MorphOS 2 vs. AmigaOS 4.1 (pros/cons)

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@Matt_H

MorphOS has AmiNetRadio with tons of plugins too.


@Varthall

ixemul already allowed running X11 apps years ago, even on 68k, time before OS4 or MorphOS even existed.

You can run older versions of GIMP on 68k amigas with GeekGadgets x11 environment.

If no updated versions exist for OS3/MOS is more a problem of lack interest from developers in recompiling modern versions.


@xeron

IMHO Reaction Drag'n'drop support and custom class creation isn't as comfortable as MUI but it's a matter of personal preferences. Years ago I prefered Reaction but I have learned a little MUI coding and I think it's sligthly more comfortable for the coder and more configurable for the user. Since OS4 supports both Reaction and MUI it has the best of both worlds :-)

About OS4.1 I just hope a version is released for classics with 5volt Radeon cards :-) For CyberstormPPC it shouldn't be too hard but I guess that an A1200 version would require a scsi driver in order to attract sales.

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@xeron

I think that MorphOS should improve its default MUI colours as it seems that someone thought "look! I can use gradients! let's use gradients of colours that hurt eyes everywhere". OS4 colours are IMHO more consistent.

But I don't think you are right about MOS having less apps than OS4.

For example, MOS2.x includes a proper SSH console as standard and xad support is included in Ambient as default.

MOS2 has Sputnik, and I think it's slightly better than using both NetSurf and OWB.

VICE is native for every amiga-like system. OS4 and MOS coders worked together (AmiDog ported it to OS4 and Piru and others added nice features like Overlay and fixed small bugs).

Transmission... well, BeeHive may not be perfect but it works.

Each platform has programs for the same (OS4 has the good looking Epistula and MorphOS has the much more stable PolyGlot).

MorphOS even had commercial games released like Robin Hood.

Well, the sad reality is that there are not many releases for next gen amigaoses. IMHO it's better to code in a portable way, support as many Amiga-like systems you can and forget stupid wars. Each one uses what one likes more and that's all.