Yokemate of Keyboards
Posts: 4977 from 2009/1/28
From: Delaware, USA
Quote:
OlafSch wrote:
@Jim
If I understand it right MorphOS will not have much left from amiga after ISA change, partly legacy components even dropped (I think datatypes as example). But what will it then differentiate from f.e. a changed Linux with different icons and wallpapers?
I doubt that this will bring any new users to be honest, people are not really interested in OS but software and services (or apps how it is called today). So without a real new and modern infrastructure of modern apps and services (up-to-date browser is only one example) nobody new will use it. And for old amigans it will be too different or modern however you call it.
We don't really know what it will have beyond what the current OS offers.
What it may carry on is a much more efficient structure than Linux uses.
Currently the OS fits on a CD with room to spare.
That just doesn't happen with Linux distros anymore.
I could even see its core pared down further and installed on a rom.
And as far as Linux goes, while I have one system dedicated to it, its not my preference.
So let us see what happens.
No one said PPC MorphOS was going anywhere, just that a more advanced X64 fork was in the works that would alleviate the restrictions inherent with backward compatibility.
I look forward to it.
Btw - Porting a modern browser will be SO much easier with this OS.
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