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{{Infobox OS
|name = AROS Research Operating System
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|developer = The AROS Development Team
|family = [[Amiga]]
|source_model = [[Open source]]
|latest_release_version =
|latest_release_date = [[April 2]], [[2007]]
|kernel_type =
|supported_platforms = [[x86]], [[PowerPC|PPC]]
|license = [http://aros.sourceforge.net/license.html AROS Public License]
|working_state =
|website = [http://www.aros.org/ www.aros.org]
}}
[[Image:AmigaOS.png|thumb|right|AROS family/development tree.]]
'''AROS Research Operating System''' ('''AROS''') is a [[free software]]/[[open source software|open source]] implementation of the [[AmigaOS|AmigaOS 3.1]] [[Application programming interface|API]]s. Designed to be portable and flexible, [[Porting|port]]s are currently available for [[x86]] and [[PowerPC]] based [[Personal Computer|PC]]s in [[native mode|native]] and hosted ''flavours'', with other architectures in development.
== Current status ==
The project, started in [[1997]], has over the years become an almost "feature complete" implementation of AmigaOS - with currently (as of March 2006) only a few lacking areas of functionality. This was achieved by the efforts of a small team of developers.
It can currently be installed on most [[IBM PC compatible]]s, and features native graphics drivers for video cards such as the [[GeForce]] range made by [[NVIDIA]].
While the OS is still lacking in applications, a few have been ported, including [[Unix Amiga Emulator|E-UAE]], an emulation program that allows 68k-native AmigaOS applications to run in the same way a majority must be run on AmigaOS 4.0. Some AROS-specific applications have also been written. AROS has [[TCP/IP]] networking support, and the [[AMosaic]] web browser available, among other [[Internet]]-related applications.
== Some AROS Programs Available ==
{{main|AROS Programs}}
== See also ==
* [[MorphOS]]
* [[AmigaOS]]
* [[Amiga]]
* [[Emulator]]
* [[Virtual machine]]
* [[Porting]]
* [[Binary compatibility]]
* [[Source-compatibility]]
* [[Open source software]]
== External links ==
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{{Wikibookspar||Aros}}
* [http://www.aros.org/ AROS: AROS Research Operating System]
* [http://www.aros-exec.org AROS-Exec] - discussion forum for AROS
* [http://www.aros.bbs.pl AROS Polska]
* [http://www.thenostromo.com/teamaros2/ Bounties]
* [http://www.aros.ppa.pl AROS_PL]
* [http://archives.aros-exec.org AROS Archives: AROS software repository similar to Aminet]
* [http://www.arosworld.org AROSWorld Community]
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