MorphOS 2.5 Released, Supports More Old Macs 177
An anonymous reader writes "The MorphOS Team has released version 2.5 of its PPC computer-only operating system. The new version extends its support of the PPC Mac range to include the eMac, which was the 2002-2006 Mac model consisting of a CRT monitor and computer in a single housing. MorphOS previously and continues to support the PPC Mac mini, as well as the Pegasos and Efika niche computers (all discontinued but available second-hand). MorphOS includes a web browser and TCP/IP stack and a few traditional baseline OS-associated apps among its features. Further software is available from a range of online repositories. MorphOS 2.5 comes on a bootable 30-minute demo live CD ISO which may also be installed. The ISO is available for free download by anyone. The 30-minute limit is removed by online purchase of registration/key file which is available for a limited period for the sum of 111 euros to celebrate the launch of this version."
Why not just use a Linux distribution? (Score:4, Insightful)
It's free and probably works with more programs.
Is this an ad? (Score:4, Insightful)
This is quite clearly a sales pitch - am I the only reader left thinking, 'well so what'?
Its all well and good keeping old computers running (providing the OS is secure enough), but I for one feel that this is neither news for nerds, nor stuff that matters.
And I'm not even clicking the link to vindicate the posting, click-through-wise.
Re:Why not just use a Linux distribution? (Score:4, Insightful)
People'd use this for the same reasons they'd use BeOS and ReactOS. You're right, though -- they'd probably be able to get actual work done with a Linux distribution.
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Buy a new computer for that price... (Score:5, Insightful)
Unless MorphOS has some killer feature like the ability to emulate Windows perfectly, or something that Linux doesn't have, I'm not seeing the point in wasting hundreds of dollars on software that nothing really runs on.
Re:Is this an ad? (Score:4, Insightful)
This OS is one of the ways Amiga zombie tries to stay undead; stuff quite a bit for nerds, I'd say.
Re:Why not just use a Linux distribution? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:slashvertisement (Score:4, Insightful)
Apple products are more open source than morphos, and they don't intentionally cripple themselves after 30 minutes (i think even microsoft is more generous than that with suspected pirate copies)...
Re:Why not just use a Linux distribution? (Score:4, Insightful)
Security (c'mon...what malicious thing would run on MorpOS?), snappiness, plethora of Amiga and Amiga-style apps you love (and which work for you)...tons of reasons that make your day-to-day tasks much faster.
Even if you say these reason are all arguable, which they are, at least there are solid arguable reasons.