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{{Short description|Operating system}}

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== Current status ==

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

The project, begun in 1995, has over the years become an almost "feature complete" implementation of AmigaOS{{snd}} which, as of May 2017,{{update neededinline|date=September 2021}} only lacks a few areas of functionality. This was achieved by the efforts of a small team of developers.

It can be installed on most [[IBM PC compatible]]s, and features native graphics drivers for video cards such as the [[GeForce]] range made by [[Nvidia]]. As of May 2007 USB keyboards and mice are also supported. AROS has been ported to the [[Sam440ep]] [[PowerPC]] board and a first test version for the [[Efika]] was released in 2009.

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=== Icaros Desktop ===

Since April 2009, the name VMWAros has been changed into "Icaros Desktop" to avoid ambiguities with any existing copyrighted [[Virtual Machine]] of any kind. Amiga 68K emulation integration, 3D acceleration for Nvidia cards and latest updates of applications can be found there.<ref name="icaros desktop">{{cite web|title=icaros desktop|url=http://www.icarosdesktop.org/|website=icaros desktop|access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref> The latest version of Icaros Desktop is version 2.3 (released 22 December, 2020).<ref name="Icaros Desktop releases">{{cite web|title=Download|url=http://vmwaros.blogspot.se/p/download.html|website=Icaros Desktop|access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Pearce |first=Rohan |date=November 4, 2014 |title=Icaros, the Amiga-like desktop OS for x86, hits 2.0 |url=http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/558813/icaros-amiga-like-desktop-os-x86-hits-2-0/ |work=Computerworld.com.au |access-date=July 24, 2016}}</ref>

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== External links ==

{{Wikibooks|Aros}}

{{commons category|AROS Research Operating System}}

* {{Official website|www.aros.org}}

* [http://www.icarosdesktop.org Icaros Desktop]