general desktop problems:

desktop        problems
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Thing 1.10     no serious problems, except desktop flacker
GEMINI 1.A     does not use Pterm(), copies executable files without x-flag
EASE 5.00      no Minixfs support
NeoDesk        ?
no|Desk 3.04   ?
TeraDesk 1.4a  runs in TOS domain
MagXDesk       not able to launch programs under MiNT


compatibility list:

MiNT-version AES-version desktop       comment
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
MiNTnp 1.12  3.10        Thing 1.10    no problems
MiNTnp 1.12  3.10        GEMINI 1.A    no problems

MiNTnp 1.12  3.20        Thing 1.10    no problems
MiNTnp 1.12  3.20        GEMINI 1.A    no problems
MiNTnp 1.12  3.20        EASE 5.00     no problems
MiNTnp 1.12  3.20        no|Desk 3.04  no problems
MiNTnp 1.12  3.20        TeraDesk 1.4a no problems

MiNTnp 1.12  4.00        Thing 1.x     }
MiNTnp 1.12  4.00        GEMINI 1.A    } gemsh does not yet recognize the
MiNTnp 1.12  4.00        TeraDesk 1.4a } ending of the desktop under AES 4.0
MiNT   1.12  4.00        Thing 1.x     }
MiNT   1.12  4.00        GEMINI 1.A    memory violation while leaving

MiNT   1.12  4.10 ž      Thing 1.10    no problems
MiNT   1.12  4.10 ž      GEMINI 1.A    sometimes hanging

MiNTnp 1.12  N.AES 1.1.0 Thing 1.10    no problems
MiNTnp 1.12  N.AES 1.1.0 EASE 5.00     no problems
MiNTnp 1.12  N.AES 1.1.0 GEMINI 1.A    sometimes hanging
MiNT   1.12  N.AES 1.1.0 Thing 1.10    no problems

MiNT   1.12  XaAES 0.6   *             init reports an error and hangs
MiNT   1.12  oAESis 0.76 *             hangs when gemsh tries to launch sh
MiNTnp 1.12  Geneva 5    *             not able to deal with fork()
MiNTnp 1.12  MagiC 5.x   *             no accessories, no AES multitasking


...as you may notice, GEM-init works best under MiNTnp + SingleAES (do not
forget to boot NoHog.Acc)
