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The first commercial Raspberry Pi, the Model B, was launched on 29 February 2012, with an initial price of $35.<ref name="Lawler 2012" /> Demand far exceeded expectations, causing the websites of the two initial licensed distributors, [[Premier Farnell]] and [[RS Group plc|RS Components]], to crash from high traffic.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 February 2012 |title="Set your alarms!" – Raspberry Pi looks ready for early Wednesday launch |url=https://www.cabume.co.uk/the-cluster/qset-your-alarmsq-raspberry-pi-looks-ready-for-early-wednesday-launch.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301154403/http://www.cabume.co.uk/the-cluster/qset-your-alarmsq-raspberry-pi-looks-ready-for-early-wednesday-launch.html |archive-date=1 March 2012 |access-date=28 February 2012 |work=Cabume}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Paul, Ryan |date=29 February 2012 |title=Raspberry Pi retailers toppled by demand as $35 Linux computer launches |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/02/raspberry-pi-retailers-toppled-by-demand-as-35-linux-computer-launches.ars |access-date=29 February 2012 |work=[[Ars Technica]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Naughton, John |date=4 March 2012 |title=The Raspberry Pi can help schools get with the programme |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/mar/04/raspberry-pi-schools-computer-science |access-date=12 March 2012 |work=The Observer |___location=London}}</ref> Initial batches sold out almost immediately, with one distributor reporting over 100,000 pre-orders on the first day.<ref name="Lawler 2012" /> The lower-cost $25 Model A followed on 4 February 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 February 2013 |title=Launch of the Model A announced |url=https://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/3215 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209164607/http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/3215 |archive-date=9 February 2014 |access-date=16 September 2014}}</ref>

The Raspberry Pi did not ship with a pre-installed operating system. While ports of [[RISC OS]] 5 and [[Fedora Linux|Fedora]] [[Fedora Linux|Linux]] were available,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holwerda, Thom |date=31 October 2011 |title=Raspberry Pi To Embrace RISC OS |url=https://www.osnews.com/story/25276/Raspberry_Pi_To_Embrace_RISC_OS |access-date=1 November 2011 |website=[[OSNews]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=8 March 2012 |title=Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix, our recommended distro, is ready for download! |url=https://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/805 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615012959/http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/805 |archive-date=15 June 2012 |access-date=22 June 2012 |publisher=Raspberrypi.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Chung, Emily |date=24 February 2012 |title=$35 computer 'Raspberry Pi' readies for launch |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/35-computer-raspberry-pi-readies-for-launch-1.1181342 |access-date=28 February 2012 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |___location=Canada}}</ref> a port of [[Debian]] called [[Raspbian]] quickly became the standard. Released in July 2012, it was optimized to leverage the Raspberry Pi's [[floating-point unit]], offering significant performance gains.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 February 2012 |title=Getting ready for launch: first root filesystem available for download |url=https://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/645 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220040851/https://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/645 |archive-date=20 February 2012 |access-date=16 July 2013 |publisher=Raspberry Pi Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 August 2012 |title=ArmHardFloatPort |url=https://wiki.debian.org/ArmHardFloatPort |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521001958/https://wiki.debian.org/ArmHardFloatPort |archive-date=21 May 2013 |access-date=17 July 2012 |website=Debian Wiki |publisher=Debian}}</ref> Raspberry Pi quickly endorsed it as the official recommended OS, and by September 2013, the company assumed leadership of Raspbian's development.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brodkin |first=Jon |date=6 March 2013 |title=How two volunteers built the Raspberry Pi's operating system |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/03/how-two-volunteers-built-the-raspberry-pis-operating-system/ |access-date=9 June 2025 |website=Ars Technica |language=en}}</ref>

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