A Tricky Question

[MiAmigo]

Right now, I'm using Amiga 3.9. Since I recently acquired a second A2000, I thought it might be a good time to look for a 'legitimate' upgrade to that OS for both my machines. However, there are a lot of software (and hardware) companies using the venerable name 'Amiga' these days. Can anybody tell me what the legitimate follow-up to 3.9 is? Same company, same core software, that sort of thing? OR, if that's no longer possible, what's the next best thing that will run on my hardware?

:juggler:

[Kronos]

3.9 is the end as far as it goes to 68k AmigaOS.
Now, "legitimate" ?? By that rule you would have to "downgrade" to 3.1 since thats the last one by C=/Amiga and 3.5&3.9 were little more than a collection of 3rd-party hacks.

The only current development would be AROS-68k but I'm not sure wether thats allready at a level where it could be considered an upgrade.

[OlafS3]

Right now, I'm using Amiga 3.9. Since I recently acquired a second A2000, I thought it might be a good time to look for a 'legitimate' upgrade to that OS for both my machines. However, there are a lot of software (and hardware) companies using the venerable name 'Amiga' these days. Can anybody tell me what the legitimate follow-up to 3.9 is? Same company, same core software, that sort of thing? OR, if that's no longer possible, what's the next best thing that will run on my hardware?

:juggler:

Upgrade is difficult to say...

I think Aros 68k will replace 3.9 on the mid- and longterm and is already running on classic hardware. I have created a distribution based on Aros 68k called "Aros Vision":

http://www.natami-news.de/html/aros_vision.html
http://www.natami-news.de/html/distribution_download.html

I also plan to create a light version for classic hardware in future

It can easily run on UAE. Aros 68k also runs on classic hardware (mostly tested by Wawa, f.e. active on amigaworld and aros-exec)

[freqmax]

Only WinUAE, not Unix UAE last time I tried..

[OlafS3]

I read that it works with FS-UAE on Mac so it "should" work on Linux too. And you need to integrate newer Roms

[vox]

Right now, I'm using Amiga 3.9. Since I recently acquired a second A2000, I thought it might be a good time to look for a 'legitimate' upgrade to that OS for both my machines. However, there are a lot of software (and hardware) companies using the venerable name 'Amiga' these days. Can anybody tell me what the legitimate follow-up to 3.9 is? Same company, same core software, that sort of thing? OR, if that's no longer possible, what's the next best thing that will run on my hardware?

:juggler:

AROS 68k, but you need as much FAST RAM as possible. And its good you have 060.

As SUCESSOR, it obviously OS 4.0, but MorphOS is faster and more mature now and
AROS is multiplatform. Its all advancement over OS 3.1, but OS 4.1 is direct port and improvement,
MorphOS completely new and great approach and AROS is free and open source way.
So it depends on your needs, you are Amigan enough to judge by OS features and software.

In the end, if you get SAM 460 and Mac Mini G4 you can use it all.