Introduction
Amibench OS (v46) (https://wiki.amiga.org/index.php/AmiBench) is a newly developed OS by Amigakit, the system doesn't have an official deal with Clonato/Amiga Inc and so is powered by a heavily modified Aros OS and Aros Kickstart Replacement Rom. AROS Research Operating System (AROS – pronounced "AR-OS") is a free and open-source multi media centric implementation of the AmigaOS 3.1 APIs.
The big difference between Aros and Amibench is new features and features that were developed for AmigaOS4.1 Enhancer Pack have been backported to the OS. A new ARM graphics library has also been developed to bypass 68K code and better utilise the ARM GPU chip on Amibench systems. This will allow for much faster graphic rendering performance, already some OS data type and OS mini applications have been optimised to use this new library.
Amibench v46
Platforms: A600GS / A1200NG / (Orange Pi 3 unofficially) - A4000NG coming soon
Cost: Closed Sourced, using parts of Aros for Compatibility.
Development: Still in Active Development
The systems will allow internet access and have updates provided from AmiSphere an online service ran by Amigakit.
The system is also shipped with some well known Amiga software by A-EON, PPaint, OctaMED, Final Writer and Directory Opus4 by GP Software.
- OS - Amibench V46 (Aros / Custom )
- PPaint 7.4
- OctaMED v8
- Final Writer v7
- Directory Opus 4 GPL
- EaglePlayer, HippoPlayer, Dock,
- Clock, Calendar
- YAM (yet another mail)
- AmiBrowser
- Games
- Thunderhell
- Super SkidMarks
- Virtual Grand Prix
- ScummVM
- Amistore
- Emulation Powered by Amiberry
Amistore an digital App store that was previously only available on AmigaOS4 will also be ported over.
One big development for these systems was the addition of a modern web browser, AmiBrowser, this is an HTML 5 capable web browser built for 68K with Zune/MUI. It uses ARM libraries to power the native rendering of the web pages. A good video demos most of its features https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4YyEZAIj64
Media
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Amibench - Various videos on Amibench
Further Reading
Amibench powered Hardware - A4000NG / A1200NG / A600GS
Official Forum - hosted on Amiga.org
Aros Official site - Aros homepage
https://wiki.amiga.org/index.php/AmiBench - Amibench Wiki Page
https://wiki.amiga.org/index.php/AmiBench_Software - Software compatibility