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886 posts | Last Activity on 04-03-2024 06:41 by AMIGASYSTEM
AMIGASYSTEM
AMIGASYSTEM 04-03-2024 06:41, 2 months ago
Re: Questions about usage of AROS
7) ClickToFront to start it automatically is very simple, the best method is to copy ClickToFront and its Icon in the Folder "WBStartup", there are also other methods, you can for example add the ClickToFront command in the User-startup or Startup-sequence. The WBStartup folder is specially created, all programs included in this folder will run automatically, including the parameters in the Icon Tooltypes, among these paramenters must always be DONOTWAIT From the Startup-sequence or User-startup on the other hand to execute the parameters as well, it is not enough to write the ClickToFront command, but you have to execute it through WBRun, example string ! ClickToFront (executes without parameters Tooltypes Icon) WBRun ClickToFront (executes Tooltypes Icon parameters) 8) Simple, highlight icon -> Menu Icon -> Leave Out (this will create a text file in the root called .Backdrop, where you can add more links by hand) Attention !!! on AROS/AMIGA if you delete file or folder link, you will also delete file and folder, to deactivate the link: Menu Icon -> Put Away 9) I installed AROS on external USB Hardisk, and it worked on all tested PCs (running AROS), same thing if you boot AROS from Pendrive !
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deadwood 04-03-2024 06:23, 2 months ago
Re: Questions about usage of AROS
BTW, how did you learn about AROS? Facebook? YT? Any other place?
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deadwood 04-03-2024 06:22, 2 months ago
Re: Questions about usage of AROS
6) Can't help with that 7) You need to drag&drop ClickToFront to WBStartaup. Alternativelly system startup script is located in AROS:S/Startup-Sequence 8) Select icon, right-click to open top bar menu, select Icon->Leave Out 9) Most likely there wil be no problem. Video and sound drivers autodetect hardware. Network drivers are written into fixed config but worst that ever happened to me was non-working network when wrong driver was used.
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deadwood 04-03-2024 06:18, 2 months ago
Re: Questions about usage of AROS
Here are some answers from me: 1) There is no eject function that I'm aware off. I generally wait a few seconds after copying is done before removing pen driver. Never had problems with this - it boils down to file system caching and AROS has it far less than Windows or Linux. 3) SYS:Libs, but Wiki that Jeff1138 linked give a more detailed overview. 4) The driver (.device) you select must match your hardware. In case of default VirtualBox machine it will be pcnet32.device 5) There is partial customization in ditribution with regards to where they place 3rd party software. System software is always located in same directories. See link mentioned by Jess1138 for more explanation. As for partitions, start Shell (AROS:System/Shell) and type Info. Alternativelly start AROS:Tools/HDToolBox
AMIGASYSTEM
AMIGASYSTEM 04-03-2024 04:50, 2 months ago
Re: Questions about usage of AROS
Khadas at the moment TinyAROS and Plain AROS (deadwood reference Build) are the same thing, to create the TinyAROS Distribution you have to add the contents of the system.zip (overwrite everything) which you can find on the TinyAROS site. The reference Build (Plain AROS) does not include the libraries to run OWB or third party applications, as I had mentioned on other post, if you are not experienced, avoid reinventing the wheel, if you still have AROS One 2.4, you will find all the libraries you need, you just need to copy them in the system folder "Libs" AROS is a Stand-alone system, programs do not need an installer, although you can create an installation package. It's about the Printer maybe it could be a Driver problem, my HP USB printer doesn't work either, I don't know if there are generic Drivers.
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deadwood 04-03-2024 02:55, 2 months ago
Re: Do you use AROS as a daily driver?
While I don't use native AROS daily, I do use Odyssey, WookieChat and MPlayer on a daily basis on my Linux computer running them through AxRuntime. :)
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Jeff1138 04-03-2024 01:56, 2 months ago
Re: Do you use AROS as a daily driver?
Hi, Mainly a hobby, I use AROS grub as a way of booting all other OSs like Win, Haiku, Linux etc (it's easily editable) I did try 10 years ago to daily drive but issues with youtube support (their webpage mainly) meant I used other OSs to fill that gap. There are other little software gaps but that is where the developer push might help.
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Jeff1138 04-03-2024 01:49, 2 months ago
Re: Questions about usage of AROS
Hi, Welcome, take a look here and let us know what still confuses https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Aros/User/Docs
Khadas
Khadas 04-03-2024 00:53, 2 months ago
Re: Do you use AROS as a daily driver?
I am quite interested in knowing this so, how often and for what purpose do you use AROS. Do you use it for productivity (office stuff, emailing, writing, job, etc?) or mostly as a hobby tool?
Khadas
Khadas 04-03-2024 00:37, 2 months ago
Re: Questions about usage of AROS
Hi. Sorry for the wall of text, but basically: 1) How to properly unmount and/or remove external USB drives? Simply unplugging the pendrive makes me feel uneasy... 2) What is the actual difference between plain AROS and TinyAROS? I explored both on a VM and both seem the same. I suppose there is some difference under the hood. 3) How do I actually install software in AROS? I downloaded OWB from AROSArchives (Network/Browser/owb-1.26.i386-aros.zip 8-feb-2024) as a sample. I unzipped to a folder into pendrive and then I booted into Icaros. I copied that folder into My Workspace. When I try to run it, I get an error like "unable to find library m.library" or something like that. I suppose OWB is expecting suck lib to be in a certain folder around. Then, I tried OWB in plain AROS and tinyAROS under a VM, but in both cases I had a "cannot find ver. 3 of pixman.library", that I suppose I should install (if not already present somewhere), but I am not sure where I should place libs etc. Since pixman3 library might be used by other software, I assume there is a system folder where libs should be located? So although downloading a copy of pixman3 to OWB folder makes the browser work, where should I actually place libs to be used system wide? 4) I want to try AROS and tinyAros on a VM before actually installing in real hardware. I would definitely prefer plain AROS rather than a custom distro, but in either case, I am not sure how to make networking to work. In VirtualBox I tried NAT and Bridge Adapter, as well as setting up a net0 adapter using RTL8169 driver (please see screenshot below). Unfortunately, "ping google.com" returns host not found. Similar result with OWB. With the same settings but on real hardware, Icaros works fine after setting driver to RTL8169. I didn't try AROS or tinyAROS on real HW yet. So most likely there is some problem here with VirtualBox. [img]https://i.imgur.com/aFnd8Ma.png[/img] 5) Where can I find an explanation of AROS filesystem? I am quite lost on what each directory is for and where to find things, how to see disks, mounted volumes and partitions etc, similar to the output of "mount" shell command in Linux or diskpart in Windows. Also, does each AROS distro has its own partially customized filesystem tree (think of linux distros) or all of them are exactly the same as AROS? 6) Printer. I have a USB printer that I totally need to use, but don't know how to make it work in Icarus or AROS. Only a PostScript printer type is available in Printer Preferences, but I don't know how to add a different one. If I select USB Printer in PostScript settings, the printer does not respond when I want to print something. Since the PostScript printer driver is the only available, I suppose the problem resides there, but where or how can I add additional drivers? Image below for reference. I tried printing a simple random plain text using "Editor" (AROS:Tools/Editor). [img]https://i.imgur.com/carRG9G.png[/img] 7) How do I actually make programs or scripts run during bootup? I would like to have ClickToFront always be activated when I turn on the computer, but not sure how to do this. Although I can see the WBStartUp folder, how do I actually add ClickToFront or any other script into it? 8) How to add shortcut icons on the desktop to a folder and to files? 9) Will AROS complain if I install it in computer A, and them I transfer the hard disk to computer B that has different (but compatible) hardware? I mean, if you do that with Win98 or 95, you will get a nice BSOD. Windows 10 will automatically detect the new hardware and launch in the new PC without issues. 10) Probably not, but, is there any Palm Desktop alternative such a J-Pilot for Linux, that allows me to sync with PalmOS devices through USB? J-Pilot: http://www.jpilot.org/ Palm Desktop: https://palmdb.net/app/palm-desktop Well, that is all for now. More questions in the future, probably. Thanks!
Amiwell79
Amiwell79 02-03-2024 05:58, 2 months ago
Re: Tiny Aros DistrĂ²
the release of tiny aros from now on will be more long-term
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Amiwell79 28-02-2024 10:11, 2 months ago
Re: Hardware for sale
:)
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Amiwell79 28-02-2024 10:06, 2 months ago
Re: Hardware for sale
the samsung NC10 is no longer for sale
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Amiwell79 28-02-2024 09:43, 2 months ago
Re: Hardware for sale
in negotiations with magorium for acer 5630:)
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magorium 27-02-2024 15:39, 2 months ago
Re: Hardware for sale
Thank you Amiwell... I just replied :)
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Amiwell79
Amiwell79 27-02-2024 15:08, 2 months ago
Re: Hardware for sale
I sent a message magorium:)
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magorium 27-02-2024 12:20, 2 months ago
Re: Hardware for sale
Yes that is correct. My inbox is full but I currently do not have the time to empty it. Before I was an admin for this forum and that allowed me to have more items in my inbox. My inbox is now 400% over the storage limit. Amiwell: I have send you a PM on the [url=https://ae.arosworld.org/]Aros World Exec[/url] forums. Sorry for the inconvenience regards,
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AMIGASYSTEM
AMIGASYSTEM 27-02-2024 11:18, 2 months ago
Re: Hardware for sale
@magorium I did a test, I also find that you have a "Full" inbox. @Amiwell Try sending a PM to magorium from the site (Prova a mandare un PM a magorium dal sito): https://ae.arosworld.org/
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Amiwell79
Amiwell79 27-02-2024 08:21, 2 months ago
Re: Hardware for sale
I can't send messages maybe there is a bug in the site
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Amiwell79 27-02-2024 08:21, 2 months ago
Re: Hardware for sale
Ron I can find out how much it costs to ship abroad let me know your address, email, phone number celuare in private, it should not cost that much(y)
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