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• Get RISC OS running on Puppy Linux with RPCEmu
  As demonstrated at the South West 2009 show, Paul Stewart has managed to produce not only a guide to getting RPCEmu up and running on Puppy Linux - a light-weight and user-friendly flavour of Linux - he's also produced a live CD so anyone interested in trying out RISC OS can boot straight into Linux and test drive the OS.
   3 comments, latest by rjek on 26/2/09 5:38PM. Published: 23 Feb 2009
  
  
• Wakefield 2008 show photos
  Images taken from weekend's event
   58 comments, latest by Anon on 9/1/09 11:49AM. Published: 28 Apr 2008
  
  
• Five tips for ROL over the next five years
  Opinion - Drobe man Paul Stewart offers a few suggestions to RISCOS Ltd to ensure the company and its platform survives over the coming years.
   188 comments, latest by druck on 27/8/09 12:39AM. Published: 10 May 2009
  
  
• Wakefield 2007 show report
  Didn't go to the show? Stay in the know.
   16 comments, latest by aschamberlain on 4/6/07 9:54PM. Published: 28 May 2007
  
  
• South East 2006 show report
  News, presentations, new mags, photos, gossip and more
   97 comments, latest by flypig on 27/10/06 01:47AM. Published: 21 Oct 2006
  
  
• RISC OS 6 in pictures
  Drobe writer Paul Stewart presents an illustrated round-up of his favourite features new to the RISC OS 6 desktop.
   20 comments, latest by sa110 on 23/7/09 10:29PM. Published: 18 Apr 2009
  
  
• Wakefield 2009 wrap-up, photos and video
  The weekend's RISC OS event has been and gone and we've got the rest of our lives to look forward to. Here's a round-up of extra news and Drobe's show-related coverage and some photos taken from Wakefield 2009 - plus a video from the show floor.
   16 comments, latest by AW on 29/4/09 7:41PM. Published: 27 Apr 2009
  
  
• Castle and ROS Open reveal plans for 2007
  Vetoes non-ARM port, will release Javascript Browse, and more
   102 comments, latest by druck on 01/02/07 09:09AM. Published: 20 Jan 2007
  
  
• RISC OS 6 to power Select 4
  Free preview promised to hearten Select subs [Updated]
   100 comments, latest by hzn on 26/10/06 1:57PM. Published: 18 Oct 2006
  
  
• A9home first impressions review
  Getting up close and personal with an A9home
   13 comments, latest by RickCB on 7/11/06 9:25AM. Published: 5 Nov 2006
  
  
• South West 2009 show report
  Martin Hansen describes his time as both a punter and an exhibitor at this year's annual RISC OS event held in the south west of the UK. While there were no major announcements ahead of the show, the otherwise friendly and mildly busy atmosphere was coloured by Friday's tragic loss of Paul Vigay.
   3 comments, latest by mosschoppers on 1/3/09 8:15PM. Published: 23 Feb 2009
  
  
• Interview with a ROS Open shareholder
  Andrew Hodgkinson talks of his time at Tematic
   27 comments, latest by markee174 on 22/7/06 7:27PM. Published: 16 Jul 2006
  
  
• Best of 2006 awards voting now open
  Who's hot and who's not this year?
   19 comments, latest by davidb on 19/12/06 10:19PM. Published: 17 Dec 2006
  
  
• South East 2007 show report
  News, views, gossip and photos
   35 comments, latest by Pete on 06/10/08 10:51AM. Published: 20 Oct 2007
  
  
• RISC OS camps to discuss future development
  Cynical, us?
   30 comments, latest by druck on 30/11/07 1:11PM. Published: 27 Nov 2007
  
  
• Using shared source to brighten up the desktop
  Chris Wraight reveals how the RISC OS Window Manager is being improved by a small group of volunteers to allow users to fully customise the appearance of their desktops
   28 comments, latest by lym on 12/3/08 4:36PM. Published: 27 Feb 2008
  
  
• The new apple of my eye
  Would you swap your dusty Acorn for a polished Apple computer? Martin Hansen has been checking out the world of Steve Jobs and his range of shiny kit.
   15 comments, latest by adh1003 on 6/1/09 1:06PM. Published: 17 Nov 2008
  
  
• Click right on with RISC OS
  Martin Hansen runs through a few useful desktop tricks you may not be aware of
   16 comments, latest by Anon on 26/3/09 1:01PM. Published: 22 Mar 2008
  
  
• RISC OS 5 source code release revealed
  [Updated] Reaction and views from across the platform
   103 comments, latest by guestx on 04/10/06 10:46PM. Published: 29 Sep 2006
  
  
• RISC OS 6.10 available to Select subscribers
  Should be no real surprise
   4 comments, latest by jymbob on 29/4/08 9:52PM. Published: 24 Apr 2008
  
  
• South West show reports and photos
  The what, when, where, why, who and how of the weekend's event
   54 comments, latest by enteryournamehere on 05/05/07 09:04AM. Published: 27 Feb 2007
  
  
• RISCOS Ltd issues bug-fix update to Select subscribers
  RISCOS Ltd has managed to produce an OS upgrade with no discernable user-facing features because the programming team has been "concentrating on lower-level support and in consolidating and optimising the existing feature set based in part upon feedback from users" - quite possibly the most fanciest way of saying they've fixed bugs and tidied up the code. Although there's little further detail at this point, we'll try our best to uncover precisely what's changed in RISC OS 6.16, aka Select 5i2.
   9 comments, latest by riscosboss on 29/4/09 5:06PM. Published: 21 Apr 2009
  
  
• A quick guide to fitting a new RiscPC hard disc
  Martin Hansen talks us through his back up and upgrade process
   12 comments, latest by em2ac on 7/3/08 9:35PM. Published: 27 Feb 2008
  
  
• RISC OS features in plain english
  A brave stab at bringing all the feature lists together into one easy to understand summary
   30 comments, latest by bucksboy on 16/1/06 6:56PM. Published: 14 Jan 2006
  
  
• Select 5i1 released to subscribers
  RISCOS Ltd is set to ship a new version of its stream of RISC OS, understood to be Select 5i1, to its RISC OS Select subscribers. Punters at the Midlands Christmas 2008 show on Saturday report they were able to pick up CDs of the new release from the ROL stand.
   6 comments, latest by sa110 on 15/12/08 7:43AM. Published: 7 Dec 2008
  
  
• Moving tributes to Paul Vigay flood in
  Hundreds of heartfelt tributes have been paid to popular RISC OS advocate and ISP owner Paul Vigay, who was found dead off the south coast on Friday morning. Close friends described civil liberties campaigner Paul, 44, as "kind, sincere and patient" and "an extremely clever deep-thinker".
   4 comments, latest by harmsy on 2/3/09 9:43AM. Published: 23 Feb 2009
  
  
• An idiot's guide to making PDFs
  RiScript and Ghostscript put through their paces
   17 comments, latest by webmonster on 26/6/06 10:17AM. Published: 25 Jun 2006
  
  
• New user guide for RISC OS 6 as release nears
  Killing bugs made a priority
   38 comments, latest by guestx on 11/04/07 12:46AM. Published: 28 Mar 2007
  
  
• ROL RISC OS versions round-up
  A brave stab at outlining the various versions of RISC OS released by RISCOS Ltd under the RISC OS Select brand.
   Discuss this. Published: 5 Mar 2009
  
  
• How to create a modern desktop theme
  More to life than drab 16 colours of 1994 [Updated]
   47 comments, latest by jymbob on 13/10/06 6:38PM. Published: 4 Oct 2006
  
  
• RISC OS 6 Select 4 preview released
  Download until end of the year
   29 comments, latest by JGZimmerle on 27/11/06 6:05PM. Published: 24 Nov 2006
  
  
• Voting now open for the Drobe Awards 2008
  The shortlist for this year's Drobe Awards has been drawn up, the voting system dragged out of the attic and we can't wait to see who will win. Log in and vote now to recognise those who have contributed the most to the RISC OS platform this year.
   20 comments, latest by jess on 2/1/09 10:44AM. Published: 22 Dec 2008
  
  
• Apple Mac VirtualRiscPC leaves beta
  Emulation software on sale in time for Wakefield 2008
   27 comments, latest by Charlie on 2/7/08 1:57PM. Published: 20 Apr 2008
  
  
• South East 2007 show preview
  What to expect at this weekend's event
   30 comments, latest by jess on 24/10/07 12:12AM. Published: 18 Oct 2007
  
  
• Select nets 1,000th subscriber
  Focus now on A9home and VRPC, still not friends with Castle
   55 comments, latest by richcheng on 30/07/07 2:14PM. Published: 15 Jul 2007
  
  
• Wakefield 2008 show preview
  ROL and ROOL prepare surprises for punters
   12 comments, latest by Stewy on 25/4/08 11:17AM. Published: 22 Apr 2008
  
  
• Your thoughts on ROL's Select 5i1
  Following the release of Select 5i1, powered by RISC OS 6.14, by RISCOS Ltd, what do you make of its new features - the headliners being a 64K colour mode and the ability to slide sub-menus to the left if a menu is opened too close to the right-hand edge of the desktop.
   5 comments, latest by jimnagel on 24/2/09 12:32PM. Published: 24 Jan 2009
  
  
• Video player now supports Select's 64K colour mode
  KinoAmp 0.40 supports the new 64K colour mode in RISC OS Select 5i1 and includes a few other bug fixes and updates.
   2 comments, latest by AW on 20/1/09 7:01PM. Published: 20 Jan 2009
  
  
• 'Why we love drag and drop on RISC OS'
  Users not taking the ROS desktop for granted
   12 comments, latest by JGZimmerle on 8/8/06 3:56PM. Published: 6 Aug 2006
  
  
• Merry Christmas and a happy new year
  2008 is drawing to a close so it's time to wish every Drobe reader a merry Christmas and we hope you all have a happy new year. Thanks for dropping by every day to check out the latest RISC OS news and sticking with the site when we went silent for several months.
   10 comments, latest by AW on 27/12/08 9:31PM. Published: 24 Dec 2008
  
  
• South West 2008 show next month
  ROL steps in to organise Westcountry event
   4 comments, latest by sa110 on 11/1/08 12:56PM. Published: 10 Jan 2008
  
  
• Select chief coder leaves RISCOS Ltd
  ROL loses RISC OS 6 architect
   14 comments, latest by guestx on 19/12/06 2:37PM. Published: 16 Dec 2006
  
  
• Select 4 upgrade pack released
  Hidden Filer shortcuts revealed [Updated]
   3 comments, latest by polas on 3/11/07 8:05PM. Published: 26 Oct 2007
  
  
• Wakefield 2006 show report
  All the thrills and spills from the weekend [Updated]
   90 comments, latest by bucksboy on 23/05/06 5:57PM. Published: 15 May 2006
  
  
• Wakefield 2008 show theatre line-up revealed
  A full day of talks from RISC OS personalities
   11 comments, latest by olster on 22/4/08 10:26AM. Published: 13 Apr 2008
  
  
• Best of 2007 awards voting open
  Give your favourite developer a treat [Updated]
   4 comments, latest by AW on 23/12/07 10:55PM. Published: 23 Dec 2007
  
  
• Creating simple banners using RISC OS
  Martin Hansen explains why he prefers RISC OS banner-making software
   13 comments, latest by Eddie on 16/7/07 10:41PM. Published: 15 Jul 2007
  
  
• Select preview
  Every feature in Select 1 covered, what's in, what's out, what's it look like and what do we think of it?
   9 comments, latest by diomus on 15/3/03 1:10AM. Published: 31 Oct 2001
  
  
• VirtualRiscPC spotted on Linux
  That's the spirit
   31 comments, latest by davidb on 03/04/08 6:54PM. Published: 19 Mar 2008
  
  

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