AmigaOS - System

AmiSystemRestore

rikki_lake — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:58:29 +0000

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Version:

r1 Beta 7

Developer:

Chris Handley

Software type:

System

License:

Freeware

AmiSystemRestore aims to give AmigaOS4 a similar ability to Window's very useful System Restore. What it does is create Restore Points, which act as snapshots of your SYS: partition (where the OS is stored). If anything changes on your SYS: partition, then you can roll it back to the time of the snapshot.

Why would you want to undo changes to your SYS: partition? Well, if you install a new program (or update an existing one), you have no idea if any new libraries (or other changes) will have problems that may break existing programs.
A badly written installer might even replace libraries (etc) with older versions! AmiSystemRestore allows you to undo ALL recent changes (whether or not they were done by the installer), and return SYS: to an earlier point in time.
Knowledgable users can be more selective about which changes are undone, with the warning that they need to know what they are doing!

If you are installing something using AmiUpdate or the official Installer system, then AmiSystemRestore will automatically create Restore Points for you (and Ringhio messages should notify you of this).

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Granite

rikki_lake — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:45:55 +0000

Version:

1.4

Developer:

Tuomas Hokka

Software type:

System

License:

Freeware

Granite is a quality firewall for AmigaOS. When any application is trying to connect to the network you will be prompted if you want to accept or reject that application to connect. Granite will remember your selection and won/'t bother you ever again. Use Granite's main window to set finer controls.

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Version:

1.17

Developer:

Joerg Strohmeyer and Simon Archer

Software type:

System

License:

Commercial

RDesktop is a great application that allows you user to fully control a remote computer running MS Windows (7/XP/Vista/98).

Getting started is straightforward, just enter the IP Address or the name of the local computer on your network, supply a password and away you go.

here are many additional settings for configuring many aspects of the remote control, for instance full-screen support, keyboard configuration and audio output control.

AmiCygnix

rikki_lake — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:49:53 +0000

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Version:

1.3 R2

Developer:

Edgar Schwan

Software type:

System

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AmiCygnix is a fully featured release of the X Windows Environment.

The X Window System is the base for the all graphical user interfaces on unix or linux systems. No matter which GUI-toolkit is used, on the lowest level works X11. The system is splitted into a server and in a client part, which is typical for unix like systems. The server is responsible for processing the graphics and handles the user events like mouse-moves or key-events. The client finally is an application (e.g. a paint-program or a text-editor), which is using this system for displaying his windows.

What is the advantage to have this on an amiga-system? It makes it easier to port open source software to the amiga, because the sources for the GUI part can be compiled without any (or at least very few) changes.

With AmiCygnix you can use applications, such as AbiWord, Gnumeric, Gimp and Pidgin. Many more applications are also available which run under the AmiCygnix.

WHAT'S NEW? It is now possible to open any X11 Application as a window directly on the Workbench giving tighter integration between AmigaOS and X11 Applications.

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