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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The project began in 1999, based on the <a href="/facts/Quark_(kernel)/QCG68cqq">Quark</a> <a href="/facts/Microkernel/wsaWtYCU">microkernel</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> The earliest versions of MorphOS ran only via PPC accelerator cards on the Amiga computers, and required portions of <a href="/facts/AmigaOS/1E2k1fuN">AmigaOS</a> to fully function.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> A collaborative effort between the companies bPlan (of which the lead MorphOS developer is a partner) and Thendic-France in 2002 resulted in the first regular, non-prototype production of bPlan-engineered Pegasos computers capable of running MorphOS or Linux.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> Thendic-France had financial problems and folded; however, the collaboration continued under the new banner of "<a href="/facts/Genesi/7dXerAzG">Genesi</a>".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> A busy promotional year followed in 2003, with appearances at conventions and exhibitions in several places around the world, including the <a href="/facts/Consumer_Electronics_Show/JUmN49Fl">Consumer Electronics Show</a> (CES) in Las Vegas.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p>After some bitter disagreements within the MorphOS development team in 2003 and 2004, culminating with accusations by a MorphOS developer that he and others had not been paid,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> the Ambient desktop interface was released under <a href="/facts/GPL/S75KhLSX">GPL</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> and is now actively developed by the Ambient development team. Subject to GPL rules, Ambient continues to be included in the commercial MorphOS product. An alternative MorphOS desktop system is <i>Scalos</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="characteristics-and-versions">Characteristics and versions</h2> <p>Developed for PowerPC <a href="/facts/CPU/Jxp1bqMV">CPUs</a> from <a href="/facts/Freescale/mRjBBbeX">Freescale</a> and <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a>, it also supports the original <a href="/facts/AmigaOS/1E2k1fuN">AmigaOS</a> <a href="/facts/Motorola_68000_series/jxd7VPlW">Motorola 68000 series</a> (68k, MC680x0) applications via proprietary task-based emulation, and most AmigaOS PPC applications via API wrappers. It is <a href="/facts/API/GMlN4vUr">API</a> compatible with AmigaOS 3.1 and has a <a href="/facts/GUI/wBlQFWDP">GUI</a> based on the <a href="/facts/Magic_User_Interface/IvQYkDud">Magic User Interface</a> (MUI). </p><p>Besides the Pegasos version of MorphOS, there is a version for Amiga computers equipped with <a href="/facts/PowerUP_(accelerator)/AXeHMRKe">PowerUP</a> accelerator cards produced by <a href="/facts/Phase5/3MBR54dg">Phase5</a>. This version is free, as is registration. If unregistered, it slows down after each two-hour session. PowerUP MorphOS was most recently updated on 23 February 2006; however, it does not exceed the feature set or advancement of the Pegasos release.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> </p><p>A version of MorphOS for the <a href="/facts/Efika/Q7XCh0qb">Efika</a>, a very small mainboard based on the ultra-low-power <a href="/facts/PowerPC_5000/ouf7zAGd">MPC5200B</a> processor from Freescale, has been shown at exhibitions and user gatherings in <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> Current (since 2.0) release of MorphOS supports the Efika. </p> <h3>Software</h3> <p class="note">See also: <a href="/facts/List_of_MorphOS_bundled_applications/CgI9BTAr">List of MorphOS bundled applications</a></p> <p>MorphOS can run any system friendly Amiga software written for 68k processors. Also it is possible to use 68k libraries or datatypes on PPC applications and vice versa. It also provides compatibility layer for PowerUP and <a href="/facts/WarpUP/DFGT6WbU">WarpUP</a> software written for PowerUP accelerator cards. The largest repository is <a href="/facts/Aminet/T8fG11FJ">Aminet</a> with over 75,000 packages online with packages from all Amiga flavors including music, sound, and artwork. MorphOS-only software repositories are hosted at <a href="http://morphos.lukysoft.cz">MorphOS software</a>, <a href="http://www.morphos-files.net">MorphOS files</a> and <a href="http://www.morphos-storage.net">MorphOS Storage</a>. MorphOS is delivered with several <a href="/facts/Desktop_application/YQuj7Kog">desktop applications</a> in the form of <a href="/facts/Pre-installed_software/boFAWQDy">pre-installed software</a>. </p> <h2 id="components">Components</h2> <h3>ABox</h3> <p><a href="/facts/Quark_(kernel)/QCG68cqq">ABox</a> is an emulation sandbox featuring a PPC native AmigaOS API clone that is binary compatible with both 68k Amiga applications and both <a href="/facts/PowerUP_(accelerator)/AXeHMRKe">PowerUP</a> and <a href="/facts/WarpOS/DFGT6WbU">WarpOS</a> formats of Amiga PPC executables. ABox is based in part on <a href="/facts/AROS_Research_Operating_System/qctF50SD">AROS Research Operating System</a>. ABox includes <a href="/facts/Trance_JIT/QCG68cqq">Trance JIT</a> code translator for <a href="/facts/68k/jxd7VPlW">68k</a> native Amiga applications. </p> <h3>Other</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/AHI_(Amiga)/s67l6hLV">AHI</a> – audio interface: 6.7</li> <li>Ambient – the default MorphOS desktop, inspired by <a href="/facts/AmigaOS/1E2k1fuN">Workbench</a> and <a href="/facts/Directory_Opus/LeaYkt4I">Directory Opus</a> 5</li> <li><a href="/facts/CyberGraphX/AIEjseS0">CyberGraphX</a> – graphics interface originally developed for Amiga computers: 5.1</li> <li><a href="/facts/Magic_User_Interface/IvQYkDud">Magic User Interface</a> – primary <a href="/facts/Graphical_user_interface/wBlQFWDP">graphical user interface</a> (GUI) toolkit: 4.2</li> <li>Poseidon – the Amiga USB stack developed by Chris Hodges</li> <li><a href="/facts/TurboPrint/KshLlMdF">TurboPrint</a> – the printing system</li> <li>TinyGL – <a href="/facts/OpenGL/xQoMWePr">OpenGL</a> implementation and <a href="/facts/Warp3D/Hpktb1Ar">Warp3D</a> compatibility is featured via <a href="/facts/Rendering_Acceleration_Virtual_Engine/nrrP3D4b">Rendering Acceleration Virtual Engine</a> (RAVE) low-level API: V 51</li> <li><a href="/facts/Quark_(kernel)/QCG68cqq">Quark</a> – manages the low level systems and hosts the A/Box currently</li></ul> <h3>Ambient</h3> <p>Ambient is the built-in <a href="/facts/Magic_User_Interface/IvQYkDud">MUI</a>-based <a href="/facts/Desktop_environment/VXBpMWnG">desktop environment</a> for MorphOS,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> the development was started in 2001 by David Gerber. Its main goals were that it should be fully asynchronous, simple and fast.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> Ambient remotely resembles <a href="/facts/Workbench_(AmigaOS)/xGJsh5Ej">Workbench</a> and <a href="/facts/Directory_Opus/LeaYkt4I">Directory Opus</a> Magellan trying to mix the best of both worlds. </p> <h4>Features</h4> <p>Ambient does not strictly follow the Amiga Workbench interface paradigm but there are still many similarities: while programs are called tools, program attributes are called tooltypes, data files are projects and directories are drawers. </p> <ul><li>support for <a href="/facts/ARexx/FoF8g26Q">ARexx</a> scripting language</li> <li>default <a href="/facts/Icon_(computer)/habCR8KJ">icon</a> library for hundreds of fileformats</li> <li>fully asynchronous, <a href="/facts/Multi-threaded/hh8WHyPd">multi-threaded</a> design</li> <li>fast asynchronous file I/O functions and file notifications</li> <li>support for <a href="/facts/Portable_Network_Graphics/mwgK6xw5">PNG</a> and other <a href="/facts/Amiga/60B3A9of">Amiga</a> icon formats</li> <li>built-in icon, workbench and wbstart libraries</li> <li>built-in applications like <a href="/facts/Disk_formatting/VsSsjdwP">disk formatting</a> and commodities manager</li> <li>panels which are used as program launchers</li></ul> <p>Ambient is localised for various languages and while it is an intrinsic part of MorphOS, it is also available separately. There are various visual effects in Ambient that take advantage of hardware accelerated visual effects within MorphOS.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> </p> <h4>Desktop icons</h4> <p>The native icon format in Ambient is PNG, but there is built-in support for other Amiga icon formats. Ambient introduced a special icon format called DataType Icons where the icon is simply any image file renamed to include the <i>.info</i> extension. Those icons are read using the <a href="/facts/AmigaOS/1E2k1fuN">Amiga DataType</a> system. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th></th><th>Original Amiga icons</th><th>MagicWB</th><th>NewIcons</th><th>GlowIcons</th><th>GlowIcons32</th><th>DT Icons</th><th>PNG</th><th>DualPNG</th><th>SVG</th></tr><tr><th>Colours</th><td>4</td><td>8</td><td>256</td><td>256</td><td>16M</td><td>16M</td><td>16M</td><td>16M</td><td>16M</td></tr><tr><th>Alpha blending</th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Not sure</td></tr><tr><th>Icon size</th><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>36×40</td><td>46×46</td><td>46×46</td><td>128×128</td><td>128×128</td><td>128×128</td><td>128×128</td></tr><tr><th>Second state image</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th>Embedded metadata</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Not sure</td></tr></tbody></table> <h4>Development status</h4> <p>In 2005, David Gerber released Ambient source code under <a href="/facts/GPL/S75KhLSX">GPL</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> and it is now developed by the Ambient development team. </p> <h2 id="supported-hardware">Supported hardware</h2> <ul><li>Max. 1.72 GB RAM; <a href="/facts/Virtual_memory/Lw2GemF5">virtual memory</a> is not supported.</li> <li>Only <a href="/facts/Radeon/U6y80fWr">Radeon</a> cards have support; <a href="/facts/Nvidia/8QfCgqbu">Nvidia</a> cards are not supported.</li></ul> <h3>Amiga</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Amiga_1200/Uz2KCdB9">Amiga 1200</a> with <a href="/facts/PowerUP_(accelerator)/AXeHMRKe">Blizzard PPC</a> accelerator card</li> <li><a href="/facts/Amiga_3000/qYX3FbNw">Amiga 3000</a> with <a href="/facts/PowerUP_(accelerator)/AXeHMRKe">CyberStorm PPC</a> accelerator card</li> <li><a href="/facts/Amiga_4000/H8IaEkcE">Amiga 4000</a> with CyberStorm PPC accelerator card</li></ul> <h3>Apple</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Mac_mini/fVAgG2eN">Mac mini</a> G4</li> <li><a href="/facts/EMac/3NsSpUyq">eMac</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Power_Mac_G4/VdKDJM1D">Power Mac G4</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/PowerBook_G4/WgRI74X7">PowerBook G4</a> (except for 12" aluminum models)</li> <li><a href="/facts/IBook_G4/fC8Pgapc">iBook G4</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Power_Mac_G5/DfREoJlg">Power Mac G5</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Power_Mac_G4_Cube/IJpLgeUK">Power Mac G4 Cube</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/IMac_G5/clx0EPQE">iMac G5</a> (only model A1145 – G5 2.1 20" (iSight))</li></ul> <h3>Genesi/bPlan GmbH</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Efika/Q7XCh0qb">Efika</a> 5200B</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pegasos/FdcInfeE">Pegasos</a> I G3, II G3/G4</li></ul> <h3>ACube</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/ACube_Systems_Srl/sKWYPyor">ACube Systems Srl</a> company and their <a href="/facts/Sam460ex/yWP0XzCe">Sam460 series mainboards</a></li></ul> <h3>A-Eon Technology</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/AmigaOne/HKGNdF0x">AmigaOne</a> X5000 mainboard</li></ul> <h2 id="version-history">Version history</h2> <h3>Release history of 0.x/1.x series</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Version</th><th>Release date</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td>0.1</td><td>August 1, 2000</td><td>Amiga</td></tr><tr><td>0.2</td><td>October 17, 2000</td><td>Amiga</td></tr><tr><td>0.4</td><td>February 14, 2001</td><td>3rd Release<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>0.5</td><td>May 1, 2001</td><td>Amiga</td></tr><tr><td>0.8</td><td>August 2001</td><td>Amiga, Pegasos I</td></tr><tr><td>0.9</td><td>2002</td><td>beta<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>1.0</td><td>14 October 2002</td><td>Pegasos I</td></tr><tr><td>1.1</td><td>December 13, 2002</td><td>Pegasos I</td></tr><tr><td>1.2</td><td>February 9, 2003</td><td>Pegasos I</td></tr><tr><td>1.3</td><td>March 27, 2003</td><td>Pegasos I</td></tr><tr><td>1.4</td><td>August 7, 2003</td><td>Pegasos I</td></tr><tr><td>1.4.4</td><td>March 28, 2005</td><td>Pegasos I/II</td></tr><tr><td>1.4.5</td><td>April 30, 2005</td><td>Pegasos I/II</td></tr><tr><td>1.4.5</td><td>August 25, 2005</td><td>Amiga<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Release history of 2.x/3.x series</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Version</th><th>Release date</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td>2.0</td><td>June 30, 2008</td><td>Added support for Efika 5200B platform; native TCP/IP stack, an updated Sputnik release, AltiVec support, alpha <a href="/facts/Compositing_window_manager/Kw5aw1Wc">compositing 3D layers</a> for the graphical user interface, new USB components (including USB 2.0 support), new screenblankers, and Reggae, a new, modular, streaming multimedia framework<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2.1</td><td>September 6, 2008</td><td>Support for the Efika's audio<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2.2</td><td>December 20, 2008</td><td><a href="/facts/TrueCrypt/vK1yL9Io">TrueCrypt</a>-compatible disk encryption suite<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2.3</td><td>August 6, 2009</td><td>Origyn Web Browser as the default browser, read only HFS+ <a href="/facts/File_system/FdPm90uc">file system</a> support<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2.4</td><td>October 12, 2009</td><td>Added support for Mac mini G4; write support for Mac HFS disks, new charsets.library to provide better multilingual application support<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2.5</td><td>June 4, 2010</td><td>Added support for eMac G4; drivers for <a href="/facts/Silicon_Image/pVNYHdll">SiI3x1x</a> based 2-port <a href="/facts/Serial_ATA/dW8yAMm8">Serial ATA</a> PCI cards<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2.6</td><td>October 10, 2010</td><td>Added support for Power Mac G4; 2D drivers for <a href="/facts/ATI_Rage/JAuwFwQy">Rage 128 Pro</a> graphics cards; Released at precisely 10.10.10 10:10<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2.7</td><td>December 2, 2010</td><td>Improving support for Power Mac G4 platforms<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>3.0</td><td>June 8, 2012</td><td>Added support for PowerBook G4; performance improvements<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>3.1</td><td>July 8, 2012</td><td>Bug-fix release<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>3.2</td><td>May 27, 2013</td><td>Added support for further PowerBook G4 models, iBook G4 and Power Mac G5 model A1047; 3D drivers for Radeon <a href="/facts/R300/XlbYkgGA">R300</a> based cards, wireless networking via <a href="/facts/Atheros/VL1IwY6d">Atheros</a> chipset, major overhaul of TCP/IP stack ("NetStack") – improving networking performance<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>3.3</td><td>September 18, 2013</td><td>Fixes support for some iBook G4 models<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>3.4</td><td>December 14, 2013</td><td>Improved R300 3D and G5 video playback performance, support for non-native display resolutions on various PowerBook models<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>3.5</td><td>February 15, 2014</td><td>Support for <a href="/facts/Power_Mac_G5/DfREoJlg">PowerMac7,2</a> Power Mac G5 models<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>3.6</td><td>June 27, 2014</td><td>Broadcom Wi-Fi support, AMD R400 support, SMBFS file system, VNC server and a Synergy client<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>3.7</td><td>August 3, 2014</td><td>Bug-fix release<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>3.8</td><td>May 15, 2015</td><td>Support for <a href="/facts/Sam460ex/yWP0XzCe">Sam 460 series of mainboards</a>; basic drivers for Radeon HD series graphics cards, 4K displays in native resolution<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>3.9</td><td>June 19, 2015</td><td>Bug-fix release<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>3.10</td><td>March 25, 2018</td><td>Extended hardware support (<a href="/facts/AmigaOne/HKGNdF0x">AmigaOne</a> X5000 mainboard; new SATA controllers, network controllers, scanners and graphics cards), Flow Studio IDE with built-in debugger, support for time zones, new fonts, new themes, vector graphics, including SVG icons, overall bug fixes and performance improvements<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>3.11</td><td>July 6, 2018</td><td>Bug-fix release<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>3.12</td><td>October 2, 2019</td><td>Dual monitor support for select hardware, improved thermal management for select hardware, new <a href="/facts/FireWire/XYdQlxfy">FireWire</a> stack, support for more printers and scanners, upgraded <a href="/facts/Odyssey_Web_Browser/NMdU9j59">Odyssey browser</a> with HTTP/2 and TLS 1.3 and spell checking support, substantial upgrades and new features to Flow Studio IDE, UTF-8 support in MUI, ObjFW runtime with Automatic Reference Counting<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>3.13</td><td>February 7, 2020</td><td>Bug-fix release<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>3.14</td><td>October 4, 2020</td><td>Kernel improvements for threading, improved TCP/IP network stack threading support, improved unix emulation layer, Magic User Interface improvements, improved ObjectiveC framework, improved translations for various languages, updated open source components for various libraries and classes, numerous bug fixes. Introduces ScoutNG system monitoring application<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>3.15</td><td>December 31, 2020</td><td>Bug-fix release<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>3.16</td><td>March 9, 2022</td><td>Added notification system and email client Iris,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a> replaced Odyssey web browser with Wayfarer web browser, added new application switcher. Improvements for Synergy client, added shared <a href="/facts/OpenSSL/aXvs5fo2">openSSL</a> 3 library. Includes hundreds of bug fixes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>3.17</td><td>May 1, 2022</td><td>Bug-fix release<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:50" href="#fn:50"><sup>50</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>3.18</td><td>May 13, 2023</td><td>New features: Scriptable Hex/RAM/Disk editor, ArchiveIt archiver/unarchiver application, better cooling information display via Thermals application, Samba2/3 support, including integration with Ambient desktop. Extensive improvements to Radeon drivers and improvements to Realtek 8168 driver support. Issues in USB support for CyrusPlus 5040 systems has been corrected. Many system components and libraries have been bugfixed and improved, including MUI, Netstack and Filesysbox.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:51" href="#fn:51"><sup>51</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>3.19</td><td>Jan 18, 2025</td><td>Bug-fix release<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:52" href="#fn:52"><sup>52</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>MorphOS 2 includes a native <a href="/facts/TCP%2fIP/KNkxtSpw">TCP/IP</a> stack ("Netstack") and a Web browser, Sputnik or <a href="/facts/Origyn_Web_Browser/NMdU9j59">Origyn Web Browser</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:53" href="#fn:53"><sup>53</sup></a> Sputnik was begun under a user community bounty system<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:54" href="#fn:54"><sup>54</sup></a> that also resulted in MOSNet, a free, separate TCP/IP stack for MorphOS 1 users. Sputnik is a port of the KHTML rendering engine, on which <a href="/facts/WebKit/YrP9vbIj">WebKit</a> is also based. Sputnik is no longer being developed and was removed from later MorphOS 2 releases. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Free and open-source software portal</li><li>Amiga portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Amiga/60B3A9of">Amiga</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Workbench_(AmigaOS)/xGJsh5Ej">Amiga Workbench</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/APUS_(computer)/dP2oksvY">APUS (computer)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/AROS_Research_Operating_System/qctF50SD">AROS Research Operating System</a> (AROS)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Magic_User_Interface/IvQYkDud">Magic User Interface</a> (MUI)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Scalos/EGlG4UHh">Scalos</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://morphos-team.net">Official website</a> </li> <li><a href="http://www.aminet.net">Aminet Amiga/MorphOS software repository</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.morph.zone">MorphZone</a>, <a href="http://library.morph.zone/Supported_Computers">Supported Computers</a></li> <li><a href="http://morphos.lukysoft.cz/">MorphOS Software Database</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.morphos-files.net">MorphOS software repository</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/15209/morphos-the-lightning-os/">MorphOS: The Lightning OS</a></li> <li><a href="http://obligement.free.fr">Obligement</a> – Magazine about AmigaOS and MorphOS</li> <li><a href="http://www.warmup-asso.org">www.warmup-asso.org</a> – Portal dedicated to MorphOS users</li> <li><a href="http://www.morphos-storage.net/">MorphOS Storage</a> – MorphOS Software Storage</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>By (2023-02-28). 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Retrieved December 29, 2016. <a href="http://www.amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2002-11-00192-EN.html" target="_blank">http://www.amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2002-11-00192-EN.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Weitere Bilder von der CES 2003" (in German). Amiga-News.de. February 4, 2003. Retrieved December 29, 2016. <a href="http://www.amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2003-02-00028-DE.html" target="_blank">http://www.amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2003-02-00028-DE.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Unklarheiten bezüglich der Veröffentlichung von MorphOS 1.5 für den Pegasos" (in German). Amiga-News.de. November 15, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2016. <a href="http://www.amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2004-11-00063-DE.html" target="_blank">http://www.amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2004-11-00063-DE.html</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Ambient source code under GPL released". Amiga-News.de. January 22, 2005. Retrieved December 29, 2016. <a href="http://www.amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2005-01-00122-EN.html" target="_blank">http://www.amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2005-01-00122-EN.html</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Gerber, David (2005-01-22). "Ambient, the MorphOS desktop, becomes free". OSNews. Retrieved 2024-05-30. <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/9476/ambient-the-morphos-desktop-becomes-free/" target="_blank">https://www.osnews.com/story/9476/ambient-the-morphos-desktop-becomes-free/</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Haynes, Chris (March 21, 2007). "Scalos: The Amiga Desktop Replacement". Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2007-03-21. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180922220139/http://scalos.noname.fr/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20180922220139/http://scalos.noname.fr/</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Piru (February 23, 2006). "Announcements: Updated MorphOS for PowerUP Users". Amiga.org. Archived from the original on 2007-03-14. Retrieved 2007-03-21. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070314010244/http://www.amiga.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6671" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070314010244/http://www.amiga.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6671</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Holwerda, Thom (August 24, 2005). "MorphOS 1.4.5 Released for Classic Amiga". OSNews. Retrieved 2007-03-21. <a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=11668" target="_blank">http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=11668</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Holwerda, Thom (October 17, 2006). "MorphOS 1.5 Running on Efika to Be Shown". OSNews. 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Retrieved 2013-12-25. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131227012147/http://www.morphzone.info/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?forum=11&topic_id=6835&post_id=107647&showonepost=1" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20131227012147/http://www.morphzone.info/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?forum=11&topic_id=6835&post_id=107647&showonepost=1</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>"New MorphOS 0.4 Release". ann.lu. February 15, 2001. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-22. Alt URL <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160308162834/http://anna.amigazeux.org/detail.php?category=news&file=0982207755.msg" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20160308162834/http://anna.amigazeux.org/detail.php?category=news&file=0982207755.msg</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>MorphOS 0.9 video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atZRdevOTn0" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atZRdevOTn0</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>"MorphOS Change Log". morphos-team.net. June 6, 2006. Retrieved 2016-11-22. <a href="http://powerup.morphos-team.net/changelog.html" target="_blank">http://powerup.morphos-team.net/changelog.html</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>MorphOS 2.0 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.0" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.0</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:25"><p>MorphOS 2.1 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.1" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.1</a> <a href="#fnref:25" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:26"><p>MorphOS 2.2 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.2" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.2</a> <a href="#fnref:26" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:27"><p>MorphOS 2.3 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.3" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.3</a> <a href="#fnref:27" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:28"><p>MorphOS 2.4 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.4" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.4</a> <a href="#fnref:28" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:29"><p>MorphOS 2.5 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.5" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.5</a> <a href="#fnref:29" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:30"><p>MorphOS 2.6 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.6" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.6</a> <a href="#fnref:30" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:31"><p>MorphOS 2.7 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.7" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/2.7</a> <a href="#fnref:31" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:32"><p>MorphOS 3.0 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.0" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.0</a> <a href="#fnref:32" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:33"><p>MorphOS 3.1 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.1" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.1</a> <a href="#fnref:33" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:34"><p>MorphOS 3.2 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.2" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.2</a> <a href="#fnref:34" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:35"><p>MorphOS 3.3 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.3" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.3</a> <a href="#fnref:35" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:36"><p>MorphOS 3.4 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.4" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.4</a> <a href="#fnref:36" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:37"><p>MorphOS 3.5 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.5" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.5</a> <a href="#fnref:37" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:38"><p>MorphOS 3.6 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.6" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.6</a> <a href="#fnref:38" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:39"><p>MorphOS 3.7 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.7" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.7</a> <a href="#fnref:39" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:40"><p>MorphOS 3.8 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.8" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.8</a> <a href="#fnref:40" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:41"><p>MorphOS 3.9 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.9" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.9</a> <a href="#fnref:41" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:42"><p>MorphOS 3.10 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.10" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.10</a> <a href="#fnref:42" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:43"><p>MorphOS 3.11 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.11" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.11</a> <a href="#fnref:43" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:44"><p>MorphOS 3.12 release notes <a href="https://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.12" target="_blank">https://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.12</a> <a href="#fnref:44" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:45"><p>MorphOS 3.13 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.13" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.13</a> <a href="#fnref:45" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:46"><p>MorphOS 3.14 release notes <a href="https://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.14" target="_blank">https://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.14</a> <a href="#fnref:46" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:47"><p>MorphOS 3.15 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.15" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.15</a> <a href="#fnref:47" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:48"><p>Iris IMAP client <a href="https://iris-morphos.com" target="_blank">https://iris-morphos.com</a> <a href="#fnref:48" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:49"><p>MorphOS 3.16 release notes <a href="https://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.16" target="_blank">https://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.16</a> <a href="#fnref:49" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:50"><p>MorphOS 3.17 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.17" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.17</a> <a href="#fnref:50" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:51"><p>MorphOS 3.18 release notes <a href="https://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.18" target="_blank">https://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.18</a> <a href="#fnref:51" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:52"><p>MorphOS 3.19 release notes <a href="http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.19" target="_blank">http://morphos-team.net/releasenotes/3.19</a> <a href="#fnref:52" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:53"><p>"MorphOS 2.0". Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved 2010-06-19. <a href="https://archive.today/20120720044010/http://www.amigamccc.org/journal/0809eric.htm" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20120720044010/http://www.amigamccc.org/journal/0809eric.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:53" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:54"><p>"Morph Bounties". MorphZone. Archived from the original on 2007-03-06. Retrieved 2007-03-12. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070306150915/http://www.morphzone.org/modules/bounty/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070306150915/http://www.morphzone.org/modules/bounty/</a> <a href="#fnref:54" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>