persia wrote:
What are the differences and similarities of the two OSs?
I'd say both are equally Amigaish systems. Both run old system friendly Amiga software and Amiga feeling is there. I guess the most visible difference is that MorphOS GUI is based on MUI while OS4's on Reaction.
I've used MorphOS 1.4 and 2.0 on Pegasos1 and OS4 final update on AmigaOneXE. In my experience MorphOS has better compatibility with old software and I really feel MUI more amigaish and versatile than Reaction. Driver support (USB etc) seems to be better on MorphOS now. With 2.0 release, MorphOS is also nicely complete package.
So, MorphOS is my choice now, but I don't have anything against the OS4 either. Both are good for people wanting to stick with Amiga in modern world. They're the only options for closest Amiga feeling you can get from nowadays options. I don't count emulators or non binary compatible options in same category
I'd be using OS4 if there wouldn't be MorphOS
