I am thinking about using Ambient as the default desktop for a Linux distro that I am working on. I would like to know how one would go about compiling it using the GNU tool-chain?

One more thing, would there be any objections to including the open source parts of MorphOS in my Linux distro?

[ Edited by fatman2021 26.09.2013 - 01:19 ]

At first you start by writing a MUI-clone for X11 ;)

Ambient, just like most parts of the MorphOS system, is very tied up to the Amiga API and can't be transfered that easy to the POSIX standard as it might appear...

If you want to use Ambient, better stay with MorphOS

Although, a Ambient style WM for Linux would be very tempting...

Would Zune work?

analogkid,
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I can use code from AROS for Amiga API compliance. That is the easy part.

As far as using MorphOS is concerned, that will not happen for a long thime unless people start buying copies of the commercial version of my Linux Distro.

The free version already has an very nice AmigaOS 4 style theme...so then all I would have to do is port the Amiga API(AROS) over to linux.

[ Edited by fatman2021 26.09.2013 - 14:27 ]

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OK, if you really believe that, then here are the instructions for building Ambient with the GNU toolchain:

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That's it. Ambient is, and always has been, built with GNU Make, GCC and Binutils.

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LOL, you made my day.