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Title: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: System on January 14, 2010, 04:10:19 PM
Brussels, Belgium – January 13, 2010

Hyperion Entertainment CVBA announces the immediate availability for download of Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1, the most substantial update to date, and bringing the Sam440 out of “beta”.

Registered users of AmigaOS 4.1 for the AmigaOne, SAM and Pegasos II will have access to the same much enhanced baseline functionality:


More... (http://os4.hyperion-entertainment.biz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=135:update-1-of-amigaos-41-available-for-immediate-download&catid=36:amigaos-4x&Itemid=18)
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: Gulliver on January 14, 2010, 04:31:41 PM
Website is not loading here. Is the server down?
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: Karlos on January 14, 2010, 04:32:40 PM
Quote from: Gulliver;538300
Website is not loading here. Is the server down?


Accidental DDoS from all the downloads?
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: Gulliver on January 14, 2010, 04:34:44 PM
Maybe you are right! We will have to wait and see...

I am just curious about what has been fixed, enhanced and updated!

ERROR QUOTE:

Database Error: Unable to connect to the database:Could not connect to MySQL
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: efrenmgp on January 14, 2010, 04:39:44 PM
Same here... Database error...

Surely they will fix it soon :)

Regards,
Efren
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: klx300r on January 14, 2010, 04:57:05 PM
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS..OS4.1 is finally out of BETA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TimberWolf ..you're next !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

damn too bad I can't get OWB to show them dancing banana's :-)
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: Gulliver on January 14, 2010, 05:12:33 PM
What follows is a very recent quote from Rougue, an OS4 dev:

Sorry for the website trouble. It seems that "long awaited" wasn't just a buzzword here, right now I am hardly able to log into the machine via remote shell. We're working on fixing the issue. Please have a bit of patience. Thank you.
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: Gulliver on January 14, 2010, 05:14:28 PM
This is the featurelist of the update:

Kernel
Offers more stability on SAM, a more reliable and efficient memory management system and improved memory paging to and from harddisk.

DOS
A new mechanism for launching preset programs for specific taks, such as email clients and web-browsers (URLopen).
Application tracking for ease of program location (AppDir: handler).
Improved shared object support with significantly decreased loading times.

Intuition
Improved window support, fading and rendering - including drop shadows.
Reduced video memory consumption due to improved screen handling.
New internal methods for better system "theme" support.

System
Updated ASL requesters and imagery for a fresh new look.
New notification system.
Enhanced automatic detection of installed hardware (including DDC support).
Improved support for external USB devices.
Updated sound.datatype and wav.datatype.
New screenblankers.
Improved calculator with extended mode.

Workbench
The new Startup preferences means no more copying files to WBStartup.
A brand new icon set to complement higher screen resolutions.
New window themes offering enhanced visual feedback.
Scalable icons.
Workbench auto update feature.

Python
Tested with the regression suite.
Enhanced distutils module for easy installation of Python packages.
New Amiga modules including catalog and icon.
New OS module methods.
MiniGL V2.2
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: Evillord68 on January 14, 2010, 06:06:01 PM
That´s are great news. ;)
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: ldituri on January 14, 2010, 06:57:00 PM
Thank you thank you thank you!!!!
The last couple weeks have been filled with great Amiga events!
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: Dragster on January 14, 2010, 07:15:43 PM
Thank you! My Peg II can't wait for this update to be installed!!!!
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: Evillord68 on January 14, 2010, 09:00:44 PM
A first photo is here in a1k.org: http://www.a1k.org/forum/showthread.php?t=19958&page=2
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: NovaCoder on January 14, 2010, 10:43:10 PM
Cool news, updates like these encourage us non-OS4.x users to join the party.
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: mikeymike on January 14, 2010, 11:07:56 PM
@ NovaCoder

I know what you mean, my inner fanboy just had a rare day out after looking around for screenshots, and suddenly the desktop theme I'm using has a very blue/white thing going on :)
Title: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: System on January 15, 2010, 04:00:07 AM
Brussels, Belgium – January 14, 2010

Hyperion Entertainment CVBA announces the immediate availability for download of Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1, the most substantial update to date, and bringing the Sam440 out of “beta”.

Registered users of AmigaOS 4.1 for the AmigaOne, SAM and Pegasos II will have access to the same much enhanced baseline functionality:


More... (http://os4.hyperion-entertainment.biz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=135:update-1-of-amigaos-41-available-for-immediate-download&catid=36:amigaos-4x&Itemid=18)
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: Crumb on January 15, 2010, 11:09:13 AM
I thought it was going to include USB2.0 drivers :-(
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: ddniUK on January 15, 2010, 12:52:38 PM
My videos show OS4.1 Update 1 and the new features, They are introduced by the main developer Simon Archer (Rigo).
AFAIK Nothing has changed since they were made except one small bug fix.

Part one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS48zbP4H30
Part two http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-zOv4kmhEo
Part threee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLWW-a9j4_A
Part four http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gipwf61rV6c
Part five http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HGlOmWrb9g
Part six http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1emTTI3W-g
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: Tension on January 15, 2010, 01:07:37 PM
Quote from: Crumb;538427
I thought it was going to include USB2.0 drivers :-(


No, they will be released in 2018, when the rest of the world is using USB5.0
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: clint on January 15, 2010, 01:49:22 PM
Quote from: Gulliver;538300
Website is not loading here. Is the server down?


Still cannot get through, times out, after all the hype Hyperion should have known there would have been a large download demand for the update by eager users.

clint
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: Minuous on January 15, 2010, 01:51:24 PM
>Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1, the most substantial update to date

Obviously the first update is going to also be the "most substantial update to date", as there ARE no other updates to compare it to! :-)
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: xeron on January 15, 2010, 04:15:36 PM
Quote from: Crumb;538427
I thought it was going to include USB2.0 drivers :-(


USB2.0 is in development, and will be released "when its done(TM)". There would be no point in releasing it before it is working properly.
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: Gulliver on January 15, 2010, 04:39:45 PM
AmigaOS 4.1 and its update for Classic PPC Amigas is available in two more  weeks...
:)
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: Gulliver on January 15, 2010, 04:48:51 PM
Even AmigaOS 3.1 has USB 2.0! Not to mention AROS and MorphOS.

How can USB 2.0 not be a priority? Well, I guess OS 4.1 is still a very immature OS which still needs bigger issues to be taken care of first!

So for me, what Hyperion says about AmigaOS 4.1 coming out of the beta, it is just exageration or simple marketing BS.

In the end i hope OS 4.1 does catch up, before the industry moves ahead with another standart. It is sad.
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: xeron on January 15, 2010, 05:50:15 PM
Quote from: Gulliver;538478
How can USB 2.0 not be a priority?


Who says it isn't? Its just not ready yet.

Quote

So for me, what Hyperion says about AmigaOS 4.1 coming out of the beta, it is just exageration or simple marketing BS.


AmigaOS4.1 was already out of beta for AmigaOne and Pegasos II. It was still beta for the SAM because support for the SAM hardware wasn't quite ready yet and was released with a beta label attached. Now the SAM version is no longer considered beta.
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: xeron on January 15, 2010, 05:51:56 PM
Quote from: Gulliver;538474
AmigaOS 4.1 and its update for Classic PPC Amigas is available in two more  weeks...
:)


I guess thats some kind of joke, but i fail to understand the humour. AmigaOS4.1 has never been promised for classics, let alone a timeframe given, although Hyperion haven't ruled it out.
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: Gulliver on January 15, 2010, 07:03:45 PM
You are too serious defending OS4.1. Chill out! :)
Jokes aside, it is nice to know an AmigaOS-like got updated.
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: Gulliver on January 15, 2010, 07:10:38 PM
Okay so if Hyperion considers OS4.1 is out of the beta without having support for USB 2.0, then their OS 4.x expectations/goals are really low.
So congrats for them for following the continuous Amiga Inc. legacy of substandart computing achievements! :)
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: Karlos on January 15, 2010, 10:35:30 PM
Well, I've managed to download the ISO. Tomorrow I will back up DH0 (I don't have a working 4.0 install on there anyway) and try it out.
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: cha05e90 on January 15, 2010, 10:41:03 PM
Quote from: Gulliver;538501
Okay so if Hyperion considers OS4.1 is out of the beta without having support for USB 2.0, then their OS 4.x expectations/goals are really low.
So congrats for them for following the continuous Amiga Inc. legacy of substandart computing achievements! :)


Gulliver, could you please ... erm ... ah ... forget it.
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: Gulliver on January 16, 2010, 12:29:22 AM
Maybe i was a bit hard on the last sentence about Hyperion like Amiga Inc., but not on the other stuff

Okay, i will let you enjoy the moment! :)
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: klx300r on January 16, 2010, 07:34:47 AM
awesome update! just installed it tonight and it was worth the wait..Blender runs great too..WOW..got lots of messing around with my Miggy to do nowm :-)
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: kolla on January 16, 2010, 10:37:20 AM
They could just port Poseidon and be done with it, and as for new standard, sure... I've already spotted usb-3.0 in in the wild.
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: xeron on January 16, 2010, 02:36:24 PM
Quote from: kolla;538577
They could just port Poseidon and be done with it.


Or maybe, rather than just throw out all the hard work they've been doing, they could just finish the USB2.0 support in their own USB stack?
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: Tomas on January 16, 2010, 09:45:13 PM
I for one am very happy with this update. It finally solved the stability problems of my Sam and also speed up the system. I am sure USB2 will come out soon enough..
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: redfox on January 17, 2010, 06:32:59 PM
AmigaOS 4.1 Update 1 running just fine on my MicroA1-C now after I disabled the rear USB ports.

OWB 3.23 working fine here.  I have not had a chance to try out my other software yet.

For whatever reason, Update 1 is very unstable on the MicroA1-C machines.  Problems booting from CD or hard drive make it very difficult to install the new OS.  Most users experienced booting problems, for example Grim Reapers or booting into a blank white Workbench screen or booting into a black screen or freezes and general unstable running if it booted all the way into OS4.

Temporary fix is to disable rear USB ports using UBoot.  This makes the system stable.

---
redfox
Title: Re: Update 1 of AmigaOS 4.1 available for immediate download
Post by: klx300r on January 18, 2010, 05:22:40 PM
Quote from: Gulliver;538501
Okay so if Hyperion considers OS4.1 is out of the beta without having support for USB 2.0, then their OS 4.x expectations/goals are really low.
So congrats for them for following the continuous Amiga Inc. legacy of substandart computing achievements! :)



arghhh...honestly now why do you bother posting this nonsense in this thread???

The update was definitely worth the wait for us OS4.1 owners on Sam boards!....Blender runs amazing on it!..now we wait for TimberWolf :-)