OlafSch wrote:

@OlafSch For some time there indeed was problem that errors were not fixed. Today this is totally different so every bug report is read and solved by Kalamatee. He is really doing a great job. I am at the moment changing my distribution from Deadwoods branch to the main branch.

AMIGASYSTEM wrote:

@AMIGASYSTEM - @miker
With Wanderer and Dopus4, you actually get more than what Dopus5 offers. What exactly can’t you do with Wanderer + Dopus4?

Dopus5 not only has bugs in the 64-bit version, but it also lacks features that Wanderer has. For example, icon management is a nightmare—you have to rearrange the icons every time, and it often forgets their positions.

Dopus5 has issues with Def_Icons: if you use the “Detail” view, it ignores Wanderer’s settings; if you use the “Icon” view, Dopus5 uses the Def_Icons tools. These two different behaviors force you to set up duplicate configurations and file associations.

miker1264 wrote:

@miker1264 - The Nightly Builds are not something you want to customize as a basic AROS installation. They are for software testing purposes only.

However, using the most current stable release of AROS that deadwood approves is a good starting point for a basic setup.

In my case that's what I do. I've done that a few times now and I'm about to do it again for my 64bit test system. I'm documenting it as well. Setup takes less than 30 minutes. With the help of an Icon Replacer & some AREXX scripts maybe 15min.

If anything I would call my basic version "Aros Desktop Lite". It's a very basic installation for testing. But it could also be for showcasing. It would easily fit on a small USB Pen Drive or a CD ISO less than 1GB.

As for the basic layout I'm still working on it. I installed DClock but I don't like it. When I'm testing I don't need to know what time it is. Also, I use Magellan for Workbench and File Manager. Wanderer is very basic and it lacks many features I need. I use Boing Iconbar because AmiStart doesn't work on 64bit. I'd like to re-write Boing Iconbar to look like the AmiStart Icon Bar. It looks nicer.

Before you start saying "But it's missing all the good stuff"! Yes. That the point. No Extras, no fluff! ;-)

An "Extras Package" could be setup as an add-on ISO with lots of background images, icon sets, window themes, 3rd party apps, music players, utilities and games.

arosbeginner wrote:

@arosbeginner - I can confirm that the Kens Icon are a bit dated. The colors are a bit dull, and there's a lack of transparency, etc., but in my opinion, it's the best there is right now.

@miker1264
Do you happen to have any contact information for Kens Icons? Let's try sending them an email.

https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/app-icons

arosbeginner wrote:

@arosbeginner
if we look at the Apple icons, they're on another level.

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Also, your icons have Arosone writing and logos. I think if you could increase the resolution, make them vector-based, or something similar, increasing the quality, they could be used in the future.

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Also, the red and white boing ball I think is copyrighted

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Why dont the nightly builds use "nice" themes?
The problem is that "nice" is subjective. There is no default theme that will satisfy everyone, and changing the upstream default whenever somebody dislikes it just turns aesthetics into an endless cycle of "change it back."

That's why the distinction between AROS itself and individual distributions matters. Distribution maintainers are free to decide how their particular distribution looks and what defaults it ships with.

The nightly builds aren't intended to be a polished, opinionated desktop product; they're a consistent environment for development and testing. If you prefer a different look, customise it or build a distribution around that preference.

Personal preference is a perfectly legitimate reason to customise your own system, but it's not a particularly good basis for changing the upstream project's defaults.