Last night i was searching for a new Linux OS to install on my laptop and when i was looking on distrowatch i found the Commodore OS Vision. Commodore OS Vision is based on Linux Mint 10 (Ubuntu 10.10) and is still under development. It comes with GNOME 2 so all the desktop effects are there and installed by default… just watch the video!!
Commodore OS Vision is a community driven Linux distribution for Commodore enthusiasts that is designed to unleash your creative potential and help you enjoy your computing experience to the fullest. Commodore computers were well known for their unique operating environments, so we seek to do the same, by providing a distinctive, attractive, advanced and fun operating system experience. Its look is inspired by the Commodore 64 and original Commodore Amiga Workbench user environments but with a modern spin, which includes many slick graphical effects which showcase the capabilities of our new Commodore machines.
Commodore OS Vision Homepage
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Now having being used to and loving the commodore brand since I was a kid. This was one I wanted to have a ride with.. There has no doubt been a lot of work and tweaking went into this.. However, even with my heart in the C= brand, that blue theme is a bloody eye sore. And the speech synthesis just does not sound like the Amiga did! (it has its own Americanised accent altogether!) That said, this has obviously been built for the new commodore range of hardware. Well okay its just the name that’s been used upon some… Read more »
still like to play R-Type on vice 🙂