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== Current status ==

[[File:AmigaOS 3 and clones.svg|thumb|200px|Amiga family/development tree.]]

The project, started in 1995, has over the years become an almost "feature complete" implementation of AmigaOS{{snd}} with currently (as of May 2017) only a few lacking areas of functionality. This was achieved by the efforts of a small team of developers.

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While the OS is still lacking in applications, a few have been ported, including [[Unix Amiga Emulator|E-UAE]], an emulation program that allows [[68000|68k]]-native AmigaOS applications to run. Some AROS-specific applications have also been written. AROS has [[TCP/IP]] networking support, and has available an experimental version of [[AMosaic]] web browser, for test purposes, among other Internet-related applications. The [[Poseidon (USB stack)|Poseidon]] [[USB|USB stack]] has been ported to AROS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.osnews.com/story/21548/Poseidon_USB_Stack_Bounty_Reached_Open_Source_AROS_Port |title=Poseidon USB Stack Bounty Reached: Open Source, AROS Port |publisher=Osnews.com |access-date=September 7, 2010}}</ref>

AROS is designed to be [[source -code compatibility|source-compatible]] with [[AmigaOS]]. On [[m68kMotorola 68000 series|68000]] [[Amiga]] Hardwarehardware it is also [[Binary binary-code compatibility|binary-compatible]], so binaries already compiled for [[AmigaOS]] 3 can be run on AROS.<ref>[[Wikibooks:Aros/Platforms/68k support]]</ref> On [[IA-32|x86 32-bit]] platforms Janus-UAE,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/janus-uae/|title=Janus-UAE on SourceForge}}</ref> an enhanced [[E-UAE]], integrates Amiga emulation directly into AROS to run [[AmigaOS]] [[m68k|68000]] binaries nearly transparent to the user. Currently (as of August 2011) original [[AmigaOS]] 3 operating system files are required for the emulation.

The aim of AROS is to remain aloof of the legal and political spats that have plagued other AmigaOS implementations by being independent both of hardware and of any central control. The de facto motto of AROS, "No schedule and rocking" both lampoons the infamous words "On Schedule and Rockin" from [[Amiga, Inc.]] CEO Bill McEwen, and declares a lack of the formal deadlines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amiga.com/corporate/amigadepartypack.shtml|title=AmigaDE Party Pack Announcement|publisher=Amiga Inc.|date=June 11, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010619055418/http://www.amiga.com/corporate/amigadepartypack.shtml|archive-date=June 19, 2001}}</ref>