At our next meeting on Monday 20th April we will be looking at how to spruce up the appearance of your desktop with @paolofabiozaino.bsky.social
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Refreshing the RISC OS desktop
6 May 2026 - WROCC Talk
I will be talking about My Themes, and upcoming Ursula 2.0, a look at bringing a modern visual style to the RISC OS desktop.
This talk explores the ideas behind and discussing ROOL's new upcoming Wimp 5.89 Changes:
www.wrocc.org.uk
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Rougol April 2026 meeting on Monday - Desktop themes
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The April 2026 Rougol meeting is on Monday and brings together current desktop theme developments
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Drag'n'Drop 15i2 edition reviewed
www.iconbar.com/articles/Dra...
The latest edition of Drag'n'Drop magazine was released at the RISC OS North Show where Drag'n'drop were also exhibitors.
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Archive Edition 28:02 reviewed
www.iconbar.com/articles/Arc...
Archive Magazine 28:02 was released for the North West Show and subscribers should have received your copy in the post recently.
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RISC OS Git client reaches release 0.12
www.iconbar.com/articles/RIS...
ROOL continues to make progress on its mission to bring modern source control to RISC OS with the release of 0.12 of the Git client.
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RISC OS Merlin, multi-core VDU driver in testing.
#RISC_OS: antoher tough piece of work for Merlin, an extended and fully multi-core VDU driver. It's working and cores can do VDU requests who are being rendered correctly on the screen.
And yes it's ugly 😂 I need to make a video of the tests, but I have so many things to do that I don't know...
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Files to accompany the 'RISC OS and Forth' article in the latest issue of Archive Magazine are now available to download. www.archivemag.co.uk/2802
Archive is the magazine for RISC OS users, available in both printed and digital formats.
#riscos #raspberrypi #acorn
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Double your impact on the RISC OS 'Moon mission'
www.iconbar.com/articles/Dou...
ROOL (RISC OS Open Limited) is working on its most ambitious project to date: moving RISC OS to a 64-bit architecture. It's a major undertaking, and right now your donation goes twice as far.
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RISC OS in a post-AI world: Could simplicity be the missing link in education?
www.iconbar.com/articles/RIS...
In an age dominated by artificial intelligence and platforms engineered to maximize attention, a counter-question: What if progress means stripping back rather than adding more?
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WROCC April 2026 talk on Wednesday
www.iconbar.com/articles/WRO...
The April 2026 WROCC talk is on Wednesday 1st April and starts at 7.45pm on Zoom. That's after 12 o'clock so no April Fools....
3 weeks ago
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Fireside developer chat on Saturday night
www.iconbar.com/articles/Fir...
The next developer chat is on Saturday night (27th March) for anyone interested in a very informal event online aimed at RISC OS developers.
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March 2026 News Summary
www.iconbar.com/articles/Mar...
Some things we noticed this month. What did you see?
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A view of the hall
RISC OS North Show 2026 - pictures
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Here is a selection of pictures to show you what this year's event was like...
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RISC OS North Show 2026 - Notes from the talks
www.iconbar.com/articles/RIS...
Here are my notes from this year's talks. Any mistakes or omissions are mine.
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A RISC OS computer
RISC OS North Show Report 2026
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After the success of 2025, RISC OS North show was back for 2026, bigger and better.
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Archive Magazine 28:2 is out now. Digital editions are on their way, and printed copies will be dropping through letterboxes around the world shortly. It's not too late to subscribe, see www.archivemag.co.uk. Archive - the magazine for RISC OS users.
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Talks are RISC OS Dev/Orpheus, R-Comp. ROOL, and Sine Nomine - I received the schedule yesterday evening and updated riscosnorth.uk accordingly. Looks like this article was written earlier in the day.
But otherwise: quick preview from @iconbar.com
Be at the #RISC_OS show on Saturday. 👍
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RISC OS North Show 2026 preview
www.iconbar.com/articles/RIS...
The RISC OS North show takes place this Saturday (21st March 2026) at Village Hotel (Warrington) from 10:30am-4:30pm
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Discover your 'Dark side' at RISC OS North Show
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Martin Eastwood will be at www.riscosnorth.uk RISC OS North to showcase his new Frosted Theme.
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Rougol March 2026 meeting on Monday - Matt Godbolt
www.iconbar.com/articles/Rou...
The March 2026 Rougol meeting is on Monday and has an international flavour.
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ShareFS goes cross platform
www.iconbar.com/articles/Sha...
ShareFS has been a key technology for RISC OS users for as long as I can remember.
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Now less than two weeks until #RISC_OS folk gather in Warrington...
www.riscository.com/2026/preview...
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RISC OS North show is less than 2 weeks away
www.iconbar.com/articles/RIS...
The RISC OS North show 2026 is taking place on Saturday 21st March, which is less than 2 weeks away.
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WROCC March 2026 talk on Wednesday - Setting up Messenger Pro and NetFetch/Hermes
www.iconbar.com/articles/WRO...
The March 2026 WROCC talk is on Wednesday 4th March and starts at 7.45pm on Zoom. After last month's AGM we are back to the usual format/link.
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Cover of the book Voices from a Future Passed
Rob Napier's book on Acorn published
www.iconbar.com/articles/Rob...
Rob gave a preview of his book at the Decemeber Rougol meeting.
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VOICES FROM A FUTURE PASSED Out today!
How the BBC, Acorn & ARM Changed the World
The "barking mad" 1981 4-day build that led to the ARM chip in your pocket. From the BBC Micro to Raspberry Pi, meet the IT Royalty who built our digital world.
In-store or Online: Search ISBN 9781764460804 on Amazon
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