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RISC OS Select 1st Release Out

Posted by timothy on from the be-the-first-on-your-block dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "RISC OS Select, *the* OS for ARM powered computers has seen its first release. RISC OS started back in 1994, by Acorn computers, but when they went down, RISC OS Ltd purchased the rights, and released RISC OS 4 in 1999. In 2000 the Select program was started, and a rolling program of OS updates was initiated. Now, the first real release (after several pre-releases) is there: ROS Select 4.29 It features multi-user logon, DHCP, SVG graphics support, over 100 enhancements over the old ROS 4 more info at http://select.riscos.com and http://www.riscos.org."

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  1. this long? by garcia · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That many releases went w/o multi-user logins and DHCP?

    *the* OS for RISC?

    Come on.

  2. Re:What a shitty UGLY OS by jmcarey · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well for people who like their OS to look like something similar to those pretty mobiles that you stare at as kids then fair enough. I mean that's what an OS is for isn't it, to look nice but to be about as functional as a rat's arse.

    One can of course "prettify" RISC OS if you wish but with little or no impact on the functionality of the OS and the software running on it.

    http://www.warwick.ac.uk/~esvmd/screen1.jpg
    htt p://www.warwick.ac.uk/~esvmd/screen2.jpg

    The above links being just examples.

  3. Re:It looks cool, but.... by jmcarey · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't think Office is anything to cheer about but then I have a high IQ.

    If it's just word/document processing you are doing then EasiWriter or TechWriter are almost certainly the software that you could only dream about. http://www.iconsupport.demon.co.uk/

  4. I miss... by MattBurke · · Score: 2, Insightful

    being able to knock up a full gui application in just a couple of lines of basic...

    basic too slow? simply code the bits that need speed in arm code :) piss easy :)

  5. Re:RiscOS is great for client-side apps by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Using cooperative multitasking wasn't foresight, just lack of development. It has no advantages whatsoever. Linux is faster on the same hardware.