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AmigaOS is notable as being an early GUI operating system, following in the footsteps of systems such as [[Mac OS]] and [[wp:Graphical Environment Manager|GEM]] (although GEM was only considered part of the OS on Atari computers -- see [[wp:Atari TOS|Wikipedia's Atari TOS page]] for more on that topic). Unlike Mac OS, and like most other GUI systems, AmigaOS also included a command line interface.
Like the
The command line portion of the OS, implemented by Kickstart, is called '''[[wp:AmigaDOS|AmigaDOS]]'''. While AmigaDOS is not to be confused with [[DOS|PC-style DOS]], it does share some similarities with DOS and other text-mode systems.
The actual GUI is called '''[[wp:Workbench (AmigaOS)|Workbench]]''', and as the name suggests, instead of the now-common GUI metaphor of a desktop (with files and folders), the screen uses the metaphor of a workbench, with tools, gadgets, drawers, etc. (Originally, "Workbench" was the name of the entire OS; version 3.1 was the first version to be called "AmigaOS".)
A modern operating system that seeks to replicate AmigaOS is
Another OS that is mostly compatible with AmigaOS is [[wp:MorphOS|MorphOS]]. Unlike AROS, MorphOS is mostly binary-compatible with AmigaOS when run on actual Amigas (meaning that many Amiga programs will run under MorphOS without change).
==See also==
* [[wp:AmigaOS|AmigaOS on Wikipedia]]
* [http://hyperion-entertainment.biz/ Hyperion Entertainment], current developers of AmigaOS
* [http://aros.sourceforge.net/ The AROS home page]
* [[wp:AROS Research Operating System|AROS on Wikipedia]]
* [http://www.morphos-team.net/ The MorphOS home page]
* [[wp:MorphOS|MorphOS on Wikipedia]]
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