<s>
SpareMiNT	B-Device
is	O
a	O
software	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
based	O
on	O
FreeMiNT	O
,	O
which	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
MiNT-like	O
operating	O
system	O
(	O
OS	O
)	O
and	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
plus	O
GEM	B-Application
compatible	O
AES	O
(	O
Application	O
Environment	O
Services	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
English	O
language	O
distribution	O
is	O
intended	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
derivative	O
m68k	B-Device
computers	O
,	O
clones	O
and	O
emulators	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
FireBee	B-Device
project	O
or	O
Hatari	B-Application
and	O
ARAnyM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MiNT	B-Application
itself	O
,	O
also	O
once	O
called	O
MultiTOS	O
,	O
provided	O
an	O
Atari	B-Application
TOS	I-Application
compatible	O
OS	O
replacement	O
with	O
multitasking	B-Operating_System
and	O
multi-user	O
switching	O
capabilities	O
and	O
Unix-like	O
operation	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
which	O
the	O
original	O
TOS	B-Application
lacked	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
distribution	O
comes	O
with	O
Red	O
Hat	O
's	O
rpm	B-Application
utility	O
for	O
managing	O
the	O
source	O
-	O
and	O
binary	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unix/Linux	O
-style	O
software	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
,	O
if	O
ported	O
,	O
GEM-programs	O
for	O
TOS	B-Application
can	O
run	O
concurrently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TOS	B-Application
clone	O
EmuTOS	B-Application
,	O
instead	O
of	O
Atari	O
's	O
original	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
base	O
to	O
boot	O
a	O
MiNT	B-Application
,	O
and	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
XaAES	O
,	O
a	O
modern	O
AES	O
derivate	O
,	O
as	O
essential	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
GEM-GUI	O
(	O
Graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeMiNT	O
,	O
and	O
therefore	O
SpareMiNT	B-Device
,	O
is	O
basically	O
the	O
enhanced	O
and	O
greatly	O
improved	O
derivate	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
today	O
's	O
computers	O
,	O
even	O
on	O
different	O
hardware	O
platforms	O
via	O
emulation	O
or	O
Virtual	B-Architecture
Machines	I-Architecture
,	O
thanks	O
to	O
the	O
flexibility	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
MiNT	B-Application
and	O
its	O
components	O
that	O
made	O
further	O
development	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Derived	O
from	O
SpareMiNT	B-Device
is	O
EasyMiNT	O
,	O
using	O
its	O
software	B-Application
repository	I-Application
and	O
a	O
GEM	B-Application
based	O
installer	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
folder	O
system	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
UNIX	B-Application
Filesystem	O
Hierarchy	O
Standard	O
and	O
German	O
language	O
translations	O
to	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AFROS	O
(	O
Atari	O
FRee	O
Operating	O
System	O
)	O
comes	O
as	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
files	O
,	O
creating	O
a	O
TOS	B-Application
compatible	O
operating	O
system	O
;	O
there	O
exists	O
a	O
Live-CD	O
to	O
test	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
key	O
components	O
all	O
consist	O
of	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
AFROS	O
software	O
is	O
available	O
to	O
all	O
Atari	O
and/or	O
TOS	B-Application
compatible	O
platforms	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
optimized	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
the	O
ARAnyM	O
(	O
Atari	O
Running	O
on	O
Any	O
Machine	O
)	O
emulator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amongst	O
other	O
efforts	O
,	O
there	O
also	O
was	O
a	O
basic	O
build	O
of	O
a	O
Debian	O
GNU/MiNT	O
distribution	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
FreeMiNT	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
,	O
GNU	B-Operating_System
based	O
userland	O
software	O
plus	O
DEB	O
package	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
should	O
have	O
provided	O
commonly	O
used	O
programs	O
and	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
Debian	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
,	O
more	O
successful	O
projects	O
are	O
Debian	O
GNU/kFreeBSD	O
,	O
Debian	O
GNU/Hurd	O
and	O
,	O
most	O
important	O
,	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SpareMiNT	B-Device
follows	O
the	O
idea	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
Unix/Linux	O
-like	O
package	O
management	O
and	O
software	B-Application
repository	I-Application
.	O
</s>
