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ARX, Arthur and RISC OS (2012)

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Re: ARX, Arthur and RISC OS (2012)

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I guess because I'm in a bit of a mood thanks to arguing with Linux Desktop evangelists lately, I'd like to point out that Rox Filer implemented exactly this file saving functionality (and many other good ideas RiscOS) on Linux. Then they built Rox Desktop around it. It was great. There were AppDirs, context-menu-only, spacial file management, drag-n-drop to save, etc. Naturally, the project's reward for trying to im…

You assume ROX was better than anything on the Linux desktop the time, that assumption would be false. Rox didn't do anything extraordinary or better than the desktops or window managers of the day.

> You assume ROX was better than anything on the Linux desktop the time

I don't assume, I know because I was there.

> that assumption would be false. Rox didn't do anything extraordinary or better than the desktops or window managers of the day.

Name a single modern Linux DE that supports drag-n-drop saving, or AppDirs.

An answer of "I don't use those features so therefore they aren't important" is not acceptable.

Re: ARX, Arthur and RISC OS (2012)

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You can still run it on the Raspberry Pi (up to version 3, the Pi 4 is not yet supported). It works pretty nicely too, although no doubt it could do with some tender loving care to bring things up to date, as it's somewhat abandonware. Certainly it makes the Pi hardware feel snappy in a way that desktop Linux decidedly does not.

RISCOS Open is pretty cool, but it's just not the same experience as the Archimedes!

I'm curious, what's the difference in feel?
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