showstopper for me to use it for my distribution
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ahaJunior Member
Posted 1 month ago
#35
Olaf, the recent changes are an ongoing Team effort on many different parts of AROS. Seriously I can not answer your questions. But I think the devs are very busy and thankful for reporting that kind of bugs. Hopefully these things will get sorted out again in the near future.
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OlafSchMember
Posted 1 month ago
#36
I reported that already long ago
aha
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ahaJunior Member
Posted 1 month ago
#37
@OlafSch

Yes, you reported it 3 months ago. I hope it gets attention soon. FYI, Toni Wilen just committed a fix for booting m68k-Roms. :-)
AMIGASYSTEMAMIGASYSTEMDistro Maintainer
Posted 1 month ago
#38

OlafSch wrote:

@OlafSch - the 68k builds from main branch (Kalamatee) do not longer boot in winuae


Both AROS Build #10 and earlier versions, attached here by deadwood, and AROS 68k from aros.sourceforge.io work perfectly on WinUAE! See the screenshots!

You need to be careful with the ROMs – you cannot use the AROS 68k ROMs from deadwood on AROS 68k from aros.sourceforge.io, and vice versa.

Also, use them ‘clean’ – without any Amiga software!
Edited by AMIGASYSTEM on 09-08-2026 14:09, 1 month ago
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Amiwell79Distro Maintainer
Posted 1 month ago
#39
amigasystem you wrote in Italian
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OlafSchMember
Posted 1 month ago
#40
short information. I have recreated my distribution based on experimental build. It boots and seem to work ok including all 3 desktops. Also nightly 68k from main branch boots again. Network preferences still crash the system.
aha
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