Commodore's forgotten Amiga Unix gets a modern revival
Yes, AI helped, but we're here for it.The Commodore Amiga is one of the best-loved computers of the 1980s: The Register celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2015. Its many fans remember it primarily as a home computer and, in its day, the ultimate games machine. Later in the Amiga's life, however, Commodore hoped to sell its more powerful models as Unix workstations.
- ▪Yes, AI helped, but we're here for it.The Commodore Amiga is one of the best-loved computers of the 1980s: The Register celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2015.
- ▪Its many fans remember it primarily as a home computer and, in its day, the ultimate games machine.
- ▪Later in the Amiga's life, however, Commodore hoped to sell its more powerful models as Unix workstations.
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); software Commodore's forgotten Amiga Unix gets a modern revival Amix gains newer CPU support and a package manager as Open Look joins the retro comeback Liam Proven Liam Proven LINUX AND OPEN SOURCE REPORTER Published tue 22 Sep 2026 // 10:15 UTC READ MORE AWS bolts together open source agent harness, says it sips fewer tokens than rivals 17 hours ago Firefox 156 arrives with a forest of forks in its wake 3 days ago Anthropic decides to support OpenAI's markdown instructions spec 3 days…
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