Yes, running 32-bit binaries on 64-bit system should be as transparent as possible.
Amiwell79Distro Maintainer Posted
3 months agodeadwood we have a midi driver thanks to hitchhikr, kalamatee, Neil Cafferkey and Alfred Faust you must include it in the contrib archives?
Edited by Amiwell79 on 11-02-2024 09:28,
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Hello,
An update on the plan:
1) Release 64-bit version of Odyssey Web Browser for AROS, Linux and Windows
2) Implement first prototype of 32-bit-under-64-bit emulator for AROS [IN PROGRESS]
3) Release new version of ABIv0 refreshed to 20221221 codebase
Work on emulator prototype progresses well. If you are interested in details, please check a thread here on arosworld.org. I will be focusing on it in coming weeks. In parallel I'm thinking about releasing first update to 20220318-1 release. There have been a number of fixes since the release so it would be good to package them together and make available to users.
The long term horizon stays unchanged:
"On a longer horizon, there will be a lot of work related to ABIv0 and AxRuntime.
I want to update ABIv0 to be based on latest ABIv11 source code. This will be an enabler to:
1) develop an emulator that will allow running AROS 32-bit programs under 64-bit AROS.
2) develop a version of AxRuntime that is capable of running ABIv0 32-bit programs on top of Linux and Windows
Furthermore, ABIv11 64-bit native will be fixed to provide the same level of hardware compatibility on recommended hardware as current ABIv0 32-bit. On AxRuntime side, the goal will be to develop a working window manager (IntuitionWM) and Linux-native desktop, most likely in form of Scalos.
Once all these things are in place, there will be two development lines available:
For people preferring native AROS we will have ability to use majority the existing 32-bit software base on 64-bit AROS and native 64-bit system working on recommended hardware, which then is an enabler for creation of 64-bit distributions that match current 32-bit distributions in user experience.
For people interested in AxRuntime route we will have a Linux-native desktop and ability to run majority of AROS ABIv0 programs (32-bit), AROS ABIv11 programs (64-bit) and AxRuntime-recompiled programs (64-bit). This way existing distributions could be re-created using Linux as a base without loosing existing functionality for users."
AMIGASYSTEMDistro Maintainer Posted
5 days agodeadwood a question, from the Grub menu you can add an application that is in the system, and then run it directly
AMIGASYSTEMDistro Maintainer Posted
5 days agoOkay thank you, then Early Startup will be used to run this application, basically it was to run uCommander, a simple Menu where you will be able to choose and run some useful applications to do some minor maintenance.