Posted by Steve Revill
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:51:00 GMT
Following from the publishing of the source code on the ROOL site, RISC OS development has gained momentum over the past couple of years. We are close to a point where we can say one flavour of the OS, RISC OS 5, can run on most of the current platforms: Beagle Board, IYONIX pc, RiscPC, A7000 and emulation.
Within ROOL, we don’t want things to stop there. What we would like to see is for all of the talented developers out there to be paired up with tasks that they are interested in working on which contribute to the ‘greater good’ of the system.
As a tentative first step in that direction, we have published a list of the sorts of tasks which we feel could be adopted in order to move things along. We haven’t prioritised them or done anything more than simply enumerate everything (significant) that we can think of.
We’re sure there are more good ideas out there and there is probably some stuff in our Wish Lists forum that we’ve missed. We would very much welcome feedback from the community – so add the things to our list that you think are important to the future development of our favourite operating system.
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Posted by Steve Revill
Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:10:00 GMT
RISC OS Open will be attending this year’s Midland User Group (MUG) show on Saturday the 10th July at:
St John's Church Hall
205 Warwick Road
Kenilworth
Warwickshire CV8 1HY
This will be a great opportunity for you to come and find out what the latest developments are in the RISC OS scene and see some demos of RISC OS running on new ARM-based hardware platforms, emulators and native RISC OS machines.
For more information, take a look at the official MUG Show site.
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Posted by Steve Revill
Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:48:00 GMT
They say that any publicity is good publicity, but it’s even better when it’s good publicity to start with! We were surprised and pleased to see that the efforts of the RISC OS community have been noticed by the mainstream press.
To have a look at this coverage, take a look at The Register.
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Posted by Steve Revill
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:26:00 GMT
This weekend, RISC OS Open will be attending the Acorn World part of Britain’s largest celebration of vintage computing: the Vintage Computing Festival in Bletchley Park from 19th-20th June 2010.
We will be proving that RISC OS is still alive and well with a range of demonstrations, including:
- RISC OS on the Beagle Board
- RISC OS under emulation
- Future RISC OS hardware platforms (Touch Book)
Come along and find out what all of the fuss is about! You can also help support the cause and pick up some ROOL merchandise, including:
- Mugs
- T-shirts
- Show CDs with the latest software and sources
- Developer tools
The Acorn World section is supported by the RISC OS User Group of London.
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