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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: DiskDoctor on January 18, 2009, 06:36:27 PM
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Greetings!
The issue is as simple as that.
I really spent several hours on searching for some OS4-software-buy -like phrase.
Result: NOTHING at all.
There are a few sites having some OS4 software but they look as some typical freeware skinny ports of some basic utils from linux.
I want something RICH! I want some sexy interface, ease of use, stuff really helpful.
Not mentioning the office environment. I really want to edit Word documents (or rich-text at least).
Somebody please help! If there is any.
I really got eager for getting complete OS4 environment (with hardware) but... do not want to use my OS4 machine as yet another web browser and file manager only...
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Have you tried Cinnamon Writer (http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=office/wordprocessing/cinnamon_writer.lha) yet? It's not complete yet but it should work for .RTF files when it's done.
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What system do you have? In case it's a Sam or an AmigaOne, check out AmiCygnix (http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=network/misc/amicygnix-base.lha) and install AbiWord (http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=office/wordprocessing/abiword.lha) and Gnumeric (http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=office/spreadsheet/gnumeric.lha). The latest version of AmiCygnix is said to be faster than the previous one, I haven't checked it yet though.
Another program with "sexy" GUI that comes to mind now is Milkytracker (http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=audio/tracker/milky/milkytracker.lha).. I hope that you'll find it to be sexy as much as I do :lol:
Varthall
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For RTF you can use old (commercial) 68k programs for Amiga :) I like FinalWriter for example.. I find it's interface pretty sexy too ;)
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pVC wrote:
you can use old (commercial) 68k programs for Amiga :) I like FinalWriter for example
Yes, there are some word processors out there, e.g. AmigaWriter...
But it is hard to check your OS compliance while some prerequisites list just mandatory hardware... A bit confusing for a person not wanting to deal with such details because lacks some knowledge.
What I meant was sure, there are some software outlets on the web but I miss something like Apple has - central software repository.
Of course it is purely commercial (I mean the one on Apple website) and is a part of company's policy - to provide the users of a minor share platform with as much software as possible. Others like version tracker exist as well.
I think Amiga software is too much distributed throughout various shops. One needs a single place to store the info about it. All the more about recent Amiga OSes, there is a very small amount of users, compared for Mac users base. So the need is even more crucial.
While some effort is being spent on maintaining numerous forums and other A-devoted sites, I wonder why there's no such place in the web. Not mentioning there's no single place to store software for ALL Amiga platforms...
I mean it happens but if one considers the software I am mainly talking about is proprietary... I mean how are like new OS4 users supposed to get their desktop apps? Why? It seems strange to me really because it all impacts the whole story negatively.
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