AROS Research Operating System: Difference between revisions

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AROS is designed to be source compatible with AmigaOS, but not binary compatible. Source code that will compile on AmigaOS should compile on AROS, but binaries already compiled for AmigaOS will not run, even if they are compiled for the same family of CPU. This unfortunately means that, unlike [[MorphOS]] or [[AmigaOS 4]], AROS is not capable of running legacy software directly, only applications compiled for AROS. There are plans to integrate the Amiga emulator [[E-UAE]] directly into AROS to run AmigaOS applications, and even a bounty to run MorphOS software on the [[PowerPC]] build of AROS, but so far (January 2008) these objectives remain elusive.

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 (possibly incompetent)any central control. The de-facto motto of AROS, "No schedule and rocking" both lampoons the infamous claim of [[Amiga, Inc.]] CEO Bill McEwen that [[AmigaOS 4]] was "On schedule and rocking" (despite not existing at this time), and declares a lack of the formal deadlines that are traditionally broken by other AmigaOS clones.

== Programs ==