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== Name and identity ==

[[File:AROS Dark Kitty.png|thumb|left|AROS Kitty]]AROS originally stood for Amiga Research Operating System, but to avoid any trademark issues with the [[Amiga]] name,<ref>{{Cite web|author=Nicolas Mendoza |url=http://amigann.com/?id=3309 |title=AROS drops Amiga from its name! |publisher=AmigaNN |date=May 5, 2007 |accessdate=September 7, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://merlancia.us/amiga-hyperion/35-5decmcewenexhibit5show_case_doc.pdf |title=Evert Carton of Hyperion Entertainment claims AROS is "probably illegal" |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=September 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821193852/http://merlancia.us/amiga-hyperion/35-5decmcewenexhibit5show_case_doc.pdf |archive-date=August 21, 2011 |dead-url-status=yesdead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> it was changed to the [[recursive acronym]] AROS Research Operating System.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aros.org/ |title=AROS.org |publisher=AROS.org |date= |accessdate=September 7, 2010}}</ref>

The mascot of AROS is an anthropomorphic cat named Kitty, created by Eric Schwartz and officially adopted by the AROS Team in December 2, 2002.