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RISC OS 5.26 is alive!

Posted by Steve Revill Fri, 26 Oct 2018 22:18:00 GMT

The Open Source RISC OS source tree is now live on our site for your delectation. There are some things you need to know…

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Cheque, mate. Castle changes hands.

Posted by Steve Revill Wed, 10 Oct 2018 12:30:00 GMT

The cat is out of the bag – Castle Technology has been acquired by RISC OS Developments as a part of their long-term plans for the development of our favourite operating system.

The team at ROOL is extremely pleased to see this happen and we are very much looking forward to the possibilities that it unlocks. We’ll be happy to speak to you all at the London Show where you will be able to find out more from both RISC OS Developments and from ROOL.

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Did you notice? We changed everything

Posted by Steve Revill Mon, 20 Aug 2018 20:27:00 GMT

There’s a surprising amount of behind-the-scenes work required to keep the services you’re using on the RISC OS Open website running, but it’s not glamourous work:

• Deleting spam accounts (thanks Dave!)
• Administering bounty donations and taming the beast (thanks Andrew!)
• Maintaining package lists (thanks Theo!)
• Keeping host OS versions patched and up to date (thanks James!)

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Desktop development and not a flat pack in sight

Posted by Steve Revill Tue, 23 Jan 2018 20:49:00 GMT

If you missed October’s London Show you may also have missed the release of DDE28 too.

Posted in Miscellaneous, New documentation, New product | no comments