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Bounties earn 10 year merit badge but want 3 more

Posted by Steve Revill Sun, 25 Apr 2021 19:31:00 GMT

It’s hard to believe, but the RISC OS Open bounty scheme was launched in ten years ago and in that time has delivered £39,249.91 of improvements to the OS, with a further £13,990.72 currently work in progress.

How does it all work in practice?

You can see how we select bounties and what the current status of those running are at any time by clicking on the ‘More information’ link beneath the totaliser.

Each of the currently active bounties also include an overview of what they are trying to achieve, as well as a guide target amount. The target is based on costing a rough project plan as a way of comparing one with another; so a high target is more work than a low one, rather than a guarantee that a developer claims it the moment it reaches 100%.

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Charting our way

Posted by Steve Revill Sun, 24 May 2020 11:23:00 GMT

As countries around the world grapple with the COVID-19, many people will currently be required to stay indoors, or to change their work patterns and switch to video conferencing. Drinking more? Exercising less? It certainly feels like an interesting time to see what the data says about what’s happening in our community.

Take a look with us at various metrics from ROOL’s data banks for the period January to April, to see how things looked heading into the “new normal”.

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Three interesting topics for our march towards April

Posted by Steve Revill Mon, 09 Mar 2020 18:04:00 GMT

With the added productivity of our bonus leap day behind us, there is still a lot to look forward to in the next couple of months. For example:

• Setting off towards our new RISC OS 5.28 stable release
• Journeying to Wakefield, UK for the 25th WROCC show on 18th April
• Reaching new heights of bounty goodness

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ROOL at the RISC OS South West Show

Posted by Steve Revill Mon, 03 Feb 2020 18:35:00 GMT

After a (relatively) mild winter of hibernation, we’re pleased to announce that some of the ROOL team will be making our annual pilgrimage to Bristol for the RISC OS South West Show.

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