Latest Raspberry Pi OS "Bookworm" is now to be had

Your Raspberry Pi needs an running device to work. This is it. Raspberry Pi OS (formerly called Raspbian) is our respectable supported running system.

Raspberry Pi OS is a free running system based on Debian, optimized for the Raspberry Pi hardware, and is the encouraged running device for everyday use on a Raspberry Pi. The OS comes with over 35,000 programs: pre-compiled software program bundled in a pleasant layout for clean set up to your Raspberry Pi.

Raspberry Pi OS is underneath energetic development, with an emphasis on enhancing the steadiness and performance of as many Debian packages as viable on Raspberry Pi.

Install Raspberry Pi OS using Raspberry Pi Imager

Raspberry Pi Imager is the short and easy way to put in Raspberry Pi OS and other running structures to a microSD card, prepared to use together with your Raspberry Pi. Watch our 45-second video to learn how to install an operating machine the usage of Raspberry Pi Imager.

Download and set up Raspberry Pi Imager to a laptop with an SD card reader. Put the SD card you may use with your Raspberry Pi into the reader and run Raspberry Pi Imager.

All capabilities for the Raspberry Pi OS can be observed right here and the set up commands may be determined right here.

What's New

• Based on Debian bookworm launch
• Support for Raspberry Pi 5
• Desktop now runs at the Wayfire Wayland compositing window supervisor on Raspberry Pi four and five platforms; on X11 the usage of the openbox window supervisor on older platforms
• lxpanel replaced with new wf-panel-pi application when walking Wayland; current lxpanel plugins migrated; gpu performance and strength plugins added
• pcmanfm modified to apply Wayland backend whilst jogging on Wayland
• PipeWire used rather than PulseAudio as audio manage subsystem; numerous modifications made to volume control plugin to assist this
• NetworkManager used rather than dhcpcd as networking interface; diverse modifications made to networking plugin to help this
• Firefox browser added as alternative to Chromium; selection of default browser delivered to Raspberry Pi Configuration device
• WayVNC VNC server used instead of RealVNC while jogging on Wayland
• All customisation and configuration programs modified to customize Wayfire surroundings as suitable
• grim used as screenshot tool rather than scrot while jogging on Wayland
• eom photograph viewer used as opposed to gpicview
• evince report viewer used in place of qpdfview
• Chromium web browser up to date to model 116
• VLC media player up to date to version 3.0.18
• Magnifier program now not to be had while jogging Wayland; Wayfire consists of display screen zoom talents
• CustomPC and Wireframe removed from Bookshelf
• Numerous small adjustments and bug fixes
• Switched from raspberrypi-kernel to Debian-based totally kernel packaging (linux-photo-rpi-*)
• Switched from raspberrypi-bootloader to Debian based totally firmware packaging (raspi-firmware)
• /boot mount factor moved to /boot/firmware