Microsoft R Open (MRO), Microsoft's enhanced distribution of open source R, has been upgraded to version 3.4.1 and is now available for download for Windows, Mac, and Linux. This update upgrades the R language engine to R 3.4.1 and updates the bundled packages.
MRO is 100% compatible with all R packages. MRO 3.4.1 points to a fixed CRAN snapshot from September 1 2017, and you can see some highlights of new packages released since MRO 3.4.0 on the Spotlights page. As always you can use the built-in checkpoint package to access packages from an earlier date (for compatibility) or a later date (to access new and updated packages).
MRO 3.4.1 is based on R 3.4.1, a minor update to the R engine (you can see the detailed list of updates to R here. If you've had problems installing packages on Windows, this update does fix a bug that affected some users. It's also backwards-compatible with R 3.4.0 (and MRO 3.4.0), so you shouldn't encounter an new issues by upgrading. Also note that 3.4.2 is also around the corner (MRO 3.4.2 will be released in October).
We hope you find Microsoft R Open useful, and if you have any comments or questions please visit the Microsoft R Open forum. You can follow the development of Microsoft R Open at the MRO Github repository. To download Microsoft R Open, simply follow the link below.
Everyone mostly uses RStudio, but thanks for trying.
Posted by: Andrew | September 15, 2017 at 19:16
@Andrew, you can totally use RStudio with Microsoft R Open, and it's easy to select MRO as the R engine within RStudio. Here's how.
Posted by: David Smith | September 18, 2017 at 15:49