____/ Mark Kent on Monday 10 September 2007 16:50 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> RISC OS-on-Linux project prepares live CD
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| An ambitious initiative to eventually run RISC OS desktop software on
>>| Linux-powered PCs took a step closer to reality this month.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.drobe.co.uk/riscos/artifact2058.html
>>
>> Many roads intersect at Linux. Syllable OS took a similar route recently
>> (see the links at the very bottom).
>>
>
> I think that, in the end, free software will be at the top of all of
> these trees. I sincerely hope that the freedos project keeps moving, as
> it would be a shame not to be able to natively run free software on very
> low-spec older x86 hardware, too.
>
> Still, roll-on the acorn desktop onto linux :-)
RISC OS is no longer a proprietary layer (can't recall how their shared source
licence worked, but I think they looked the GPL), so there's room for reuse.
Mix and match for best fits...
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