When working with Raspberry Pi, many hobbyists' and makers' go-to operating system for their board is the Raspberry Pi OS, and for good reason. It's easy to install and all but guaranteed to work on ...

DietPi is built differently from other command-line interface operating systems for the Raspberry Pi. I always keep an instance of DietPi on one of my SD cards because it makes it ridiculously easy to ...

One of the best things about Raspberry Pi computers is their versatility when it comes to bespoke operating systems. There are several OS's that have been designed specifically for these pocket-sized ...

A new bootloader for Raspberry Pi boards has been released for beta testing. It brings one very slick new feature: the ability to install an operating system via your Internet connection. Up until now ...

Pick the best Raspberry Pi desktop OS for 2026, including Pi 5 and Pi 4 support, plus a 170MB Diet Pi base install.

The Raspberry Pi OS has evolved considerably from being a Debian fork (Raspbian) into a mature operating system, just about staying ahead of competing distros. Unless you have a very specific purpose ...

Have you ever wondered how to turn your Raspberry Pi 5 into a sleek, ultra-lightweight desktop system? While many Linux distributions promise simplicity, few can match the sheer efficiency of Alpine ...

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has made a 64-bit version of its operating system available. It won't run on all Raspberry Pi hardware but it should on some of the more modern hardware. The Raspberry Pi ...

To create a Raspberry Pi Virtual Machine, you need to follow the four-step process. Now that we have a hypervisor let us go ahead and download Raspberry OS’s ISO ...

The Raspberry Pi series of boards are noted for their good software support, with a continuous flow of operating system upgrades such that an original Pi from 2012 will still boot the latest Pi OS.