RISC OS Open Limited (ROOL) are pleased to announce the much anticipated latest stable RISC OS release, it incorporates a massive 454 changes for the Tungsten platform (used in the IYONIX pc from Castle Technology), 484 changes for the OMAP3 platform (used in the ARMini from RComp), and 423 changes for the IOMD platform used in the Acorn Risc PC/A7000/A7000+.
For the first time the stable release includes the OMAP4 port, a Cortex-A9 processor used in the PandaRO from CJE Micros and ARMiniX from RComp.
Still going strong.
Who anticipates it?
Are you having a bad day? Clearly there is a community that has grown up around RISC OS.
It’s anticipated by some people on OSNews who wants to hear more news about OSes.
You’re aware that Acorn machines and RISC OS was — for a brief moment at one point — the primary system used in the whole of the UK? Every single school was filled with Acorn machines and the high-end Acorn systems were far superior to its peers at the time. We’re talking about an OS that had real anti-aliased text and advanced audio and video playback capabilities in 1993!
Now it’s 2015 and they still can’t do preemptive multitasking, memory protection, or SMP. It’s an OS from the 80s micro days that never got the API/ABI transplanted on to a more modern kernel like MacOS and Windows did.
I strongly recommend the “Micro Men” drama if you’re interested in the history of bbc micro and acorn and the seeds of ARM
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Or :
http://www.amazon.com/The-Backroom-Boys-Secret-British/dp/057121497…
Well RISC OS never had the resources of Microsoft, Apple or Linux.
Edited 2015-05-03 21:25 UTC
Availability of resources is one factor.
On the other hand, does RISC OS need a “modern kernel” to be useful for users?
Also, how long did it took for the “modern kernels” to effectively implement decent multitasking, memory protection, or even SMP after the hardware they ran on provided support for these services?