A new version of Pinboard 2 has been released by RISC OS Developments. The software is a replacement for the standard ‘Pinboard’ supplied with the operating system – the component that looks after the desktop background, allowing backdrops to be displayed, icons to be pinned to it to save navigating to the relevant files or applications using the filer, and so on – and provides quite a number of new features that make it a worthy replacement.
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Meet Andy Vawer at ROUGOL – 20th May
The RISC OS Developments programmer behind Pinboard2, the Wi-Fi drivers, and more Since its inception, with the original aim of producing a web browser, there have been a lot of good news coming out of RISC OS Developments Ltd (ROD) – from the browser itself, Iris (albeit still in testing and not yet ready for public release), taking on ownership of the operating system and releasing it under a truly open licence, and much more, including development of additional software.
Read MoreJoin the public beta and let fly with Wi-Fi
Attendees of the recent Southwest Show in Bristol who sat in on one or two of the theatre presentations – or anyone who has subsequently watched the videos of those talks will be aware that Wi-Fi is now a thing for RISC OS – and not only that, but like buses two different versions have arrived; one from RISC OS Developments Ltd (ROD) and one from RISC OS Open Ltd (ROOL).
Read MoreA few videos from MUG for your viewing pleasure
And one from Kevin Wells for budding programmers The Midlands User Group (MUG) held their re-branded summer event on 1st July. What used to be the Midlands Midsummer MUG Show eventually came to a close due to low attendance numbers, but in 2022 it was resurrected as an online event, and this year held again under its new ‘MUG Mega Meeting’ banner – billing it, in effect, as an extended MUG meeting, with a spread of five different speakers over its five hour running time.
Read MoreCome to Bristol, get a browser
There are a number of reasons to visit the Southwest Show, which takes place in just under two weeks time on Saturday, 25th February, at the Arnos Manor Hotel in Bristol – and now there’s another.
Read MoreTo be and not to be – RISC OS Developments at ROUGOL
Whether ’tis nobler in the pub to imbibe. Or something. The next RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meeting will be another hybrid meeting, with both a physical presence at the group’s regular venue, and an online one – but with an added twist: There will be two guest speakers for the evening, and one will be appearing in person, while the other will be at the other end of an internet connection.
Read MoreROUGOL’s plans for early 2023
World domination not on the cards – just some meeting information. With all the shenanigans surrounding the tail end of the year out of the way – Christmas, New Year, hangovers (lots of hangovers, probably) – details of some of the first few RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) meetings of 2023 have been released.
Read MoreNews nybble: RISC OS Developments’ TCP/IP stack 7.03 released
Hot on the heels of a new version of Iris, the latest release of the new TCP/IP stack from RISC OS Developments (ROD) has been announced. Version 7.03 of the stack, which is based on the OpenBSD network stack, gains various improvements and fixes over the previous releases, including a compatibility layer so that it can be used with RiscPC, RPCEmu, Iyonix, and the Elesar Wi-Fi HAT, better support for IP addresses supplied via a Hosts file, an updated DHCP module that correctly reports the DHCP state, allowing user applications…
Read MoreChristmas comes slightly early for Iris users with a new release
Iris, the web browser in development at RISC OS Developments (ROD), has continued apace and the company has just announced an update, available to anyone who has previously supported the project through purchasing OBrowser, whether at shows or via !Store.
Read MoreEasily run Iris from your RAM disc
A new, small application is now available from RISC OS Developments (ROD) that sets up the system so that the Iris web browser can be run from your RAM disc.
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