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RISC OS is the superbly efficient operating system designed in the 1980's by Acorn Computers, and its latest incarnation is used by thousands of people around the world. However, many may never have even heard of RISC OS - so if you're one of them, you've come to the right place. Pre-dating both Windows and Mac OS to use a task bar or 'Dock', RISC OS includes many revolutionary features which are only just being copied by other systems. Its anti-aliased font technology is still the envy of the computer world and its drag 'n' drop, stackable windows GUI, flexibility and ease of use make it arguably the most productive computer system in the world today. Thousands of applications and utilities are available, often developed by small companies and individual users, mean that you should be able to find software on RISC OS to cater for all your computing requirements. It is hoped that new developers will come on board to help promote and enhance RISC OS even more. RISCOS.org seeks to not only introduce newcomers and experts alike to this wonderful system, but to act as a resource centre and help forum for existing users around the world. Our software database is probably the most comprehensive repository of RISC OS links anywhere on the internet, and we update it frequently with new releases.
News Headlines from other RISC OS Portalscsa.announceSome news summaries maybe truncated. This is a limitation with GoogleGroups RSS feed and beyond our control unfortunately. IconBarLondon Show 2025: Pre-Reserve Your RISCOSbits Hardware for collection
RISCOSbits are prioritising having pre-built systems for customers over a general selection. So, if you are looking to acquire one of their very desirable systems at the show, you can reserve a system to collect. The London Show is less than 2 weeks away....
And Tony (Amcog Games) has a really great 2 minute video on youtube promoting it.... The 2025 London Show is less than 3 weeks away...
It's now less than 3 weeks to go until the 2025 London Show..... WROCC October 2025 meeting - R-Comp and ROD Show teaser
Wakefield's October speaker was Andrew Rawnsley from R-Comp, giving us some updates and teasers for the London Show (in case you need more reasons to attend the Show!) WROCC October 2025 talk on Wednesday - R-Comp
The October 2025 WROCC talk is on Wednesday 1st October and starts at at 7.45pm on Zoom. RISC OS OpenStreaming Video in 1994?
In 1994, Acorn Computers, through its Online Media division, played a central role in one of the earliest practical demonstrations of video-on-demand over a broadband network. The Cambridge (UK) Digital Interactive Television Trial, developed in collaboration with Anglia Television, Cambridge Cable (now Virgin Media), and Advanced Telecommunication Modules Ltd (ATML), anticipated many of the features that would later become standard in streaming media. Pi memory freed from its 32 bit shackles
The period between stable releases is the perfect time to try out some experimental changes to RISC OS. If you’ve bought one of the top-of-the-range Raspberry Pi 4’s with 4GB or 8GB of RAM the good news is that that extra memory can now be unlocked by dropping the Beta RPi ROM (8GB Support) onto your SD card. Moonshots Rocket is Fuelling Up
Back in March the Moonshots Initiative outlined an ambitious plan to migrate the source code of RISC OS away from hand crafted assembler to reach a 64-bit destination before all the 32-bit chips run out. Already the initiative has generated a number of people asking to be involved, promising leads in the areas of focus, and we’re grateful to have received some financial donations from the community already. Set sail for the RISC OS eXperience
Why not pop along to the Big Ben Club’s annual day in the Netherlands?The show is on the 10th May 2025 from 10am to 4pm and is located in Koog aan de Zann. It’s easy to reach being only a short distance north of Amsterdam by car, public transport, or even by bicycle.RISC OS Open will be travelling to the Netherlands, equivalent to 0.106% of the distance to the moon, and expanding on 2022’s theatre topic of the path to 64 bit. "Moonshots" Initiative to Secure the Future of the OS
Cambridge, UK - 28-Mar-2025 - RISC OS Open Limited (ROOL) is calling on the global technology community to support a bold new initiative to secure the long-term future of RISC OS. The company today announced the launch of its Moonshots programme – a strategic shift away from incremental development, towards large-scale engineering efforts aimed at modernising the operating system for next-generation Arm architectures.RISC OS, originally developed alongside the first Arm chips in Cambridge, remains a uniquely simple and efficient desktop operating system. It has found renewed interest in recent years thanks to its availability on the Raspberry Pi and its open-source licensing model. However, the platform now faces an existential challenge. And maybe of interest....The RegisterCISA exec blames nation-state hackers and Democrats for putting America's critical systems at risk
Federal agencies have seven days to patch F5 productsAn unidentified nation-state hacking crew targeting vulnerable F5 products to break into US government networks poses an "imminent risk" to federal agencies, American cyber officials warned on Wednesday - while also blaming Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown and insisting that the staffing cuts haven't hurt cyber defenses at all.X to combat bot problem by showing more info about users
Meet [user] from [location]In an effort to help human readers figure out whether they can trust the source of information (or opinion) posted on X, Elon Musk's social network plans to add a new "About this account" screen with metadata from each user, including their location, how long they've had the account, and how many times they've changed their usernames.OpenAI's ChatGPT is so popular that almost no one will pay for it
If you build it, they will come and expect the service to be freeOpenAI is losing about three times more money than it's earning, and 95 percent of those using ChatGPT, which generates roughly 70 percent of the company's recurring revenue, aren't paying a dime to help stem the losses.Apple goes all in on AI acceleration with M5 MacBook, iPad, and Vision Pros
Oh and the CPU is up to 15% faster for those that could care less about articifically intelligent Apple products and more about getting work doneApple's fifth-generation of M-series silicon is starting to trickle out with the launch of the M5 MacBook, iPad, and Vision Pros this week.Japan tells OpenAI to stop spiriting away its copyrighted anime
Tokyo cries foul over Sora slop abusing 'irreplaceable treasures' of anime, manga - oh, and copyright lawOpenAI's Sora 2 video generator has gone viral, particularly among users churning out anime that looks suspiciously like Studio Ghibli and other copyrighted works. Alarmed by the threat to one of its prized cultural exports, Japan has reportedly lodged a formal request that the American firm knock it off.[an error occurred while processing this directive]Stuff.tv Latest GadgetsSamsung’s Android XR headset arrives next week to challenge Vision Pro M5 - here’s how to watch
Project Moohan - aka Galaxy XR - has been long in the works. Now Samsung is almost ready to show its full hand Best affordable watches in 2025 for wallet-friendly style
We've ranked the best affordable watches from Tissot, Seiko, Citizen, Swatch and more Honor’s AI Robot Phone looks like Wall-E in smartphone form
Honor has teased a smartphone with an AI-powered robotic camera arm with more details promised in early 2025. Apple isn’t offering Vision Pro M2 trade-ins, but there is one way to upgrade your headset
The Vision Pro M2 isn't part of Apple's trade-in offerings (yet), but the Dual Knut Band might be a worthwhile upgrade Apple’s MacBook Pro just got a mega upgrade – but there’s no M5 Pro and Max yet
The Apple's 14in MacBook Pro has been upgraded to the M5 like the iPad Pro and Vision Pro, but there are no M5 Pro or M5 Max versions yet (external news feeds last updated at 10:30pm and took 7 seconds)
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