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Operating System Specific Discussions => MorphOS => MorphOS -- Application questions and support => Topic started by: Andre.Siegel on October 02, 2019, 12:02:44 PM

Title: Public Release of MorphOS 3.12
Post by: Andre.Siegel on October 02, 2019, 12:02:44 PM
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The MorphOS development team is proud to announce the public release of MorphOS 3.12. This new version introduces brand new dual-monitor capabilities to various Powerbook laptops as well as G5 desktop systems, and features improved thermal management, fan control and dynamic CPU frequency switching, which provide increased energy efficiency and reduced noise levels. Additionally, the Helios Firewire stack has been fully integrated into the core OS and we added support for hundreds of modern printers and scanners.

Furthermore, the Odyssey web browser has been upgraded and now utilizes newer and more modern components for handling connections, encryption, spell-checking, and low-level drawing operations. Plus, it features a redesigned and more adaptive user interface.

In addition, our official integrated development environment Flow Studio has been substantially updated and extended yet again bringing numerous usability and LUA scripting enhancements, full support for Hollywood, and code sensing as well as function listing abilities for many additional languages.

Developers will also appreciate the inclusion of a new MUI text rendering engine that is capable of rendering Unicode text. This feature is currently enabled in selected applications and in all ObjC applications. Thanks to the addition of the new ObjFW runtime, it is now also possible to write native ObjC applications that utilize Automatic Reference Counting (ARC).

Moreover, MorphOS now offers a rewritten spellchecker that is based on Hunspell and libvoikko cores and uses UTF-8. Spell-checking is now supported in all of MUI's string input gadgets, Flow Studio and Odyssey.

For a more comprehensive explanation of these changes and a list of additional features, such as the ability to mute the boot chime on Mac computers from within MorphOS, please read our release notes.

We strongly urge new users to carefully read our installation and troubleshooting guides before they attempt to install MorphOS for the first time. Existing users can upgrade via the familiar procedure but are encouraged to read the guides as well. MorphOS 3.12 is available for download in our files section.

More information: https://morphos-team.net/news (https://morphos-team.net/news)
Title: Re: Public Release of MorphOS 3.12
Post by: Rotzloeffel on October 02, 2019, 01:44:16 PM
WOW !!!  :o
Title: Re: Public Release of MorphOS 3.12
Post by: kolla on October 02, 2019, 03:08:15 PM
Nice, congrats with new release.

Certain other OS developers have tons to learn here - for example the concept of actual release notes.
Title: Re: Public Release of MorphOS 3.12
Post by: TribbleSmasher on October 02, 2019, 06:51:20 PM
Excellent, can't wait to try it out; especially FireWire and dual display... 8)

Edit
Does this mean the QuadG5(11,2) is now officially supported?
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G5 Thermal Management
Basic sensor support for PMac11,2/PMac12,1 models
Reduced SMU access tick interval to avoid cyclic fan spin-up
Added dynamic CPU frequency switching (full/half speed as supported by 970FX) for PowerMac12,1/iMacG5 based on CPU load statistics
Title: Re: Public Release of MorphOS 3.12
Post by: zylesea on October 03, 2019, 08:13:13 PM
Quote from: TribbleSmasher on October 02, 2019, 06:51:20 PM
Excellent, can't wait to try it out; especially FireWire and dual display... 8)

Edit
Does this mean the QuadG5(11,2) is now officially supported?


It's not officially supported, but actually runs on these models. There's no warranty and support yet for these models (Powermac G5 PCIe 11.2 and iMac G5 12.1)