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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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