<s>
AROS	B-Application
Research	I-Application
Operating	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
AROS	B-Application
,	O
pronounced	O
"	O
AR-OS	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
multi	O
media	O
centric	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
3.1	O
application	O
programming	O
interface	O
(	O
API	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
ports	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
(	O
PCs	B-Device
)	O
based	O
on	O
x86	B-Operating_System
and	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
,	O
in	O
native	B-Language
and	O
hosted	O
flavors	O
,	O
with	O
other	O
architectures	O
in	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
show	O
of	O
full	O
circle	O
development	O
,	O
AROS	B-Application
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Motorola	B-Device
68000	I-Device
series	I-Device
(	O
m68k	B-Device
)	O
based	O
Amiga	B-Application
1200	I-Application
,	O
and	O
there	O
is	O
also	O
an	O
ARM	B-Architecture
port	I-Architecture
for	O
the	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AROS	B-Application
originally	O
stood	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Application
Research	I-Application
Operating	I-Application
System	I-Application
,	O
but	O
to	O
avoid	O
any	O
trademark	O
issues	O
with	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
name	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
the	O
recursive	O
acronym	O
AROS	B-Application
Research	I-Application
Operating	I-Application
System	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mascot	O
of	O
AROS	B-Application
is	O
an	O
anthropomorphic	O
cat	O
named	O
Kitty	O
,	O
created	O
by	O
Eric	O
Schwartz	O
and	O
officially	O
adopted	O
by	O
the	O
AROS	B-Application
Team	O
in	O
December	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Used	O
in	O
the	O
core	O
AROS	B-Application
About	O
and	O
installer	O
tools	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
also	O
adopted	O
by	O
several	O
AROS	B-Application
community	O
sites	O
and	O
early	O
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
AROS	B-Application
identifiable	O
symbols	O
and	O
logos	O
are	O
based	O
around	O
the	O
cat	O
shape	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Icaros	O
logo	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
stylised	O
cat	O
's	O
eye	O
,	O
or	O
AFA	O
(	O
Aros	B-Application
For	O
Amiga	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
,	O
begun	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
has	O
over	O
the	O
years	O
become	O
an	O
almost	O
"	O
feature	O
complete	O
"	O
implementation	O
of	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
which	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
only	O
lacks	O
a	O
few	O
areas	O
of	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
most	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatibles	O
,	O
and	O
features	O
native	B-Language
graphics	O
drivers	O
for	O
video	O
cards	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
GeForce	B-Application
range	O
made	O
by	O
Nvidia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
May	O
2007	O
USB	B-Protocol
keyboards	O
and	O
mice	O
are	O
also	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AROS	B-Application
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Sam440ep	B-Device
PowerPC	B-Architecture
board	O
and	O
a	O
first	O
test	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
Efika	B-Device
was	O
released	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
OS	O
is	O
still	O
lacking	O
in	O
applications	O
,	O
a	O
few	O
have	O
been	O
ported	O
,	O
including	O
E-UAE	B-Device
,	O
an	O
emulation	B-Application
program	O
that	O
allows	O
m68k-native	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
applications	O
to	O
run	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
AROS-specific	O
applications	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
written	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AROS	B-Application
has	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
networking	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
available	O
an	O
experimental	O
version	O
of	O
AMosaic	B-Device
web	O
browser	O
,	O
for	O
test	O
purposes	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
Internet-related	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Poseidon	O
USB	B-Protocol
stack	O
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
AROS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
AROS	B-Application
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
source-compatible	B-General_Concept
with	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
m68k	B-Device
Amiga	B-Device
hardware	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
binary-compatible	B-General_Concept
,	O
so	O
binaries	O
already	O
compiled	O
for	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
3	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
on	O
AROS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
x86	B-Operating_System
IA-32	B-Device
32-bit	O
platforms	O
Janus-UAE	O
,	O
an	O
enhanced	O
E-UAE	B-Device
,	O
integrates	O
Amiga	B-Device
emulation	B-Application
directly	O
into	O
AROS	B-Application
to	O
run	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
m68k	B-Device
binaries	O
nearly	O
transparent	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
original	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
3	O
operating	O
system	O
files	O
are	O
needed	O
for	O
the	O
emulation	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aim	O
of	O
AROS	B-Application
is	O
to	O
remain	O
aloof	O
of	O
the	O
legal	O
and	O
political	O
spats	O
that	O
have	O
plagued	O
other	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
implementations	O
by	O
being	O
independent	O
of	O
hardware	O
and	O
of	O
any	O
central	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
de	O
facto	O
motto	O
of	O
AROS	B-Application
,	O
"	O
No	O
schedule	O
and	O
rocking	O
"	O
both	O
lampoons	O
the	O
infamous	O
words	O
"	O
On	O
Schedule	O
and	O
Rockin	O
"	O
from	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
CEO	O
Bill	O
McEwen	O
,	O
and	O
declares	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
the	O
formal	O
deadlines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
workable	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
Kickstart	B-Device
clone	O
for	O
the	O
Motorola	B-Device
68000	I-Device
processor	I-Device
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2011	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
programming	B-Application
bounty	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
memory	O
requirement	O
is	O
2MB	O
Chip	B-Device
RAM	I-Device
and	O
1MB	O
Fast	B-Device
RAM	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
software	O
is	O
a	O
complete	O
free	O
open-source	B-Application
alternative	O
to	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
AROS	B-Application
system	O
files	O
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
in	O
many	O
flavors	O
from	O
the	O
project	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
April	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
name	O
VMWAros	O
has	O
been	O
changed	O
into	O
"	O
Icaros	O
Desktop	O
"	O
to	O
avoid	O
ambiguities	O
with	O
any	O
existing	O
copyrighted	O
Virtual	B-Architecture
Machine	I-Architecture
of	O
any	O
kind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
68K	B-Device
emulation	B-Application
integration	O
,	O
3D	O
acceleration	O
for	O
Nvidia	O
cards	O
and	O
latest	O
updates	O
of	O
applications	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Broadway	O
is	O
a	O
distribution	O
of	O
AROS	B-Application
begun	O
late	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
has	O
been	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
simple	O
and	O
complete	O
introduction	O
to	O
what	O
AROS	B-Application
has	O
to	O
offer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
added	O
was	O
commercial	O
software	O
like	O
a	O
media	O
center	O
,	O
a	O
cloud	B-Application
storage	I-Application
service	I-Application
,	O
and	O
an	O
appstore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AROS	B-Application
Vision	O
is	O
a	O
native	B-Language
m68k	B-Device
distribution	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
run	O
on	O
both	O
real	O
hardware	O
or	O
in	O
emulators	B-Application
like	O
UAE	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
ApolloOS	O
is	O
an	O
active	O
m68k	B-Device
distribution	O
,	O
crafted	O
specially	O
for	O
the	O
Vampire	O
V4	O
Standalone	O
FPGA-based	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Haage	O
&	O
Partner	O
used	O
little	O
parts	O
of	O
AROS	B-Application
source	O
code	O
for	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
3.5	O
and	O
3.9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Large	O
parts	O
of	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
(	O
AmigaDOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
Intuition	B-Application
and	O
more	O
)	O
have	O
been	O
ported	O
from	O
AROS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
