They are coming thick and fast at the minute, the latest update to RISC OS for Raspberry PI is available for download now. This page contains links to SD card images for various operating system distributions. The minimum size SD card you can use is 2GB, but it is recommended to get a 4GB SD card or above. For each distribution, we provide both a direct HTTP download, a torrent file and a SHA-1 hash; the total number of concurrent direct downloads is limited, so we encourage you to use the torrent file if at all possible. It’s helpful to us if you download the torrent from this page, because it means we can see how many downloads are going on and use that to make rough predictions about sales. If you’re a total beginner and the above paragraph makes no sense at all to you, please come to the […]
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RISC OS RC7 for Raspberry PI released
RISC OS Raspberry PI Great news, the latest Release Candiate for RISC OS on the Raspberry PI was released on the 13th March. There is quite a few bug fixes in this RC, which is good news for us PI users. For more information on the RC from the RISC OS Open site click here You can download the pre-packaged SD image from Raspberry PI download page This is a summary of the bug fixes with this RC: BCMVideo Multiple screen banks are now supported, up to the limits imposed by the GPU. Interrupts are now enabled while waiting for messages to be passed to the VideoCore, which improves general interrupt latency of the system greatly. The default monitor definition includes a 640 × 500 mode for Teletext emulation. DOSFS Enhanced to mount FAT32 formatted DOS discs (or image files) up to 4G-1 in size. FileCore Extend upper permissable file size to 4GB-1 […]
vCloud Director appliance launched for evaluations
On Friday the VMware vCloud Director virtual appliance was launched. This appliance has been designed to enable you to evaluate and test vCloud Director. If you want to stand up a small PoC environment then this is the appliance for you. Some key features of the appliance: Auto generates certificates Auto configures local database Auto configure HTTP and console proxy NIC’s This appliance really does make it easy for someone with no vCloud Director knowledge to simply stand up a small cloud. This appliance is purely designed for evaluations, so if you are looking for something to deploy in production then this is not the appliance for you. You would not be able to attach vCenter Chargeback to this appliance for example, due to the configuration of the local database. If used in conjunction with the vCenter appliance you could have a fully working within one hour of deploying the […]