ShareFSServer 0.4.2 released www.iconbar.com/articles/Sha... Paolo has been burning the midnight oil with his free ShareFSServer software and version 0.4.2 was released yesterday.

Code the Classics Volume 2 for RISC OS - Kinetix release www.iconbar.com/articles/Cod... Jeroen has been continuing with his project to bring RISC OS versions of the games featured in the book Code the Classics Volume 2 to RISC OS and has now released Kinetix.

Rougol May 2026 meeting on monday - ARX and the Acorn Palo Alto Research Centre www.iconbar.com/articles/Rou... The May 2026 Rougol meeting is on Monday and will be a very 'What if" session as Jim Mitchell talks about Acorn's Palo Alto office and the abortive ARX OS for its new ARM processors.

Next Monday, 18th May, we are very excited to be joined by Jim Mitchell to hear the largely untold story of ARX and the Acorn Palo Alto Research Centre rougol.jellybaby.net/meetings/ind...

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ROOL updates DDE to DDE32c www.iconbar.com/articles/ROO... The DDE toolset has been updated again to DDE32c.

ShareFSServer 0.4.0 released www.iconbar.com/articles/Sha... Recently Paolo released version 0.4.0 of his free ShareFSServer software.

WROCC May 2026 talk on Wednesday www.iconbar.com/articles/WRO... The May 2026 WROCC talk is on Wednesday 6th May and starts at 7.45pm on Zoom.

April 2026 News Summary www.iconbar.com/articles/Apr... Some things we noticed this month. What did you see?

#RISC_OS folks, new test release for ShareFSServer available to all the alpha testers. Link with all the changelogs below. To download the new build the link is the same as always. Please let me know if you find any problems. www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums... #riscos #FileSharing #OpenSource

Iris updated to release 1.39 www.iconbar.com/articles/Iri... The Iris web browser has been updated to version 1.39

Fireside developer chat on Saturday night www.iconbar.com/articles/Fir... There is another developer chat on Saturday night (25th April) for anyone interested in a very informal event online aimed at RISC OS developers of all levels.

ROUGOL April 2026 meeting - Paolo Fabio Zaino www.iconbar.com/articles/ROU... Rougols's April speaker was Paolo Fabio Zaino, introducing his new Theme Manager.

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 rougol.jellybaby.net/meetings/ind...

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

Rougol April 2026 meeting on Monday - Desktop themes www.iconbar.com/articles/Rou... The April 2026 Rougol meeting is on Monday and brings together current desktop theme developments

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.

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.

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.

#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...

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

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.

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?

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....

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.

March 2026 News Summary www.iconbar.com/articles/Mar... Some things we noticed this month. What did you see?

RISC OS North Show 2026 - pictures www.iconbar.com/articles/RIS... Here is a selection of pictures to show you what this year's event was like...

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.

RISC OS North Show Report 2026 www.iconbar.com/articles/RIS... After the success of 2025, RISC OS North show was back for 2026, bigger and better.

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.

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. 👍

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

Discover your 'Dark side' at RISC OS North Show www.iconbar.com/articles/Dis... Martin Eastwood will be at www.riscosnorth.uk RISC OS North to showcase his new Frosted Theme.

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.

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.

Now less than two weeks until #RISC_OS folk gather in Warrington... www.riscository.com/2026/preview...

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.

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.

Rob Napier's book on Acorn published www.iconbar.com/articles/Rob... Rob gave a preview of his book at the Decemeber Rougol meeting.

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

This is now on sale! A history of Acorn, written by Rob Napier (of Barson Computing) and with contributions from all the major people involved at Acorn and the BBC: amzn.eu/d/06qvLzW8

February 2026 News Summary www.iconbar.com/articles/Feb... Some things we noticed this month. What did you see?

Do you remember Acorn Computers? The company designed and delivered the first ARM chip and the BBC Micro. Want to know more or catch up? The RISC OS North show, is on Saturday 21st March, in Warrington, UK. riscosnorth.uk #RISC_OS #Event #Warrington #RaspberryPi #ARM

#RISC_OS community: Update for the folks helping testing new #ShareFSServer for this weekend: www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums... #Windows #Linux #MacOS #BSD #FreeBSD #riscos

CJEMicros getting back up to speed and need your help www.iconbar.com/articles/CJE... We are really pleased to hear from CJEMicros who have emailed us to let us know that they are recovering after the fire at their premises last year.

Rougol February 2026 meeting on Monday - Retro YouTuber Colin Hoad www.iconbar.com/articles/Rou... The February 2026 Rougol meeting is on Monday and features Retro YouTuber Colin Hoad

Drag'n'Drop 15i2 edition reviewed www.iconbar.com/articles/Dra... The latest edition of Drag'n'Drop magazine is now available sporting what it claims is the worst ever cover. Do you agree?

Fireside developer chat on saturday night www.iconbar.com/articles/Fir... The next developer chat is on Saturday night (7th February) for anyone interested in a very informal event online aimed at RISC OS developers.

MUG celebrates 20 years www.iconbar.com/articles/MUG... Midlands User Group (more commonly known as MUG) is celebrating its (first) 20 years of operating!