Johannes BrakensiekNov 26
Sick at home. Perfect time to fiddle around with some retro hardware (without hacking because of brain fog).
Tried out #MorphOS on my old #iBookG4. And it's impressive how well it works (once you get used to the very different input way of things of the Amiga UI). Things and apps look well done and well maintained.
#retroComputing
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Special experience: Adding my #CardDAV account to #Iris (mail/contacts app) and literally see thousands of contacts being synced within seconds. On a single-core, single-threaded machine having 1,3 Ghz, no CPU heat involved, while it would blow up fans and take quite a while more on a Linux machine having 4/8 cores and a ten years newer CPU.

#MorphOS #retroComputing

Show threadJohannes BrakensiekNov 26

Impressive how software design decisions and crafting skills make such a difference.
While I don't know exact reasons (having some guesses though) I find it challenging to dig into underlying roots and learn from that.

#artisanalSoftware

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Using #MorphOS I feel that #classic I almost need to start studying ancient Greek again...
Nov 26 at 2:19pmWeb
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More serious comment: What's really great about that #Amiga / #MorphOS community is that there are a lot of software "authors", like, single persons writing serious, usable apps and maintaining them for years.
Yes, sometimes you need to pay for apps - maybe there's a relation? 😉
We'd need way more of that on #Linux, and it's a pity @elementary isn't succeeding offering paid apps on its #AppCenter yet.
It could be the best of what you'd call #artisanalSoftware
Show threadDanielNov 27

@lazarus @elementary

Frankly spoken, the AmigaOS 3 and 4 community has many software developers. For MorphOS, there is mainly Jacek who is writing his Iris email client and Wayfarer browser. Great software. But unfirtunately, there isn't much more. The OS developers are quite active - this is a massive advantage compared to AmigaOS 4...

Show threadJohannes BrakensiekNov 27
@Amiga_News Yes, that sounds insightful and kinda true. But still a great match, taking into account age and size of the community.
Show threadJohannes BrakensiekNov 27
@Amiga_News I mean there‘s a recent release of The Settlers II and people are building a new SoC for these systems. Pieces sounding like a healthy community.