Raspberry Pi owners will likely be delighted to hear that they just got a big update to the default Linux installation for their boards. This new distribution of Linux, called Raspbian, is a port of Debian that takes better advantage of the Raspberry Pi’s hardware. According to the founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, Eben Upton, “Users who are still using Debian squeeze will definitely want to switch to this, as it contains numerous tweaks and performance improvements to the firmware, kernel and applications.” The download link is here for the those who just want the goods!

BY Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson is a Brooklyn-based creative technologist, contributing editor for MAKE magazine, and co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi. He's also the owner of Awesome Button Studios, a technology consultancy. Highlights from his work include the Descriptive Camera (a camera which outputs a text description instead of a photo) and The Enough Already (a DIY celebrity-silencing device). Matt's work has been featured at The Nevada Museum of Art, The Rome International Photography Festival, Milan Design Week and has garnered attention from The New York Times, Wired, and New York Magazine.

3 Responses to Raspbian Released

  1. Reblogged this on eurydice13 and commented:
    Raspberry pi gets its own Debian! Raspbian FTW!

  2. Raspberry Pi, No VGA out = FAIL!

  3. Bosstiger on said:

    Reblogged this on Gigable – Tech Blog.

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