“Screen savers have always been a staple free software for RISC OS, with the likes of the venerable Out to Lunch, AlphaSave, and the now GPLed Delirium all acting as saviours of the CRT for many years. However, it was not until RISC OS 4 that graphical screen saver capabilities shipped as a standard part of the OS.” More here. Additionally, RPCEmu has been ported to the Mac OS X platform, allowing RISC OS 4 to run alongside Apple’s shiny desktop.
How to Write a RISC OS Screen Saver; RISC OS Emulator for OSX
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…but I’d like to see RPCEmu’s Linux version making more progress.
BTW, something I meant to ask the last time a RiscOS article came up…are there any RiscOS users out there in the US, Canada or Australia?
I belive that Peter Naulls of the Unix Porting project lives in Florida.
> ..but I’d like to see RPCEmu’s Linux version making more progress.
There’s a good reason it’s open source 😉 Get hacking.
> BTW, something I meant to ask the last time a RiscOS article came up…are there any RiscOS users out there in the US, Canada or Australia?
It’s “RISC OS”, incidentally.
> I belive that Peter Naulls of the Unix Porting project lives in Florida.
I’m not, I’m California. Please don’t post stuff like this without checking.
There’s a good reason it’s open source 😉 Get hacking.
Heh. -wishes he were a half-decent C programmer-
It’s “RISC OS”, incidentally.
Right, sorry. Long time since I actually used it 🙁
I’m not, I’m California. Please don’t post stuff like this without checking.
Florida; California: what’s the diff?
-ducks- ;-P
My take: If you are a software engineer and want to live a better life and provide your family necessary comforts (as all other engineers, lawyers, doctors) do, please stay away from GPL. Stallman is such an A’Hole man. Wish he was never born.
Stallman’s take on proprietary software: That’s unethical, they shouldn’t be making any money. I hope to see all proprietary software wiped out. That’s what I aim for. That would be a World in which our freedom is respected. A proprietary program is a program that is not free. That is to say, a program which does respect the user’s essential rights. That’s evil. A proprietary program is part of a predatory scheme where people who don’t value their freedom are drawn into giving it up in order to gain some kind of practical convenience. And then once they’re there, it’s harder and harder to get out. Our goal is to rescue people from this.
The above post is a clear example of abuse, which the stated OSnews policy is against. Please remove this…drivel.
I’d rather be rescued from people like Stallman.
Kroc, if you want to be safe from maniac like Stallman, say NO TO GPL.
You can’t say no to GPL, it’s viral. It’ll get you eventually.
What small code I write, I’ll release under just creative commons ASA 2.5. It’s not designed for code, but it basically says – do as you please, but give me credit; and that’s all I want. No religious junk.
To me, the current RISC OS desktop (I believe it’s actually called the “Pinboard”) is at least as nice as the Mac interface.
@Eugenia:
http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=15649
I know you like to tie up “lesser” news items again, but did you not see that one already?