I prefer 68k because

[motrucker]

Just how fast do you need the Amiga to be? and why?  I still use an A2000 with a 40MHz '030 card. It doesn't scream, but it is sure usable. Cards with 68040 CPUs are not all that expensive. When you hit the '060's then the price really jumps.

[motrucker]

With all due respect, I think Linux sucks. Where the Amiga was rather logical, Linux is anything but. To many chefs syndrome, I am afraid.
My Amiga A2000, even when running 3.1OS is a good, fun, and usable machine. It has a CD-ROM, SD/FF with a CRT SVGA monitor, and a couple of 2Gb SCSI hard drives. I might even add another SyQuest SCSI removable hard drive again. They are great!
This machine is still loads of fun to use, and productive as hell, using DPaint IV, PPaint 7.1, Art effect 2.5, ImageFX v3.4, Pagestream 3.4, etc.. I throw in a game or two every now & then too. I still love this machine.

I have a PPC Mac just itching for a copy of MorphOS - so that will happen quite soon too.
the only problem is, I need a bigger computer room!

[motrucker]

No offense here.  What I didn't say cleanly was that I can appreciate an OS and library of apps being driven by a community of users rather than a profit motive and corporate needs.  This may be more true of Debian than other distros.  Despite Amiga being a commercial product, users made tremendous contributions to the system, usually for free.  During the 80s and 90s, it was always exciting to read of the latest developments and try the coverdisks.  The Debian community seems to have more in common with Amiga's than those of Windows and Mac, for me anyway.



Have you had experience with MorphOS, yet?

I agree with with your assessment of the Amiga community  (even the Debian community, I guess). I still have a huge collection of Fred Fish disk's with mostly PD and freeware programs.
I have not had any real experience with MorphOS. Mostly just looking over some one's shoulder - But I like what I see so far.