RISC OS Now Available for Raspberry Pi

[JMcEntegart]

The retro OS makes a comeback.

RISC OS Now Available for Raspberry Pi : Read more

 

[classzero]

Sounds RISCy.
Sorry had to.

 

[stephenkendrick]

First, 1987, not 1985. It's right there on the page. Second, RISC is the architecture of the underlying CPU. RISC OS is the operating system. You're already 'willing to try RISC' as the ARM chip in the Pi is a derivative of that in the Acorn Archimedes which ran RISC OS. Don't drop the 'OS' - it makes no sense.

 

[barto]

I think is small article could lead to big news for the future. Considering ARM made the claim that there will be only Intel and ARM in the future, they are going to have to produce an OS that will operate RISC. Starting out with Pi is a good stepping stone.

 

[COLGeek]

While this availability makes for an interesting journey down memory lane for some of us, I don't see a great deal of utility here beyond the academic use of RISC OS on the Raspberry Pi.

Nostalgia aside, not great deal of value here for most users.