AmigaOS
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Jan 12, 2026first mention
Oct 15, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“made wonders to reduce memory fragmentation”
“This does not happen on a 1985 Amiga”
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“a lot of the affordances AmigaOS provided are things I still actually want”
Caveats and dissent
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Threads where it came up
- July 23 1985, Commodore introduced its Amiga 1000: 10 years ahead of its time 2 mentions
- The Double Headed Stack Allocator 1 mention
- Amiga-Inspired AROS Goes Bare Metal on Raspberry Pi 1 mention
- Haiku OS runs on M1 Macs now 1 mention
- Screenshots of Old Desktop OSes 1 mention
- Floppy disks turn out to be the greatest TV remote for kids 1 mention
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All comments 7
“made wonders to reduce memory fragmentation”
“AmigaOS was better structured, with kernel, multitasking layer, and GUI layer”
“This does not happen on a 1985 Amiga”
“a lot of the affordances AmigaOS provided are things I still actually want”
> Windows 11's UI seems easier on the eyes than Haiku now. I feel the exact reverse. I find modern flat UIs ugly and hard to operate, which makes them more tiring. It is not just me: https://grumpy.website/
“AmigaOS 1.x fugly”
Also, have the TV display an image like this before: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Kickstart1_3.png