Commodore OS
| Commodore OS Vision | |
|---|---|
| developer | Commodore USA |
| License (s) | GNU General Public License and a. |
| Current version | ( Beta ) 9 (July 1, 2012) |
| Kernel | monolithic ( Linux ) |
| ancestry | \ GNU / Linux \ Debian GNU / Linux \ Ubuntu \ Linux Mint \ Commodore OS |
| Architecture (s) | x86-64 |
| www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_OS_Vision.aspx | |
Commodore OS , full name Commodore OS Vision , was a Linux distribution that was developed by the startup company Commodore USA and was intended as the operating system for the PCs put together by this company. Commodore OS was based on Debian and Linux Mint , was only available for x86-64 processors and uses the Gnome 2 desktop environment . The first publicly available beta version was released on November 11, 2011.
Since its appearance, Commodore OS has been supplied fully installed on every computer sold by Commodore USA or could be downloaded free of charge from the manufacturer's website. Until then, Ubuntu was used as the operating system.
Commodore USA declared Commodore OS as software in the beta stage. Since the system is primarily geared towards the components of the retro PCs sold by the manufacturer, no guarantee was given for compatibility with other standard x86-64 PCs, as drivers may be missing.
After the death of the company founder in December 2012, all activities of Commodore USA were stopped in the following months.
scope
In addition to the standard software common under Linux, Commodore OS provided the emulator package VICE , so that classic software for Commodore 64, Commodore C128, CBM-II, Commodore PET, Commodore VIC-20, Commodore Plus / 4 according to the development status of the individual emulators could be used, but the ROMs of the individual computer models were not included with the distribution. Furthermore was DOSBox and VirtualBox included. An emulation of the Amiga was not possible, a corresponding emulator such as UAE was not included in the distribution. Commodore USA had only acquired the naming rights to the Commodore computer models on a license basis, but failed to do so in the area of intellectual property .
design
Commodore OS was designed to emulate the classic look and usability of older Commodore computers and is said to have been intended as a kind of homage to keyboard computers.
criticism
There has been a lot of criticism of the hype created by Commodore USA and the claim that they created "a new operating system for our computers" while just taking over an existing Linux distribution. Criticism of CUSA also came from Linux experts in particular, who claimed that the development time could hardly have taken more than two weeks to write a few scripts and replace the standard Mint graphics with their own.
Individual evidence
- ^ Commodore OS Vision . Distrowatch . November 11, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
- ^ The retro vision of Commodore's new OS. . Open attitude. Retrieved June 5, 2012.