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Raspberry Pi OS


Last Update: 2023-05-06 11:07 UTC


Raspberry Pi OS (formerly Raspbian) is a free operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux and optimised for the Raspberry Pi hardware (the armhf processor architecture). Raspberry Pi OS comes with over 35,000 packages, or pre-compiled software bundled in a nice format for easy installation on a Raspberry Pi. The initial build was completed in June of 2012, but the distribution continues to be active developed with an emphasis on improving the stability and performance of as many Debian packages as possible. Although Debian produces a distribution for the arm architecture, it is compatible only with versions later than the one used on the Raspberry Pi (ARMv7-A CPUs and higher vs the Raspberry Pi's ARMv6 CPU).

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Average visitor rating: 7.44/10 from 9 review(s).


RasPiOS Summary
Distribution Raspberry Pi OS (formerly Raspbian)
Home Page https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/
Screenshots --
Screencasts
Download Mirrors https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/DistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker --
Related Websites Raspberry Pi France
Reviews 2015: DistroWatch
2012: Wordpress
Where To Buy or Try

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2022-04-08: Distribution Release: Raspberry Pi OS 2022-04-04
 • 2021-11-08: Distribution Release: Raspberry Pi OS 2021-10-30
 • 2020-12-04: Distribution Release: Raspberry Pi OS 2020-12-02
 • 2020-02-07: Distribution Release: Raspbian 2020-02-05
 • 2019-06-24: Distribution Release: Raspbian 2019-06-20
 • 2018-11-16: Distribution Release: Raspbian 2018-11-13
 • 2018-06-29: Distribution Release: Raspbian 2018-06-27
 • 2018-03-15: Distribution Release: Raspbian 2018-03-13
 • 2017-12-01: Distribution Release: Raspbian 2017-11-29
 • 2017-08-17: Distribution Release: Raspbian 2017-08-16
 • 2017-06-23: Distribution Release: Raspbian 2017-06-21
 • 2016-12-01: Distribution Release: Raspbian 2016-11-25
 • More RasPiOS releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2022-04-13 Running a Pi without non-free firmware
 • 2022-02-09 Installing operating systems directly on the Pi
 • 2021-02-04 Raspberry Pi OS users upset by additional of non-free repo
 • More RasPiOS headlines...

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Feature 2023-05-03 2020-12-02 2019-04-08 2018-11-13 2017-07-05 2015-02-16
Release Date 2023-05-03 2020-12-04 2019-04-09 2018-11-15 2017-07-05 2015-02-16
End Of Life            
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 400-3100 400-3000 300-1100 300-1100 1200-1300  
Free Download IMG IMG IMG IMG IMG IMG
Installation -- -- -- -- -- --
Default Desktop PIXEL PIXEL PIXEL PIXEL PIXEL LXDE
Package Management DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite LibreOffice -- -- -- LibreOffice --
Processor Architecture aarch64, armhf aarch64, armhf armv6, armv7 armv6, armv7 armv6, armv7 armhf
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd SysV
Journaled File Systems            
Multilingual            
Asian Language Support            
Full Package List 2023-05-03 2020-12-02 2019-04-08 2018-11-13 2017-07-05 2015-02-16
Package 2023-05-03 2020-12-02 2019-04-08 2018-11-13 2017-07-05 2015-02-16
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.10) 1.2.4 1.1.8 1.1.3 1.1.3 1.0.28 1.0.25
amdgpu (23.0.0) 19.1.0 -- -- -- -- --
bash (5.2.15) 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.2
bind (9.18.19) -- -- -- -- -- --
chromium (117.0.5938.92) 113.0.5672.59 84.0.4147.105 72.0.3626.121 65.0.3325.181 56.0.2924.84 --
cups (2.4.7) 2.3.3 2.2.10 -- 2.2.1 1.7.5 1.5.3
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.3.5 4.3.1 4.2.2
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.46.2 1.44.5 1.43.4 1.43.4 1.43.3 1.42.5
firefox (117.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
freetype (2.13.2) 2.10.4 2.9.1 2.6.3 2.6.3 2.6 2.5.2
gcc (13.2.0) 10.2.1 8.3.0 6.3.0 6.3.0 4.9.2 4.6.3
gimp (2.10.34) -- -- -- -- -- --
glibc (2.38) 2.31 2.28 2.24 2.24 2.19 2.13
gnome-shell (45.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
gnucash (5.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.55) -- -- -- -- -- --
grub (2.06) -- -- -- -- -- --
gtk (4.12.2) 3.24.24 3.24.5 3.22.11 3.22.11 3.14.5 2.24.10
httpd (2.4.57) -- -- -- -- -- --
inkscape (1.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
k3b (23.08.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
kmod (30) 28 26 23 23 18 9
krita (5.1.5) -- -- -- -- -- --
libreoffice (7.6.1) 7.0.4 -- -- -- 4.3.3 --
linux (6.5.4) 6.1 4.19.50 4.9.82 4.9.82 4.4.34 3.12
Package 2023-05-03 2020-12-02 2019-04-08 2018-11-13 2017-07-05 2015-02-16
lxpanel (0.10.1) 0.10.1 0.10.0 0.9.3 0.9.3 0.7.2 0.7.1
mariadb (11.0.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.26.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
mesa (23.1.8) 20.3.5 19.3.2 13.0.6 13.0.6 13.0.0 8.0.5
mysql (8.1.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
nautilus (45.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
NVIDIA (535.113.01) -- -- -- -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.5.2 3.5.0
openjdk (21) 17.0.6 -- -- -- -- --
openssh (9.4p1) 8.4p1 7.9p1 7.4p1 7.4p1 6.7p1 6.0p1
openssl (3.1.3) 1.1.1n 1.1.1d 1.1.0j 1.1.0f 1.0.1t 1.0.1e
perl (5.38.0) 5.32.1 5.28.1 5.24.1 5.24.1 5.20.2 5.14.2
php (8.2.10) -- -- -- -- -- --
plasma-desktop (5.27.8) -- -- -- -- -- --
postfix (3.8.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
postgresql (16.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
Python (3.11.5) 3.9.2 3.7.3 3.5.3 3.5.3 2.7.9 2.7.3
qt (6.5.2) 5.15.2 5.11.3 5.7.1 5.7.1 4.8.6 4.8.2
samba (4.19.0) -- -- -- -- 4.2.14 3.6.6
systemd (254.4) 247.3 241 232 232 215 --
thunderbird (115.2.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
vim (9.0) 8.2 8.1 8.0 8.0 7.4 7.3
vlc (3.0.18) 3.0.18 3.0.11 3.0.6 3.0.3 -- --
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
xorg-server (21.1.8) 1.20.11 1.20.4 1.19.2 1.19.2 1.18.4 1.12.4

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Version: 2022-09-22
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-02-01
Votes: 3


The arm64 version has progressed well. I.e. "Raspberry Pi OS Lite (64-bit)."

The Xfce desktop environment works well.

Chromium seems to run a little faster than in the beta arm64 versions. (I assume the dev team have been working on further optimisation?)

HDMI sound in Chromium now works without having to make a post-installation tweak.

I no longer need the armhf architecture to run Citrix Workspace - I discovered you can run it in Chromium by installing a Google Chrome (yes, Chrome) "Citrix Workspace" extension (NOT the "Citrix Workspace Web" extension).

I would prefer no systemd. (I'm now trailing Alpine Linux on my RPi 4B for that reason.)


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Version: 2022-04-04
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-09-04
Votes: 24


This is for RaspberryPi-OS for PC. Debian Bullseye. 32-bit

I installed this on an older Dell inspiron E1505. Tiny dual core, 4 GB's Ram, 32GB SSD. A very low powered laptop, that should have been recycled long ago. I just hated to do that. I tried several other distros before settling on this. This distro worked well on first install. All drivers were installed, even Bluetooth. It is very light on resources. It has allowed this old tired PC, with some older parts to be useful again. Like the tiny 32GB SSD. Typically too small for PC use. Total install with the software I wanted and I still have almost 20GB to spare.

I know it is not much, but it does emails, casual browsing, youtube videos, and movies really well. I have a CD burner and I make music CD's with it. This is not of course my daily, but if I had to, it could be used in a tight. It just works.

This could be put on any old PC, and given to children to learn on, and play with. If they break the OS, just reinstall and go again. Its easy to install, no special knowledge needed. Easy to set up, and get the software you want installed.

I guess this would run really fast on a not so old or new PC, and could replace any other OS as a general daily driver. It has a pleasing looking desktop, easy to navigate to files

I can not really think of many cons that really amount to much. Depends on what you do with a PC I guess. There will be certain things this will not do well. I do hope for a 64 bit PC version to be able to make use of more ram. But so far I have not needed more then the 4GB's installed.

I will say Linux has come such a long ways. Long gone are the days you need a cheat sheet with a bunch of commands and a degree to install it. It is so user friendly now, Sure there is a learning curve, but it has been shortened drastically. Especially little distros like Raspberry PI.


Was this review helpful? Yes No
Version: 2022-04-04
Rating: 5
Date: 2022-06-06
Votes: 0


The arm64 version has progressed well. I.e. "Raspberry Pi OS Lite (64-bit)."

The Xfce desktop environment works well.

Chromium seems to run a little faster than in the beta arm64 versions. (I assume the dev team have been working on further optimisation?)

HDMI sound in Chromium now works without having to make a post-installation tweak.

I no longer need the armhf architecture to run Citrix Workspace - I discovered you can run it in Chromium by installing a Google Chrome (yes, Chrome) "Citrix Workspace" extension (NOT the "Citrix Workspace Web" extension).

I would prefer no systemd. (I'm now trailing Alpine Linux on my RPi 4B for that reason.)


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