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| 2024-04-28 |
NEW • OS Release: RISC OS 5.30 |
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Steve Revill has announced the release of RISC OS 5.30, the latest stable version of the independently-developed computer operating system originally designed by Acorn Computers Ltd in 1987. It is available for some of the popular ARM computer boards, such as Beagleboard, IOMD, Iyonix, OMAP5, Pandaboard, Raspberry Pi and Titanium. "We are proud to announce RISC OS 5.30 is now available for the seven platforms that met or exceeded benchmark. The gestation time has allowed a bumper crop of 347 improvements to the 'HardDisc4' image and applications, and for the main operating system 'ROM' image around 329 improvements, the exact figure depends on which hardware you have. For the first time, the OMAP5, most commonly used with the IGEPv5 hardware design, has switched to a stable release after resolving a previously blocking issue with its video driver. For many new users the low-cost Raspberry Pi computer is their first inroad into using RISC OS. The ready made SD card image has been refreshed to include: Ovation Pro desktop publishing application; out-of-the-box WiFi support for those models which have the chip on board; the full read/write edition of SparkFS, now integrated into the standard distribution across all platforms...." Continue to the release announcement for further details. Images of the operating system for supported devices can be found on the project's download page; here is a quick link to the compressed Raspberry Pi image: RISCOSPi.5.30.zip (157MB). |
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| RISC OS is a computer operating system originally designed by Acorn Computers Ltd in Cambridge, England in 1987. RISC OS was specifically designed to run on the ARM chipset, which Acorn had designed concurrently for use in its new line of Archimedes personal computers. It takes its name from the RISC (reduced instruction set computing) architecture supported. Fast, compact and efficient, RISC OS is developed and tested by a loyal community of developers and users. RISC OS is not a version of Linux, nor is it in any way related to Windows, and it has a number of unique features and aspects to its design.
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| 2020-10-24 |
OS Release: RISC OS 5.28 |
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RISC OS is a computer operating system originally designed by Acorn Computers Ltd in Cambridge, England in 1987. It was specifically designed to run on the ARM chipset, which Acorn had designed concurrently for use in its new line of Archimedes personal computers. It takes its name from the RISC (reduced instruction set computing) architecture supported. The project's latest release, RISC OS 5.28, improves network security, introduces system-wide clipboard support, and fixes several issues. "RISC OS 5.28 now available. Slightly delayed from our original target in Spring, we're pleased to announce RISC OS 5.28 is now available for all platforms that met or exceeded our stable release criteria. What's inside? The extra few months has allowed us to pack in a fantastic 366 improvements to the ‘HardDisc4' image and applications, and a similarly impressive 344 improvements to the main operating system. Enjoy an overhauled Paint, up-to-date network security, system wide clipboard support." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Images of the operating system for supported devices can be found on the project's download page; here is a quick link to the Raspberry Pi image: RISCOSPi.5.28.zip (127MB). |
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| 2017-04-21 |
Development Release: RISC OS Open RC15 |
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Steve Revill has announced the release of a new development build of RISC OS Open, a special edition of RISC OS designed for the Raspberry Pi single-board computer. RISC OS, developed by the inventors of the ARM processor architecture, is not based on UNIX, Linux or any other existing system. The freely available Raspberry Pi variant uses its own desktop environment (called Pinboard) and applications. This is the project's first release in over two years: "It has been long anticipated after the record success of our previous hit (RC14) in February 2015, but the wait is over. Right up-to-date support for the latest ARMv8 in the main OS ROM, bundled with hundreds of fixes and improvements to the OS. The previous release was based on RISC OS 5.21 which was current at the time. There are new and updated applications on the disc too, as well as significant improvements completed thanks to donations in the form of updated JPEG support, EDID monitor detection and the first few pieces of USB work. The Raspberry Pi Foundation has been busy creating new models at an astonishing rate, so the list of different Pi boards supported has grown too." Here is the full release announcement. The compressed SD card image is available for download (MD5) from here: riscos-2017-04-13.15.zip (119MB). |
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| 2015-02-24 |
Development Release: RISC OS Open RC14 |
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Steve Revill has announced the availability of a new version of RISC OS Open, a special edition of RISC OS designed for the Raspberry Pi single-board computer. RISC OS is an operating system designed specifically to run on the ARM chipset; it is not based on UNIX, Linux or any other existing system. From the release announcement: "Today marks the availability of the very latest beta release candidate for the popular Raspberry Pi educational platform. This ROM now includes support for the Mark 2 Model B Raspberry Pi hardware, using the newer BCM2836 system on chip and a total of 1 GB of RAM. The model A, B, and B+ are still supported too. This follow-up to the earlier RC12 is in fact RC14 and includes the following headline changes in addition to the Mark 2 Model B support: the kernel now understands and can render sprites with alpha levels of transparency, and hence the desktop can use these facilities too; the kernel now supports a much wider array of pixel buffer formats for the screen including 4k and 64k...." See also the brief release notes. Download (MD5) the compressed SD card image from here: riscos-2015-02-17.14.zip (99.9MB). |
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