AROS Research Operating System
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AROS Research Operating System is an open-source, portable reimplementation of the classic AmigaOS designed to run on modern hardware and architectures.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AROS | 3 |
| AROS Development Team | 1 |
| AROS Research OS | 1 |
| AROS Research Operating System canonical | 1 |
| AROS shell | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1944658 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: AROS Research Operating System Context triple: [AmigaOS, influenced, AROS Research Operating System]
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A.
Oberon operating system
The Oberon operating system is a minimalist, modular OS designed by Niklaus Wirth and Jürg Gutknecht to accompany the Oberon programming language and demonstrate principles of simplicity and efficiency in system design.
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B.
The Universal Operating System
The Universal Operating System is the official motto of the Debian project, emphasizing its goal of providing a versatile, freely available operating system that runs on a wide range of hardware and use cases.
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C.
GNU Hurd
GNU Hurd is the GNU Project’s microkernel-based operating system server collection intended as a free Unix-like replacement, built to run on top of the Mach microkernel.
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D.
LynxOS
LynxOS is a real-time, POSIX-compliant operating system designed for embedded and mission-critical applications, particularly in aerospace, defense, and industrial systems.
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E.
Inferno operating system
Inferno operating system is a distributed, network-centric operating system designed for building portable, secure applications across diverse devices and environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: AROS Research Operating System Target entity description: AROS Research Operating System is an open-source, portable reimplementation of the classic AmigaOS designed to run on modern hardware and architectures.
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A.
Oberon operating system
The Oberon operating system is a minimalist, modular OS designed by Niklaus Wirth and Jürg Gutknecht to accompany the Oberon programming language and demonstrate principles of simplicity and efficiency in system design.
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B.
The Universal Operating System
The Universal Operating System is the official motto of the Debian project, emphasizing its goal of providing a versatile, freely available operating system that runs on a wide range of hardware and use cases.
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C.
GNU Hurd
GNU Hurd is the GNU Project’s microkernel-based operating system server collection intended as a free Unix-like replacement, built to run on top of the Mach microkernel.
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D.
LynxOS
LynxOS is a real-time, POSIX-compliant operating system designed for embedded and mission-critical applications, particularly in aerospace, defense, and industrial systems.
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E.
Inferno operating system
Inferno operating system is a distributed, network-centric operating system designed for building portable, secure applications across diverse devices and environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
AmigaOS clone
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free and open-source software ⓘ operating system ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
AROS Research Operating System
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
AROS
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| alternativeName |
AROS Research Operating System
ⓘ
surface form:
AROS
AROS Research Operating System ⓘ
surface form:
AROS Research OS
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| basedOn |
AmigaOS
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surface form:
AmigaOS 3.1 API
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| designGoal |
API compatibility with AmigaOS 3.1
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independence from original AmigaOS source code ⓘ portability across architectures ⓘ |
| developer |
AROS Research Operating System
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
AROS Development Team
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| distributionModel |
downloadable ISO images
ⓘ
source code repositories ⓘ |
| feature |
ARexx-like scripting support
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Amiga-style CLI shell ⓘ TCP/IP networking stack ⓘ Workbench-like desktop environments ⓘ graphics and sound subsystems compatible with Amiga paradigms ⓘ intuition-based GUI ⓘ message-passing IPC ⓘ preemptive multitasking ⓘ shared libraries ⓘ |
| hasDistribution |
AspireOS
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Broadway ⓘ Icaros Desktop ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | AmigaOS ⓘ |
| kernelType | monolithic kernel ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| projectStartDate | mid-1990s ⓘ |
| softwareLicense |
APL (AROS Public License)
ⓘ
BSD license ⓘ
surface form:
BSD licenses
GNU General Public License ⓘ GNU Lesser General Public License ⓘ |
| sourceModel | open source ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
ARM
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Amiga hardware via m68k ports ⓘ PowerPC ⓘ bare metal x86 ⓘ hosted on FreeBSD ⓘ hosted on Linux ⓘ hosted on NetBSD ⓘ hosted on Windows ⓘ m68k ⓘ x86 ⓘ x86-64 ⓘ |
| supportsSoftware |
Amiga datatypes system (reimplementation)
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many AmigaOS 3.x applications (with recompilation) ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Amiga enthusiasts
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retrocomputing community ⓘ |
| website | https://aros.sourceforge.io/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: AROS Research Operating System Description of subject: AROS Research Operating System is an open-source, portable reimplementation of the classic AmigaOS designed to run on modern hardware and architectures.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
AROS
AROS Research Operating System
→
developer
→
AROS Research Operating System
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
AROS Development Team
AROS Research Operating System
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abbreviation
→
AROS Research Operating System
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
AROS
this entity surface form:
AROS
this entity surface form:
AROS Research OS
this entity surface form:
AROS shell