Why is Morphos considered by many as the 'new Amiga OS' ?

[spihunter]

It is just later when MorphOS users suddenly became "traitor", "evil" or similar among the certain name followers.

I've always that whole attitude was just incredibly silly. I've never used MorphOS and dont know the whole "politics" behind everything (And dont care).

If It ran on the Efika or Mac Mini I would be a new user. The same goes for OS4

[A1260]

i have tried morphos and to be honest it's just a marketing ploy to keep amiga users interested in genesis stuff. they are just in it to earn money and split the amiga community as i see it...

morphos can run aos3.1 software but thats all to it and nothing more of interest, the new aos it never will be.

a good alternative for aos3.1 will be aros, when its ready...

you can buy aos4.0 and buy used ppc cards on ebay and run it... so saying there is no hw to run aos4 on is just crap talk...

[redrumloa]

Everblue wrote:
Why is Morphos seen by many as a very valid Amiga alternative? Ironically Morphos is in the exact opposite situation of OS4 - You can buy OS4, but no hardware for it to run on, and you can buy an Efika, but there is no Morphos version out (yet) for it.

This statement is completely false.

You can buy OS4, but there is no hardware for it.
You can't buy MorphOS, because it is free!!

MorphOS works on the same hardware as the OS4 for sale, classic PPC accelerators.

So what do you guys think - is Morphos a real alternative to the 'next-gen Amiga OS' or its just a marketing ploy to keep Amiga users interested in Genesi stuff?

I will pretend you are not just trolling. MorphOS if far more compatible with classic Amiga software than OS4 is, that is not a disputed point even by OS4 fans.

-Edit-
Then add the fact that legality of MorphOS is not in question. OTOH legality of OS4 appears to be very shaky with Amiga Inc having declared it an illegal product.

[Flashlab]

MorphOS has a lot of native programs too and there are developers working on software for it. No it's not an official Amiga branded OS but it feels quite like an Amiga to me; I use the PowerUP version. Never tried OS4 and with all the legal trouble I don't feel like it too at the moment.

And the point that you can buy second hand hardware to run a new OS is quite frankly even crappier talk...

[maffoo]

A1260 wrote:

you can buy aos4.0 and buy used ppc cards on ebay and run it... so saying there is no hw to run aos4 on is just crap talk...

PPC cards are very expensive and about a decade old (meaning they may not have a lot of life left in them). To count rare, second-hand hardware as available hardware is just "crap talk."

[redrumloa]

A1260 wrote:
i have tried morphos and to be honest it's just a marketing ploy to keep amiga users interested in genesis stuff. they are just in it to earn money and split the amiga community as i see it...

morphos can run aos3.1 software but thats all to it and nothing more of interest, the new aos it never will be.

a good alternative for aos3.1 will be aros, when its ready...

you can buy aos4.0 and buy used ppc cards on ebay and run it... so saying there is no hw to run aos4 on is just crap talk...

Huh? Umm, yeah.. ok.. :lol: Please stop trolling A1260. MorphOS is not owned by Genesi and the connection between Genesi and MorphOS is quite weak for some time now.

[Crumb]

@A1260

And I've been running OS4 and MorphOS for years and I'm tired of trolls like you who don't have a clue and probably aren't even OS4 users.

[coldfish]

After reading quite a bit about the Amiga's early development and what Jay, RJ and the guys were attempting to do by closely pairing software and custom hardware, IMO, no recent Amiga-ish development comes close to that level of hard/soft of integration.  I think the newer Amiga-like OS's just "make do" with available chipsets and lack the attention to detail that made the classic systems so ingenuous.

Not to say that the newer systems dont have their own positive points, but I doubt they'll ever recapture that special something.

[Matt_H]

I've been using OS4 since the developer's pre-release, and MOS for a little over a year. I'm rapidly beginning to like MOS a lot more.

I find it to be infinitely more stable and more compatible - 68K and WOS programs work great. I don't think I've tried any PUP stuff, though. I believe MUI to be a much better choice of GUI toolkit than Reaction since the level of control and customization over individual applications is far greater.

The label of MOS as an 'alternative' to AmigaOS is, frankly, misleading. As I've said it the past, if not for the name, you'd never know the difference. MOS basically _is_ the AmigaOS we've grown to love over the years. It has the same directory structure, runs the same programs, uses the same API, uses the same filesystems.

It's not an 'alternative' to AmigaOS, it's 'another' AmigaOS. If you've got a PPC card for your classic, give it a try. It's a little rough out-of-the-box, but stick with it and you'll probably come to like it.

[Everblue]

"It's not an 'alternative' to AmigaOS, it's 'another' AmigaOS"

That makes the Pegasos and Efika "Amiga hardware"


 :-D

[sdyates]

AROS runs on intel...

[Mangar]

Until hardware is readily available there are no alternatives.

If only AROS had Sata support.

[pVC]

sdyates wrote:
AROS runs on intel...

But AROS doesn't run Amiga software...

[tonyyeb]

pVC wrote:

sdyates wrote:
AROS runs on intel...

But AROS doesn't run Amiga software...

That is in the works.

[dammy]

If only AROS had Sata support.

There are bounties for supporting nForce3/4 SATA and AHCI SATA.  Silicon Image 3114 controller driver is under way.

Dammy

[dammy]

But AROS doesn't run Amiga software...

Via EUAE it does.  Intergrating EUAE into AROS is currently underway by EvilRich.

Dammy
TeamAROS