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MorphOS 3.0 Released: Refusing To Let the PPC Desktop OS Die Gracefully

Posted by timothy on from the ultimate-nagware dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Version 3.0 of MorphOS has been released. It's the independent PPC OS designed for outdated Apple systems like G4 PowerBooks (5,6; 5,7; 5,8; or 5,9) and eMacs (1.25 GHz/1.42 GHz) and PPC Mac Minis, and some G4 PowerMac models (depends on graphics hardware). It further runs on discontinued and niche Genesi desktop systems (Pegasos) and the stunted 128-megabyte-of-RAM tiny Efika. MorphOS is a nice-looking, low-resource, and nimble OS that can't match the capabilities of current Windows, Mac, and Linux. Its installation/live CD is free without caveat, and runs for 30 minutes at a time, as many times as you like. You may purchase MorphOS to remove the time limit. A particular weakness of MorphOS is its lack of support for wireless networking."

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  1. They seem to use that word a lot. by mwvdlee · · Score: 5, Interesting

    free without caveat, and runs for 30 minutes at a time

    Either "free without caveat" or "runs for 30 minutes at a time" does not mean what I think it means.

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    1. Re:They seem to use that word a lot. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      free without caveat, and runs for 30 minutes at a time

      Either "free without caveat" or "runs for 30 minutes at a time" does not mean what I think it means.

      Let me translate that for you: its like windows but free

  2. Miss Amiga? Try DragonFly! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Miss Amiga? Try DragonFly!

  3. Re:Another weakness by Dexter+Herbivore · · Score: 5, Insightful

    2 words - Why bother? Alternatively just one word - Why?

  4. I would say.. by gallondr00nk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    free without caveat

    only being able to use the free version for 30 minutes at a time is a pretty fucking large caveat.

  5. Re:Another weakness by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    pay more for the OS than the obsolete computer is worth.

    what's wrong with running debian on these things?

  6. Re:Another weakness by Anubis+IV · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seriously. I have an old PowerBook G4 that I still use on a weekly basis to run a particular piece of old software, but I thought it might be fun to fool around with a different OS for a few bucks. At €111.11, it's well beyond the "let's have some fun with something different" range.

  7. Re:Another weakness by AmiMoJo · · Score: 5, Informative

    What the summary fails to mention is that MorphOS grew out of AmigaOS and can run a lot of Amiga software. People who like Amiga software find it useful to continue running it on hardware that can still be maintained to some degree, which has built in ethernet and USB ports - all stuff the original Amigas lacked.

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