What's New in MorphOS 3 - Revision history

JPV at 08:28, 4 July 2015

2015-07-04T08:28:04Z

JPV at 08:19, 4 July 2015

2015-07-04T08:19:17Z

JPV at 10:44, 17 May 2015

2015-05-17T10:44:33Z

JPV: /* Preface */

2015-05-17T10:24:27Z

‎Preface

JPV: /* New Features */

2014-11-07T14:39:25Z

‎New Features

JPV: /* Summary */

2014-11-06T15:11:23Z

‎Summary

JPV: /* New Applications And Utilities */

2014-11-06T15:09:11Z

‎New Applications And Utilities

JPV: /* New Features */

2014-11-06T14:56:16Z

‎New Features

JPV: /* Laptop Support */

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‎Laptop Support

JPV: /* Laptop Support */

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‎Laptop Support

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 ==Preface==
-This small article is about what is new in MorphOS 3 compared to MorphOS 2 and especially to my [http://jpv.wmhost.com/morphos2_review/indexnox.html review] of it. I'll try to gather the most visible new features to users while not going too deep underneath. More detailed update information can be found from the official release notes: [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.0.html 3.0], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.1.html 3.1], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.2.html 3.2], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.3.html 3.3], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.4.html 3.4], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.5.html 3.5], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.6.html 3.6], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.7.html 3.7], [http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.8 3.8], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.9 3.9]. A full list of currently supported hardware can be found on the official [http://www.morphos-team.net/hardware compatibility page].
+This small article is about what is new in MorphOS 3 compared to MorphOS 2 and especially to my [http://jpv.wmhost.com/morphos2_review/indexnox.html review] of it. I'll try to gather the most visible new features to users while not going too deep underneath. More detailed update information can be found from the official release notes: [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.0.html 3.0], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.1.html 3.1], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.2.html 3.2], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.3.html 3.3], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.4.html 3.4], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.5.html 3.5], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.6.html 3.6], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.7.html 3.7], [http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.8 3.8], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.9 3.9]. A full list of currently supported hardware can be found on the official [http://www.morphos-team.net/hardware compatibility page]. [http://library.morph.zone MorphOS Library] also contains a detailed list of [http://library.morph.zone/Supported_Computers supported computer systems].
 Updating to MorphOS 3 is free of charge for registered MorphOS 2.x users and the [http://www.morphos-team.net/faq price] has been dropped noticeably for others.

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 ==Preface==
-This small article is about what is new in MorphOS 3 compared to MorphOS 2 and especially to my [http://jpv.wmhost.com/morphos2_review/indexnox.html review] of it. I'll try to gather the most visible new features to users while not going too deep underneath. More detailed update information can be found from the official release notes: [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.0.html 3.0], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.1.html 3.1], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.2.html 3.2], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.3.html 3.3], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.4.html 3.4], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.5.html 3.5], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.6.html 3.6], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.7.html 3.7], [http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.8 3.8]. A full list of currently supported hardware can be found on the official [http://www.morphos-team.net/hardware compatibility page].
+This small article is about what is new in MorphOS 3 compared to MorphOS 2 and especially to my [http://jpv.wmhost.com/morphos2_review/indexnox.html review] of it. I'll try to gather the most visible new features to users while not going too deep underneath. More detailed update information can be found from the official release notes: [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.0.html 3.0], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.1.html 3.1], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.2.html 3.2], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.3.html 3.3], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.4.html 3.4], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.5.html 3.5], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.6.html 3.6], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.7.html 3.7], [http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.8 3.8], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.9 3.9]. A full list of currently supported hardware can be found on the official [http://www.morphos-team.net/hardware compatibility page].
 Updating to MorphOS 3 is free of charge for registered MorphOS 2.x users and the [http://www.morphos-team.net/faq price] has been dropped noticeably for others.
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-The laptop concept is generaly well supported, especially on models which internally use USB for keyboard and touchpad (models 5,6-5,9 and 6,7). MorphOS offers different power management profiles, touchpad configuration preferences, support for FN keys and a few extra bits here and there. Right mouse button and scrolling are simulated with two finger gestures on a touchpad. Touchpad settings won't work on ADB based machines though.
+The laptop concept is generaly well supported, especially on models which internally use USB for keyboard and touchpad (models 5,6-5,9 and 6,7). MorphOS offers different power management profiles, touchpad configuration preferences, support for FN keys, keyboard backlight support, and a few extra bits here and there. Right mouse button and scrolling are simulated with two finger gestures on a touchpad. Touchpad settings won't work on ADB based machines though.
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 Updating to MorphOS 3 is free of charge for registered MorphOS 2.x users and the [http://www.morphos-team.net/faq price] has been dropped noticeably for others.
 ==Laptop Support==
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 Certain PowerMac G5 models are supported now. Maximum raw CPU performance is raised to a whole new level with G5 processors up to 2.7 GHz.
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 There are also lots of new things in Reggae, faster 3D drivers, heavily updated NetStack kernel, support for new gfx cards, new shell commands, new screenbar modules, and other changes to the internal stuff.
 ==New Applications And Utilities==
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 SmbFS - Native SMBFS port with 64bit support.
-Synergy - Client for controlling a MorphOS machine with mouse/keyboard connected to a Windows/OSX machine.
+SynergyClient - Client for controlling a MorphOS machine with mouse/keyboard connected to a Windows/OSX/MorphOS machine.
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 VNCServer - VNC server for using MorphOS remotely.

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 ==Preface==
-This small article is about what is new in MorphOS 3 compared to MorphOS 2 and especially to my [http://jpv.wmhost.com/morphos2_review/indexnox.html review] of it. I'll try to gather the most visible new features to users while not going too deep underneath. More detailed update information can be found from the official release notes: [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.0.html 3.0], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.1.html 3.1], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.2.html 3.2], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.3.html 3.3], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.4.html 3.4], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.5.html 3.5], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.6.html 3.6], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.7.html 3.7]. A full list of currently supported hardware can be found on the official [http://www.morphos-team.net/hardware compatibility page].
+This small article is about what is new in MorphOS 3 compared to MorphOS 2 and especially to my [http://jpv.wmhost.com/morphos2_review/indexnox.html review] of it. I'll try to gather the most visible new features to users while not going too deep underneath. More detailed update information can be found from the official release notes: [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.0.html 3.0], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.1.html 3.1], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.2.html 3.2], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.3.html 3.3], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.4.html 3.4], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.5.html 3.5], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.6.html 3.6], [http://www.morphos-team.net/releasenotes-3.7.html 3.7], [http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.8 3.8]. A full list of currently supported hardware can be found on the official [http://www.morphos-team.net/hardware compatibility page].
 Updating to MorphOS 3 is free of charge for registered MorphOS 2.x users and the [http://www.morphos-team.net/faq price] has been dropped noticeably for others.
 ==Laptop Support==

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-File:MorphOS3_jPV_Netprinter.png|Netprinter settings
+File:MorphOS3_jPV_Tulostus.png|Netprinter settings
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	For more detailed info about MorphOS in general, read my [http://jpv.wmhost.com/morphos2_review/indexnox.html MorphOS 2 review].		For more detailed info about MorphOS in general, read my [http://jpv.wmhost.com/morphos2_review/indexnox.html MorphOS 2 review].
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		+	File:MorphOS3_jPV_Defaultdesktop.png\|Default(ish) desktop
		+	File:MorphOS3_jPV_blackambient.png\|(Too much) modified desktop ;)
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 Flacapella - CD ripping software. By default it can encode ripped tracks to FLAC, but it can be configured to encode to any other format with external encoders, like [http://jpv.wmhost.com/morphos/tips/index.html#20131017 to mp3 with lame]. It also downloads CD cover images and optionally saves or embeds them into the encoded tracks.
 Jalapeno - Simple CD and DVD burning software
 Jukebox - Simple music player, which still does everything you need for local music playing. It has an extremely useful screenbar module option, which gives you a control deck on the screen title bar on all MUI screens. You can control the player and see what's playing without needing to switch back to the Ambient screen from other screens. I absolutely love it. In addition, random play works as it should by not playing anything twice until all the songs have been played.
 OWB - Odyssey Web Browser has taken big leaps since the previous MorphOS version. And with its new name you can say it's a new browser again :-) An absolutely wonderful and fully featured browser based on WebKit. The features include: HTML5 video/audio support, bookmark/download/password/cookie/connections managers, session support, form filling and url completion, fastlinks with popup menus, content blocking, private browsing, per url settings, spell checking, fullscreen, PDF export, printing support, WebInspector, user scripting and more.
 Scribble - Powerful text editor based on the Scintilla engine. Supports many programming syntaxes, such as C/C++, Makefiles, E, HTML, scripting languages etc. It has a code formatter, spell checker, CVS functions, project management and building, and many more features. It can also export text to HTML and PDF. It seems that I'm finally leaving CED behind.
 Transfer - Graphical FTP/SFTP client, which supports multiple server connections via tabs. A GUI-based SFTP finally on MorphOS!
 VPDF - A whole new PDF viewer with better compatibility than APDF.
 DiskSpeed - Benchmark tool.
 GfxSpeed - Benchmark tool.
 NetStat - Comprehensive network statistics program.
 RDesktop - Remote Desktop client.
 SCANdal - Scanning program which uses Betascan and SANE drivers.
 ZVNC - Input only VNC client, which is well integrated to the system.
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 Synergy - Client for controlling a MorphOS machine with mouse/keyboard connected to a Windows/OSX machine.
 VNCServer - VNC server for using MorphOS remotely.
 ==Summary==

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 Ambient windows feature preview for video files now. Video is played on the icon when you move mouse over it.
 Default view behaviour can be defined and you can have DOpus-like file selection mode where you don't have to press the shift key when selecting multiple files.
 Network printing driver has been added to the default installation.
 MUI programs have a more streamlined window border popup menu. Especially the option to move programs to their own new screen with a single menu selection is a very nice addition. A new temporary screen is created on the fly and you don't have to edit the MUI screen database anymore. It's much easier to start utilizing screens for people who aren't that familiar with the traditional screen concept.
 The Buttons section of MUI has a couple of new things. You can define how buttons are ghosted when they're not available for use. The old disliked raster effect can be replaced with, for example, reduced visibility. The active gadgets border effect is more configurable now too.
 The new panels implementation. Panels are now found in Ambient settings.
 The system can be locked with a password prompt. The user can select if the password is asked at boot, after blanking or invoked manually.
 Good old PFS3 filesystem makes a comeback in MorphOS. A fixed and native version is available even at boot.
-MorphOS now comes with a native implementation of the Lua scripting language. You can use Lua instead of non-native ARexx to write scripts and control other programs. Programs can be controlled with their already existing ARexx ports.
+MorphOS now comes with a native implementation of the Lua scripting language. You can use Lua instead of non-native ARexx to write scripts and control other programs. Programs can be controlled with their already existing ARexx ports. Few examples can be found from my [http://jpv.wmhost.com/morphos page].
 There are also lots of new things in Reggae, faster 3D drivers, heavily updated NetStack kernel, support for new gfx cards, new shell commands, new screenbar modules, and other changes to the internal stuff.
 ==New Applications And Utilities==

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 MorphOS supports wireless networking with drivers for Apple's AirPort Extreme and AirForce One 54g, which means that internal WLAN adapters found in, for example, laptops and Mac minis will work. External Atheros 5000 based PCMCIA and PCI cards are supported too.
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 File:MorphOS3_jPV_Network.png|Network settings
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 The laptop concept is generaly well supported, especially on models which internally use USB for keyboard and touchpad (models 5,6-5,9 and 6,7). MorphOS offers different power management profiles, touchpad configuration preferences, support for FN keys and a few extra bits here and there. Right mouse button and scrolling are simulated with two finger gestures on a touchpad. Touchpad settings won't work on ADB based machines though.
 ==PowerMac G5 Support==