Today is Saturday, 27th September, 2025, and I’ve scheduled this post to appear at 11:00am – which means at the time this article appears it will be precisely four weeks to the minute until the doors are open to the public on the 2025 RISC OS London Show, which takes place on Saturday, 25th October. The precise details you need, as a discerning RISC OS user and show visitor, are:
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Ovation Pro and book publishing – ROUGOL meeting, 15th September
The next meeting of the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) will take place on Monday, 15th September, with Gavin Crawford taking the podium to talk about how he uses Ovation Pro in his publishing business.
Read MoreMark Moxon to talk to ROUGOL about networking Elite – 18th August
Note, that’s ‘networking Elite’ and not ‘THE networking elite’ At the next meeting of the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL), on Monday, 18th August, Mark Moxon will be joining everyone in the pub to talk about the things he’s done since the last time he visited, almost two years ago.
Read MoreThe rest of the year mapped out by ROUGOL
Well, in the context of ROUGOL, anyway. If you regularly attend the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meetings – whether in person or online – you’ll know when the meetings will take place each month; it’s easy enough to remember, being – unless circumstances force a change – the third Monday of each month, with December often being an exception because of the proximity to Christmas. What you usually won’t know until much closer to each meeting day, though, it’s what the meeting subject will be.
Read MoreR-Comp 5erving up info about new kit to ROUGOL – 21st July
R-Comp recently announced two new systems, both based around the Raspberry Pi 5 compute module – the 5idekick, and the Pi5erve – and on Monday, 21st July Andrew Rawnsley will be talking to the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) about these machines and other recent developments and updates.
Read MoreHugo Tyson talks to ROUGOL about his time at Acorn – 16th June
The guest speaker at the next RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meeting will be Hugo Tyson, who will be talking about what he did during the time he worked at Acorn.
Read MoreChris Dewhurst talks Drag ‘n Drop with ROUGOL – 21st April
It’s time to drag yourself away from whatever else you might be doing and drop yourself off at a certain London pub (or in front of your computer) for the next RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meeting, which takes place on Monday, 21st April, and features Chris Dewhurst talking to the group about Drag ‘n Drop.
Read MoreUser groups at RISC OS North
As well as shows like RISC OS North, a good way to support the operating system is to attend your local user group – and a few will be represented at this event:
Read MoreTalking RISC OS North in London – 17th March
The last RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meeting before the next show – RISC OS North – will take place on Monday, 17th March, and that very show will be the topic of the evening; a pre-show fireside chat with Richard Brown of RISC OS Developments Ltd and Orpheus Internet taking the floor.
Read MoreRob Sprowson at the Coprocabana – 17th February
AKA The Duke of Sussex in London The guest speaker at the next RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meeting will be Rob Sprowson, who may or may not have yellow feathers in his hair1.
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