RISC OS

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A lightweight operating system originally developed for Acorn hardware and later maintained by the community.

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Placed in Assess: 1 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by open-source activity, with 1 in the last 30 days. Confidence 24%. Low accumulated evidence, so it defaults conservatively pending more signal.

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5Hacker News·8/2/2026open_source
RISC OS Open marks 20 years of open development
RISC OS Open reflects on two decades since its 2006 founding, when it began opening up the proprietary RISC OS codebase to community participation. The post highlights major milestones including public source releases, stable RISC OS 5 updates, Raspberry Pi support, the Apache 2.0 relicensing, and the move to broader open collaboration.