Linked by Chris Wraight on Mon 11th Sep 2006 17:45 UTC
Being a RISC OS user is an odd experience. It's normally baffling to non-believers why so many (mostly British) computer users persist with the eccentric beast. It's easy to list reasons why no self-respecting geek would trouble with it: many old or under-developed applications, poor streaming media support, lack of compatibility with key standards and technologies, limited hardware support, and there are many more. For most, RISC OS is a thing of the past, a curio, a once-promising minority OS trampled on by the juggernauts of Windows, MacOS and Linux.
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2006-02-01
When I was growing up (in the UK), I had an Amiga at home and used Acorn RISC OS machines at school. I have many fond memories of both of them; they were well-designed, easy to use and very fast, considering the hardware they were running on.
Like many others, I've now moved on to using Linux, but I do feel lots of nostalgia for those old systems. I'm glad there are still some people trying to bring them into the 21st century.