What is AmigaOS?
AmigaOS 4 is a proprietary operating system designed for PowerPC-based Amiga personal computers. Launched in 1985, AmigaOS has evolved over the years, with the most recent release being AmigaOS 4.1, developed by Hyperion Entertainment under an exclusive license from Amiga Inc. AmigaOS is a single-user operating system built on a preemptive multitasking kernel called Exec, offering an abstraction of the Amiga's hardware, a disk operating system (AmigaDOS), a windowing system API (Intuition), and a desktop file manager (Workbench). It also features a command-line interface (AmigaShell), with the CLI and Workbench components sharing the same privileges. Notably, AmigaOS lacks built-in memory protection
Highlights
- Preemptive multitasking kernel (Exec)
- Disk operating system (AmigaDOS)
- Windowing system API (Intuition)
- Desktop file manager (Workbench)
- Command-line interface (AmigaShell)
- PowerPC compatibility (introduced in AmigaOS 4.0)
- Draggable screens in any direction
- Drag and drop of Workbench icons between screens
- TrueType/OpenType font support
- Movie player with DivX and MPEG-4 support
- Start-up preferences feature (introduced in AmigaOS 4.1)
- New icon set, window themes, and AmiDock enhancements (in AmigaOS 4.1)