[Virtualacorn-list] {Spam?} RISC OS Awards - was: Iyonix back then

[Alan Adams]

In message <49290.91.85.218.30.1493032544.squirrel at email.orpheusnet.co 
.uk>
          "Bob Ardler" <ardler at argonet.co.uk> wrote:

>  On 21/02/2017 David Ruck  wrote:
> [A helpful explanation of why RiscOS browsers can't cope with
> javascripted websites.]

> He concluded:
>> Even if we had the programmers to port a browser, RISC OS just doesn't
>> cut it. Even on the fastest ARM hardware, it can't take advantage of
>> multiple processors, it can't take advantage of GPU acceleration, and
>> the OS doesn't have the facilities required.

> When he wrote, I was down with a chest infection, then doing catch-up
> at work so couldn't say thanks for the clarification & thanks for taking
> the time. Belated many-thanks DR herewith.

> A further, related & equally ignorant question. For me, the GUI plus
> familiar apps are what make RiscOS essential. I've heard that Linux
> versions include (one or more?) RiscOSic GUIs, and that Linux matches
> Windows and MacOS in power & versatility. Does that mean one could
> switch to Linux and get the familiar GUI (with 3button mouse),
> TechWriter, Drawetcalikes and full Web access? Or is Linux only for
> hackers (in the CompSci-doctorate rather than pejorative sense)?

While Linux has the GUI, it can't run the applications. The only way 
to do that it to run an emulator, which will be back to single-core 
operation.

-- 
Alan Adams, from Northamptonshire
alan at adamshome.org.uk
http://www.nckc.org.uk/