Quick Update and Round Things

I was just in the #AROS IRC Channel and Michal Schulz said he booted the first SAM440 Kernel. So Dr. Schulz is already making progress!

Tomek 'error' Wiszkowski has officially completed the Disk Validator bounty. Congrats Tomek and thank you!

If you are curious about the current status of the EFIKA bounty. Bill "Tigger" Evans has been extremely busy with his day job and has asked for an extension. Since it took about six weeks for him to receive his EFIKA board, he now has an extra six weeks to finish the bounty. See the details of the bounty for more information.

Now, you are probably wondering why I put "Round Things" in the title. Well, I have two sites I would like to mention and I guess you could say they relate to round things. Hey, give me a break, I couldn't think of anything else!

The first is a web site that is fairly new to AROS named AROSWorld.org. Vince "Amigamia" Ruggiero has created the site for the AROS community. The definition of the site reads, "This community site is for all current AROS fans and the new ones. You can post news, forum topics, pictures, share thoughts and collaborate on the future development of the OS.". I think it is a nice community site and Vince has been doing a good job of keeping it updated.

The next site is not only a site but actually a podcast. I had the chance today to check out Amiga Roundtable and I really enjoyed it. They do include happenings about AROS in their podcasts, plus news about the entire Amiga world. Their about page reads, "Amiga Roundtable is the Amiga Community’s version of This Week in Tech, and the flagship show of AmiZed Studios. A panel of Amiga users that discuss the current events of the Amiga community in a moderated format. Highlighting the important issues as well as bringing some of the fluff as well. You can’t expect to have your meat and potatoes without some dessert now can you? Your hosts are Rich Lawrence, Sean Fitzgerald and Mike Blackburn. All are Amiga enthusiasts and love the platform and all it’s incarnations.". The CEO of DiscreetFX, Bill Panagouleas has also been involved in several episodes. I thought it was very cool to listen to a nice little radio show that included our beloved AROS. Nice job guys!