@Kas1e

I use PuTTY at work and I'd be interested in a port. However you know I am principally an AROS guy and I'd prefer if PuTTY would be ported also to it. Since most AROS developers use Linux machines for a reason or another, they may be very interested too. If an AmigaOS 4.x port of PuTTY would be a good way to have it on AROS too, well, I can't be more interested. Thank you.

@DaveP

First of all, thanks for your notes about Icaros Desktop.

Then, let's answer to your concerns about a common Amiga platform. Well, what I can say is that I agree 100% with you, we are too much accustomed to look at ourselves as a split community: reds to the left, blues to the right, arosians in the middle... but the reality (sad reality) is that this whole diversification between 'Amiga dialects' is nothing more than a struggle between poor men. Relics of a glorious past that people outside the community can't simply understands (and, frankly, there are NO motivation why they should, indeed).

The war is over, and it's time to understand that what remains of the Amiga community simply hasn't the numbers to count something in the IT industry. So we have better thinking about ourselves as a "whole" community like in the old age. AmigaOS, MorphOS and AROS users are still Amigans that simply chose a different path for their 'amigism', but that kept a strong Amiga attitude in their hearts.

All in all, there is no need for a 'common amiga platform': it already exists. There are programs that fairly run today on AmigaOS 4, MorphOS and AROS, so keeping compatibility with all the systems is possible and, from my humble point of view, mandatory (Shinkuro explains how to reach this goal in his own website). It's mandatory 'cos having the program X running on all three systems will give X more users, more testing, more feedback. And a wider userbase will thow in more interest from the outside.

But if we keep coding our jewels in a "only my Amiga flavour will enjoy it" way, well, that jewel will be stuck to its few users and will stop glaring very soon. And 2/3 of the Amiga community won't be able to use it.