Raspberry Pi OS

Raspberry Pi OS[3] (formerly Raspbian) is a Debian-based operating system for Raspberry Pi. Since 2015 it has been officially provided by the Raspberry Pi Foundation as the primary operating system for the family of Raspberry Pi single-board computers.[4] The original Raspbian OS was created by Mike Thompson and Peter Green as an independent project.[5] The initial build was completed in June 2012.[6]

Raspberry Pi OS
DeveloperRaspberry Pi Foundation
OS familyUnix-like
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Latest releaseRaspberry Pi OS (32-bit) / 2020-05-27[1]
Marketing targetRaspberry Pi
Available inEnglish
Update methodAPT
Package managerdpkg
PlatformsARM
i386 version available[2]
Kernel typeMonolithic
UserlandGNU
Default user interfaceLXDE
LicenseFree and open-source software licenses (mainly GPL)
Official websitewww.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/
Support status
Supported

Previous Pi OS have been 32bit and based on Raspbian core, taking the name Raspbian. Since recent 64bit versions no longer use the Raspbian core, the name has been changed to Raspberry Pi OS for both 64bit and 32bit versions.

Raspberry Pi OS is highly optimized for the Raspberry Pi line's low-performance ARM CPUs. Raspberry Pi OS uses a modified LXDE as its desktop environment with the Openbox stacking window manager plus a new theme and few other changes. The distribution is shipped with a copy of the algebra program Wolfram Mathematica and a version of Minecraft called Minecraft Pi[7] as well as a lightweight version of Chromium as of the latest version.

Reception

Jesse Smith from DistroWatch reviewed Raspberry Pi OS (then Raspbian) in 2015:[8]

Though I did not intend to run the Raspberry Pi as a desktop computer, the Raspbian operating system does provide users with the LXDE desktop environment. The Pi does not have a great deal of processor speed or memory, but it does have enough resources to run LXDE and a handful of applications. So long as the user does not wish to do a lot at once, the Pi offers a fairly responsive desktop interface. I probably would not run heavier programs such as LibreOffice or Firefox on the Pi, but Raspbian does provide the Epiphany web browser and a few other desktop programs.

Version history
Release Date Release

Name [9]

 Debian Version Linux Kernel GCC apt X Server Pi 1/1+ Pi 2 Pi 3 Pi

Zero W

Pi 3+ Pi 4
2013-09-27 2013-09-25 7

(Wheezy)

 3.6 4.7.2 0.9.7 7.7
2013-10-07 2013-09-25
2013-12-24 2013-12-20 3.10
2014-01-09 2014-01-07
2014-06-22 2014-06-20 3.12
2014-07-08 2014-06-20
2014-09-12 2014-09-09
2014-10-08 2014-09-09
2014-12-25 2014-12-24
2015-02-02 2015-01-31 3.18
2015-02-17 2015-02-16
2015-02-18 2015-02-16
2015-05-07 2015-05-05
2015-05-12 2015-05-05
2015-09-28 2015-09-25 8

(Jessie)

 4.1 4.9 1.0.9.8.1
2015-11-24 2015-11-21
2016-02-08 2016-02-03
2016-02-09 2016-02-09
2016-02-29 2016-02-26
2016-03-18 2016-03-18
2016-05-13 2016-05-10 4.4
2016-05-31 2016-05-27
2016-09-28 2016-09-23
2016-11-29 2016-11-25
2017-02-27 2017-02-16 4.9
2017-03-03 2017-03-02
2017-04-10 2017-04-10
2017-06-23 2017-06-21
2017-07-05 2017-07-05
2017-08-17 2017-08-16 9

(Stretch)

 6.3 1.4.6
2017-09-08 2017-09-07
2017-11-29 2017-11-29
2018-03-13 2018-03-13
2018-04-18 2018-04-18 4.14 1.4.8
2018-06-29 2018-06-27
2018-10-09 2018-10-09
2018-11-13 2018-11-13
2019-04-08 2019-04-08 1.4.9
2019-06-24 2019-06-20 10

(Buster)

 4.19 8.3 1.8.2
2019-07-10 2019-07-10
2019-09-30 2019-09-26
2020-02-07 2020-02-05
2020-02-14 2020-02-13
Release Date Release

Name

 Debian Version Linux Kernel GCC apt X Server Pi 1/1+ Pi 2 Pi 3 Pi

Zero W

 Pi 3+ 4

See also

References
  1. "Release Notes". RaspberryPi.org.
  2. https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspberry-pi-desktop/
  3. "8GB Raspberry Pi 4 on sale now at $75". Retrieved 28 May 2020. Both our 32-bit and 64-bit operating system images have a new name: Raspberry Pi OS. As our community grows, we want to make sure it’s as easy as possible for new users to find our recommended operating system for the Raspberry Pi. We think the new name will help more people feel confident in using our computers and our software.
  4. "Download Raspberry Pi OS for Raspberry Pi". RaspberryPi.org.
  5. "RaspbianAbout - Raspbian". www.raspbian.org. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  6. "FrontPage - Raspbian". www.raspbian.org. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  7. Mathematica and the Wolfram Language are included in this release under license and with permission of Wolfram Research, Inc. and may be used for non-commercial purposes only. Download Raspberry Pi OS for Raspberry Pi
  8. DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 615, 22 June 2015
  9. used with release notes and .img files
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