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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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We're throwing open the doors to our lab

Posted by Ben Avison Thu, 10 Oct 2019 12:57:00 GMT

Following a period of beta-testing by a small group of volunteers, ROOL is proud to announce that our GitLab is now accepting sign-ups for anyone wanting to contribute to developing RISC OS. Dive in, the water’s lovely and warm!

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Pi rounded up to four

Posted by Ben Avison Tue, 02 Jul 2019 14:37:00 GMT

24th June saw the launch of the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s latest pint-sized educational computer – the Pi 4. Sporting

• a faster Cortex-A72 processor
• more RAM (model options with 1, 2, or 4GB)
• built in gigabit Ethernet
• a move to VideoCore VI for 4k graphics at 60fps
• and much more besides

The form factor is largely unchanged, apart from a few connector movements.

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Raft of new bounties floated

Posted by Steve Revill Thu, 13 Jun 2019 21:51:00 GMT

With the bumper infusion of pledges in our end of 2018 blowout, a number of the previously accumulating bounties have since been claimed by eager developers. That’s left us with some slots to fill for where we want to steer RISC OS next – what big ticket items are missing from everyone’s favourite OS?

So we’ve scoured your suggestions, checked the wish list (twice), and unfolded the roadmap to bring this next set to the surface…

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