RISC OS Open

ROOL aims high with their Moonshots initiative

April 6, 2025April 6, 2025 VinceH

The day before the RISC OS North show last week, RISC OS Open Ltd (ROOL) published an announcement in the news section of their website, and emailed a press release to draw attention to it1. Titled ‘“Moonshots” initiative to Secure the Future of the OS’, the announcement outlines a significant problem that the operating system faces – one that most RISC OS users will already be well aware of: That RISC OS is 32-bit, while more and more new Arm processors are 64-bit.

Read all about it at RISC OS North

March 20, 2025March 20, 2025 VinceH

If you want to keep up with the latest news about RISC OS, there are two publications you need to check out, along with a user group, and a couple of websites.

New user or news seeker – come to RISC OS North

March 18, 2025March 18, 2025 VinceH

If you’re a seasoned RISC OS User, you’ll know all about the operating system’s history, and you’ll be familiar with the people that look after it today – but you’ll want to find out the latest news. If, however, you’re a new user, or if are thinking of trying it out, you’ll want to find out more about it.

A few videos from MUG for your viewing pleasure

September 3, 2023September 3, 2023 VinceH

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.

Show report: London 2021

February 26, 2022March 12, 2022 VinceH

30th October, 2021, marked the return to physical shows in the UK, when the RISC OS User Group of London (ROUGOL) hosted their customary October event at the St Giles Hotel in Feltham – the RISC OS London Show. Understandably under the circumstances, there were fewer exhibitors than in previous years, as well as few visitors; it was a much quieter show than usual – but despite that, it was still an excellent day for finding out what’s happening in the RISC OS world. So what happened? What did we…

Snippets – 1st January, 2021

January 1, 2021 VinceH

A final round up of 2020 news that hasn’t found its way to RISCOSitory before I was aiming to get this final round up of news posted on the last day of 2020, but as ever other things got in the way, so what was intended as the last post of 2020 has become the first post of 2021. Still, never mind, better late than never – which should probably be the official motto here in the RISCOSitory bunker!

A brief look at RISC OS Direct

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 VinceH

At the 2019 London Show, news broke of something to be called RISC OS Direct – a new distribution (distro) of the operating system, and an accompanying video series. The actual launch of RISC OS Direct happened in February, at the Southwest Show, so should be covered in the show report – but that report is currently still a work-in-progress, and is very late, so it seems eminently sensible to write a little something about RISC OS Direct separately.

News nybble: Buy from Elesar now, collect on Saturday

February 15, 2020February 15, 2020 VinceH

If you’re heading towards the Southwest Show in Bristol on Saturday, and there’s something you’ve been thinking of buying from Elesar Ltd, now is the time to do it. The company is once again offering a ‘click and collect’ option for physical goods, which shaves off the postage cost for physical goods. If the option is chosen when an order is placed, nstead of the goods being posted out, they will be brought to the show for collection there – just pop along to the RISC OS Open Ltd stand…

News nybble: Stand out from the crowd with a ROOL t-shirt

November 28, 2019November 28, 2019 VinceH

Wear what nobody else is wearing! At last month’s London Show, RISC OS Open Ltd (ROOL) had a new line of merchandise available to buy – T-shirts, in a spiffing shade of green with the slogan ‘run the risc’ on the back, and grey polo shirts with the ROOL logo on the chest. That range is now available to order from the company’s online shop, both priced at £12.50, and four sizes ranging from M to XXL.

News nybble: London Show theatre talks now online

November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 VinceH

The five talks given at the recent RISC OS London Show were recorded by Leo White, who has now put the videos online so that they can be watched by those unable to make it to the event (or who, as exhibitors, couldn’t step away from their stands in order to watch them). These talks are: CJE Micro’s W-iFi Sheep RISC OS Developments Ltd/R-Comp University of Cantabria RISC OS Open Ltd