Amiga OS4.0 for Classic Amigas is now available. "ACube Systems Srl is pleased to to announce the immediate availability of the awaited AmigaOS 4.0 for Amiga 1200, 3000(T) or 4000(T) with a PowerPC CPU, developed by Hyperion Entertainment VOF. It is now possible to benefit of all the features of this new AmigaOS release, an operating system famous for its efficiency and small footprint. AmigaOS 4.0, thanks to its power and optimization, succeeds in using at the maximum even systems running at 160Mhz, allowing the multimedia performances and the usability everyone expects from AmigaOS."
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Member since:2007-08-21
Member since:2005-07-07
Hmmm, depends on the app of course. things like movable and configurable toolbars and shortcuts in each app, and flexible notification systems, full network transparancy etc I consider basics. So for applications, I'd say I like good tabbed browsing in my browser. Not retarded like IE 7 or Firefox, but GOOD. So drag'n'drop between windows and such. A nice, usable filedialog (I currently consider the KDE one the best I know, though the KDE 4 one might be better. But I don't know Amiga's one).
What else... Well, the desktop stuff: good medianotifications, configurable panels, multiple desktops, good and configurable window management... Lots of stuff, you see ;-)
Member since:2005-07-23
Member since:2007-02-22
That'll be the real killer. For all intents and purposes, this is a brand new OS. It's gotta develop a software market from scratch.
Member since:2005-07-07
Hmmm. So I can put a CPU (or whatever) monitor on the panels, configure the windec buttons (I want an always-on-top button), have window snapping there too of course, and fully configurable actions (eg I want doubleclick on the windec to maximize the window, don't like shade at all).
who am I kiddin', NO DE has half the functionality in the panels alone KDE has. Even KDE 4 is gonna be a step backwards from kicker in KDE 3.5.x, gonna take a while to get back at that 
So I think I can forget about what KWin can do, even 'neh neh you can't find any config option cuz I have so many of them layed out horribly' compiz can get close. I'm not going to get used to a DE without proper focus stealing prevention - XP makes me grind my teeth...
And I don't believe ANY OS/DE has anything comparable to Konqueror - again a showstopper for me.
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2005-07-07
for example, yes ;-)
But I guess it's usable... Though I can hardly believe it truly has the functionality my KDE environment provides, I can imagine it's pretty good for basic use.