OS Vision 3

[Moejj Oryzen]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE OS VISION 3 - THIS IS OVER THE TOP AWESOME!!

I'm going to throw the ISO on a Ventoy bootable thumbdrive, then install on a dedicated computer.

*LOVE* ME SOME 3!!!



M.

[53hornet]

Three cheers for Ventoy, I discovered it just this week. COS 3 is huge fun so far

[LeoNigro]

I'm so happy you're getting enjoyment out of Commodore OS because that is the whole point.

I understand that Commodore OS is not for everyone, as its goals are different to what your average Linux user has been molded into wanting.
I see it as more of an entry level Linux, that doesn't complain at you over silly things and just has everything ready at your fingertips.
As I read some reviews, I see a pattern that there are some people out there that just don't get it or see the point.
They don't understand that its not meant to be yet another boring OS, or an exercise in minimalism.
That philosophy is fine for the workplace, but at home I want something that is fun, with things you can explore.
Boring distros are a dime a dozen, and I wanted Commodore OS to stand out as something different and not take itself too seriously.

I'm trying to bring elements together that celebrate Commodore, much like a fan website would.
Games! Fun! Demos! Fun! MODs and SIDs!! Fun! I'm not trying to rebuild Ubuntu. What would be the point?
Let's face it, the retro speech and sound effects, spinning desktops, and wobbly windows are all fun.
It's a lot like a slick website that happens to be an all singing all dancing desktop OS.
I've even heard the complaint, why would I get my retro this way when I can run a retro game launcher.
What would be the point of recreating emulation station when Commodores were known for being desktop computers.

When I used Workbench I had all sorts of bells and whistles installed, which made it fun, and that's what I've tried to recreate here on steroids.
The Amiga emphasized low latency computing, and I'm grateful for it, but I'm not about to count every last CPU resource like its the 80s, when my C64x can have multiple CPU cores, 64Gb of memory and 1Tb+ of storage, rendering Commodore OS's resource usage minuscule.

As much as I would have loved to have made something that could be considered a continuation of AmigaOS (which the critics unfairly lament), for one reason or another that was not possible. In a perfect world Commodore OS would have been Commodore AROS, but that ship sailed due to Commodore USA encountering an unfortunate legal clause in 2012, when we were an Amiga licensee. That led me down the track to creating Commodore OS and gearing it 100% towards being a fun little sandbox for the C64x user. Commodore OS has grown into its own thing, with its own personality, and that's not bad.

However, I think the true "vision" I have for Commodore OS, if I was to dare allow myself to think so boldly, would be for it to become the glue that could potentially unite all the Commodore tribes, by allowing the simultaneous and seamless hosting of AROS, AmigaOS3.x, and Amiga OS4 desktops, which would likely run on separate cores anyway given their lack of SMP, with Commodore OS picking up the slack behind the scenes when the Amiga platform lacks a particular app. Commodore OS, as is, would always be free and the default, but it could potentially be a placeholder for something even greater. Imagine being able to have the automation ready, so if you were so inclined to spend a little money on proprietary parts, you could have the best of all worlds for the Commodore Amiga fan, automatically installed and configured. Having these things as optional after market add-ons, would bypass all the legal red tape. That's the direction I would like to see Commodore OS(even if just as a brand) heading in future versions....but I would need community help to accomplish such a thing.

Do you see that as a Commodore "vision" worthy of pursuing?

[Ushgarak]

Sounds great to me!

[davidf215]

I'm trying to download the COS3 but the file is showing that it's 35.2 GB (giga bytes). Is that correct? Using this URL from the Direct File Download link on commodoreos.net: https://archive.org/download/commodore- ... ision3.zip

[technotron]

hi david,
the iso file is 37Gb you are correct. Once downloaded I suggest you create a live usb key with a 64Gb usb stick in size. That worked for me.

seen the large amount of the iso I suggest you download the iso via torrent.

Good luck

[Mec72]

Hello everyone,
after assembling my Commodore 64x, I installed Commodore OS Vision 2, I have to say that up to now, I have not had any major problems, now I would like to install version 3, but when I load from a USB stick, the install voice does not appear, I can change the language, the keyboard, but in the end I can only launch OS Vision only "LIVE"; I could not find any information about it, can anyone help me?
Thanks

[LeoNigro]

So you are booting into the COS3 USB stick, and not into COS2 right?

You can run the greeter again after running the following:

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rm ~/.commodore/*.flg
LOAD "STARTUP" &

Minimize the terminal, because it'll just spit out a lot of errors you can safely ignore.
This problem can happen if the installer was aborted or maybe even previously used.
It's a long standing bug I should fix for the next version, which could be COS3.1 later in the year.
COS3.1 would just be a much smaller ISO of COS3.0 but with the accumulation of online updates and fixes.
FIXTODO.

[Mec72]

Hi thanks for the support,
I think I solved it, I misunderstood the guide, I expected to find an "Install" item as soon as the first screen loaded, when there are various choices, instead I want to launch the "LIVE" to finish loading, wait for the scanning of the various "Media" and then i can start the installation. I launched it yesterday evening, and this morning I had OS Vision 3 installed correctly.
I tried to change the language (in Italian), but unfortunately it always remains in English, too bad.
Anyway, everything works now.
My Configuration:
Asrock J3455-ITX Mini ITX
16Gb Ram
1Tb SSD
DVD RW

[LeoNigro]

FIXTODO I really must see if there is a way to skip the scanning of that media....who wants to wait around for that? I never have.

The language can be changed in Commodore OS Settings from the top menu:
System --> Commodore OS --> Commodore OS Settings

Then select Options:
General Settings ==> Change Commodore OS Language and Locale.

FIXTODO I really should put how to change the language in the guide.