Hey!

What do YOU like about MorphOS?!?!

Please, no dancing bananas - just share the reasons why MorphOS is "A-OK" for you.

When we read things like this:

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20040730S0001

...we may have one of those "right things at the right time moments"!

So, how about it?!

There well over 2000 Pegasos users out there now. Why do you like/love MorphOS!?!?!

Please be specific.

R&B

- Because it's freaking responsive
- Because it made me take a looong distance of Windows(well, at home anyway :)

May one dare to ask why you put that link there?

Are you suggesting MorphOS is less likely to be in violation of future software patents than linux?
(As for right things at the right moments.. what things exactly?)

Well MorphOS is responsive and mentioned. Its so fast and light weight number one.

It reminds me of the better days on the Amiga. Its actually fun to use because it works and you spend less time figuring out why something isnt working as it should and more time using your system as its meant to be used.

It looks great and is hightly configurable. I love the skinning and the icon system gives endlesss styles to choose from.

Super fast boot times

Compatibility with AmigaOS friendly apps and games.

Ease of use. You dont have to be a geek to know how to use it.

1. Speed Responsiveness, due to non-bloat design

2. Gui configurability

3. RamDisk! Great for testing software before full install

Thats all I can think of off the top of my Head. I know others have
already stated the first two. The third option is my favorite I use
the ramdisk constantly, when testing programs etc... Its really nice
when You have 1 gig of Ram to play with, and the operating system plus
all of my running programs, miami, dnet, statline, voyager, etc only
use 60 meg!! gives me plenty of ram to work with.

Katos1

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[ Edited by Velcro_SP 01.09.2011 - 16:54 ]

The person in the story only questioned this to show how rediculous he finds the European position on their flawed (easy to misuse) adoption of softpatents (check the comments on osnews http://osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=7871&limit=no ).

The greens in germany (who the one who questioned the linux migration in Munich belongs to) are against softpatents. Small companies (i.e. anything other than MS) will be hindered by these laws, because of the great flaws in them. The council of ministers of economy namely decided to throw away all amendments the european parliament (the representatives of the people) made that corrected most of these errors. Things like double clicking, a todo list, an undo/redo button, a progress bar and so on are all patented (some by microsoft). The european patent office has some sort of agreement with the american one, making it easy to file a patent in both offices at the same time. All this will be leaving small businesses (like Genesi) with extreme legal overhead even if they are right because someone else got a patent they should not have (oh and, the patent bureau gets paid per patent - and of course they may not have enough time to research them all thoroughly enough before they grant them - draw your own conclusions).

Aside from undemocratically ignoring the europarliament some of the following things happened:

In germany it was assured beforehand that there would be a vote against the softpatents without amendments, but the minister voted for the patents.

In holland it was even worse, minister Brinkhorst first misinformed the dutch parliament - and blamed it on an "error of the typewriter" - then he was recalled by the dutch parliament, but still did not change his vote. Something which would be fatal to someones political career in most other cases. His own party promised before the elections that they were harsly against softpatents, so a deception of the electorate was performed as well. The irony is that the minister displaying this undemocratic behaviour belongs to a party called "Democrats '66".

On MOS...
Well I don't have my own Peg yet because I'm waiting on a G5 to come out
(( Edit: @ Timfonic: Replying here by editing so I won't pollute this thread too much While most users will do fine with a G4, one of the things I do with computers is running computations under linux that take hours to compute - you need a fast FPU for that and a G4 is simply too slow. ))
But I really like non-bloated software, starting up fast and working fast. I liked the Amiga because of that and will like the Peg because of it. Also, it runs Amiga software
And the computer does not do anything you do not want it to do, you are in full control (unlike win where lots of stuff is happening without your knowledge - like contacting the internet to send information).


[ Edited by azalin on 2004/8/2 15:11 ]

I use MorphOS because it's the only available
amiga compatible system.
I've spent over 10 years with my amiga and I fell
in love with the easy structures of the OS, the great
user interface named MUI, I can understand whats going on
and know what to change to make things going ...

It gives me (most of the time) the things I need to do.
Internet, mp3, rarely watching video. MorphOS provides
nothing another modern OS does not offer,too ... but
it's me who decides whats running and whats not.
I'm in control not the computer.

MorphOS is:

-Amiga Compatible
-Really speedy
-Customizable

That's the better things!

@azalin

Do you really need a G5? Why you need a G5? Do you can pay a G5?

If a OS is non-bloated and flies on a G3, why you need a G5?

-It's AMIGA compatible

-It's very easy to configure like I want

-The GUIand all the system are very responsive like the old
workbenche and the AmigaOS. Congratulations for the MOS team.

-It's different. Somebody I like said "think diferent, think ..."

-I feel using an human interface and not just a machine with a lot of
rules.

-MORPHOS FEELS ME FREE.

Quote:
When you have already used an Amiga, for sure...

But for newbies it isn't the case. In fact I think configuring MorphOS (in it's current 1.4 version at least) would be harder than any other mainstream OS (Win, OSX,...).

As for the why you like MorphOS,... If we sumup, we have:

.Speed + Responsiveness,
.Amiga-like and runs Amiga software

I think MorphOS is not yet mature and still need a (several) killer app that helps to define it in order to go conquering new markets... (not to mention mem. protection and ress. tracking ;))

Leo.

You know that I wrote a huge review just to say that I like MorphOS: https://morph.zone/modules/sections/index.php?op=listarticles&secid=4

I will try to be much more concise with the following list:

1) Non-bloated OS --> High responsiveness
2) Full control of the user over undesired OS actions --> The user is free
3) Friendly GUI --> The system is easy to use
4) Highly configurable --> Aesthetic satisfaction (but needs patience)
5) Elite product --> It's done for normal, advanced, and geek users, not for idiots
6) High compatibility with Amiga applications --> The platform already has software (dated but usable)

The transition MorphOS 1.4 --> MorphOS 1.5/2.0 promises to be astonishing and will fill almost any lack in system capabilities. Since an office suite (Papyrus) is coming, the availability of a modern browser will be the major issue. Solve this problem soon with active actions and the system will be ready for success.

These are some of the main things I like about MorphOS:

1. Performance - MorphOS is extremely quick and responsive

2. Configurability - many aspects of the system
feature options that can be modified
to suit personal tastes. Skins, MUI, Icons, Ambient etc.

3. Efficient modular design - I love the efficient and
flexible design of system components which leads to
much more productive and fun computing experience.
Being able to add a new filesystem, library, device
etc. to the system without modifying the "kernel" or
requiring complex installations is a huge advantage
and allows anyone with programming experience to expand
the system capabilities

4. Auto recognition - MorphOS automatically finds most
hardware without little or no user interaction, for
instance I can change between different gfx cards
anytime something most other OSes have problems with

5. Screens - being able to open and control seperate
views in memory and quickly swap between
them is a huge and indispensable asset

6. Amiga compatibility - Running thousands of classic
and new programs designed for the Amiga system gives
MorphOS a big advantage over other new OSes that have
to start out with very small amount of software

7. MUI - modular and expandible GUI interface that is easy
for programmers and users to take advantage of

8. Bootable from CD

9. Ram Disk:

10. Depth arrangement for open windows - sorting windows
and screens in any order without the OS constantly
forcing everything to the front is a fantastic feature
and useful on a daily basis

One reason - it's fun to use it

Morphos, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways.....

1. Low overhead / responsiveness - I like that the whole system doesn't bog down when I watch a movie. This gives the appearance of a system that is much faster and belies the CPU speed. I don't need an OS that takes up 15% of my CPU in idle mode.

2. Logical system structure - seperation of USER and SYSTEM important files, via the magic of

3. Assigns - I love this stuff, enables you to move programs, systems..wherever you like and point the system in the right direction via a simple command. I want to move my LIBrary files (in LIBS:) Assign LIBS: Device:somesillyonscurepathname .... it rocks

4. I like the simplicity of the system - doesn't have a huge registry system to keep track of it because it really doesn't need it (well, at least after you understand the simple system structure)

5. I like the skin system - yeah, it's eye candy, but it's also eye-catching and fun

6. I like the ability to run a whole host of legacy applications, whether they be Amiga 68k, Phase5 PowerUP PPC or H&P WarpOS and it's seamless to the end user

7. I like to be able to customize the system to my taste...1.4.2 delivers a lot of this and the next version promises to do even more!

8. I like choice - Linux is not for me (too complex). I run Mac OSX and Windows XP by necessity at work. (This choice is driven by Applications - largely MS ones!) MorphOS is something different from this and appealing.

9. I like that there are native versions of open source software ported to the platform, either with or without the ixemul library (which makes porting even easier)

10. I prefer simple Internet applications - has nice email, IRC and chat programs. Some might damn it for the 'simple' web browser but I find the native PPC browser Voyager great for speed and simplicity and works just fine on the sites I visit. (I'm no fan of flash(y) and Java scrap)

11. I like the vision of the developers....I feel confient it will stay a low overhead system that multitasks really well and will be great for media/content delivery.

12. I like the community spirit - MorphZone (and other sites) rock

13. It's fun!
Steve

[ Edited by JKD on 2004/8/2 11:37 ]

Quote:

Same reason we could use a Pegasos BLADE server

A nice quote from the interview on pegasos.org

<bigfoot> It doesn't piss me off constantly? :)

And I agree with that.

nels

non-Winows, non-Linux

Amiga-alike!
I've always been in the corner of the Amiga (Vic20, etc., until the A1200).

All my personal reasons for using MorphOS are in this thread, I can't think of more

Trying for a market share by going open source is a very nice idea, but we need the killer apps to "sell" this system to the majority out there.

Bye,

Spidey

Why MorphOS
-. MorphOS is running natively under PowerPC RISC processors.
-. MorphOS is running almost all Amiga applications.
-. Because of its microkernel architecture the GUI is instantly fast.
-. The OS architecture is totally new using all new capabilities of today's technological possibilities.
-. It is FREE.
-. Modular System Design, which means that the OS can be fully customized for the whole spectrum of desirable applications, like as Media stations, Internet stations, Embedded Systems etc.
-. Because of the quiet PowerPC processor (Cool Computing), MorphOS environment is quiet, making it a perfect solution for places where silence is essential.
-. Easy-to-use User Interface.
-. Candy Look & Feel Environment.
-. It is not Wind*ws


...other ideas?

Let's say that there is a huge industry trade show featuring Freescale. Perhaps Freescale is hosting the tradeshow.

Let's say that you as a MorphOS developer/user have been invited to that show to demonstrate the capabilities of MorphOS on the Pegasos.

....


[ Edited by Darth_X on 2004/8/3 7:52 ]

Because AMIGA HW IS DEAD, but MorphOS is the AMIGA SPIRIT!!!

@Darth_X

I would open some screens (same depth and size) have
Voyager, YAM and fxPaint on it's own screens and
edit my html/perl scripts on Ambient while watching a video
Switching screens for testing the scripts with the browser
getting info from websites etc ... Paint some graphics to use in
the scripts ... someone who's used to the single window approach
of windows(*) should be impressed by then ...

(I know that windows can have more than one window ... it's just
nearly impossible to reasonably work with more than one without
minimizing the others to the startbar)

Just FYI, Robin, I think it'll take more than that. I don't have any trouble working with several applications at once in Windows and I don't think people generally do. You can easily have several apps going, like in your example, and just use alt+tab to change windows (i.e, the whole screen above the tool bar if the app windows are maximized), or click on the window icons in the tool bar.

-- gary_c

@gary_c

You've just convinced me me to go make some coffee!


[ Edited by Darth_X on 2004/8/3 21:34 ]