Icaros 1.5

Icaros Desktop is an Amiga-like operating system for the PC platform, with a full desktop environment, distributed on a bootable media. It's based on AROS, a lightweight, efficient and flexible open-source operating system, aiming at being compatible with AmigaOS 3 at the API level while improving on it in many areas. Icaros Desktop runs native AROS applications but also the original Amiga ones under emulation, transparently integrating them onto its desktop.

v1.5 [Jan 22, 2013]
1.A NEW 68K ENVIRONMENT
--Icaros Desktop 1.5 provides a full emulation layer for classic Amiga software, running both games from their ADF files and Workbench applications without the need for original Amiga KickStart and AmigaOS: we use AROS 68K replacement ROM and operating system, running on the new Janus-UAE v1.3 emulator, both in coherency mode or in a separate screen. Under AROS 68K you don't need to manually set the guest resolution anymore (it will automatically adapt to host's one at startup), nor you'll have to choose for locale, input and Zune preferences anymore: our AmiBridge subsystem will keep them in sync for you. Icaros Desktop also provides some famous classic programs like TVPaint, Real3D, AmiBlitz and others. But if the compatibility degree assured by AROS 68K is not enough, you can always integrate Cloanto's Amiga Forever into Icaros Desktop and take advantage of AmigaOS 3.X and original Amiga ROMs.
2.IMPROVED INSTALLATION
--Weren't you bored of Icaros Desktop 1.4 installation times? We were. So we decided to change the way Icaros installs itself on your hard drive, allowing you to choose what programs to install and which not. If you don't need games, Icaros won't install the anymore, neither during its installation, nor when updating the system through LiveUpdater. Our area-based macro-packages include all programs of the same kind, and you can activate or disable them with the new "Custom" installation option. All mandatory files and programs have been moved out from the Extras drawer, and have been included both in the Live! and Light distributions. Moreover, you'll find a little script in the root of the media which will help you create installation USB pendrives.