Having never had access to a *real* amiga (here in Canada they were rarish, and teen me couldn't afford one) I got Amikit running on my pi400 just fine. Very slick, everything has just worked(tm).

), I was wondering if there was a sort of Rosetta Stone for new users. I know there is a user's guide for amiga os / workbench / dos at amigos.net (?)

This post comes as I was going to write a changelog in some editor under amiga os, but I realized that I didn't really even know where the like «USER» folder (drawer) was traditionally located.

Thanks,

Stu

Hi Stu and thanks for your interesting post!

Honestly, I would never think that in 2022 someone new would jump into AmigaOS. Wow, respect!

Despite the following chapter from FAQ does not necessarily apply to you, I'll paste it here anyway:

Anyway, before you start experimenting with AmigaOS/AmiKit, I strongly recommend to backup AmiKit folder in Manjaro Linux (simple Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V will do). If anything goes wrong later, simple restore the backuped folder and you're back on track without re-installing anything.

Here's a basic info about Amiga Workbench: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workbench_(AmigaOS)
Note that AmiKit is based on 3.x version. And it uses Directory Opus Magellan II on top of it to improve user experience.

A quick googling revealed the following videos about Amiga Workbench for beginners:
Part1: https://youtu.be/mjBU3y4IHTM
Part 2: https://youtu.be/ylnMKwSfC4Q

However, on those videos you can clearly see how much AmiKit differs from default 4-color AmigaOS Workbench. Perhaps you could check some of my tutorial videos instead, even though they don't cover many areas: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxEnP5UUSCcREBN5C0aCC-zZ5H_gK4FTV

Regarding your specific question, no, there's no «user» folder anywhere. Feel free to create one anywhere and store your data there

Hope it helps?

AmiKit
Thanks for the quick reply.
I got amikit just cause I wanted something that Just Worked(tm) and and not worry about emulation settings etc.
Also the install video in the 'required files / start here' folder is how tutorials should be done. - nice and quick!

: I've read about workbench/amiga, much as I looked at BeOS. Now that I think about it, my neighbour ~1991 had an amiga of some sort. I remember the text-to-speech talk app, and Falcon (f-16) flight-sim.

I was playing around a bit with RiscOS on th pi400 as well.

Cheers,
Stu