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In October 2011, the logo was selected from a number submitted by members of the community. A shortlist of six was drawn up, with the final judging taking several days. The chosen design was based on a [[buckyball]].<ref name="geek.com very clever logo">{{cite web | url=http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/raspberry-pi-selects-a-very-clever-logo-20111010/ | title=Raspberry Pi selects a very clever logo | publisher=geek.com | accessdate=October 11, 2011 | author=Humphries, Matthew}}</ref> During the same month, a development version of {{nowraplinks|[[RISC OS{{!}}RISC OS 5]]}} was being worked on<ref name="iconbar newsround">{{cite web | url=http://www.iconbar.com/articles/Newsround/index1271.html | title=Newsround | work=[[The Icon Bar]] | accessdate=October 17, 2011 | author=Lee, Jeffrey}}</ref> and demonstrated in public.<ref name="osnews risc os">{{cite web | url=http://www.osnews.com/story/25276/Raspberry_Pi_To_Embrace_RISC_OS | title=Raspberry Pi To Embrace RISC OS | work=[[OSNews]] | date=October 31, 2011 | accessdate=November 01, 2011 | author=Holwerda, Thom}}</ref><ref name="archive london show 2011">{{cite news | title=The London show 2011 | work=Archive (magazine) | date=December 2011 | accessdate=January 19, 2012 | author=Dewhurst, Christopher | volume=23 | issue=3 | pages=3}}</ref>

In December 2011, twenty-five model B Beta boards were assembled and tested<ref>[http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/general-discussion/what-happened-to-the-beta-boards What happened to the beta boards?] Dom Cobley (4 February 2012)</ref> from one hundred unpopulated PCB'sPCBs.<ref>[http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/389 We have PCB'sPCBs!] ''(Raspberry Pi Blog)''</ref> The component layout of the Beta boards is the same as production boards. A single [[Printed circuit board|PCB]] routing error was discovered in the board design and fixed for the first production run.<ref>[http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/470 More on the beta boards] ''(Raspberry Pi Blog)''</ref> The Beta boards were demonstrated booting Linux, playing a 1080p movie trailer and the [[Rightware]] Samurai [[OpenGL ES]] benchmark.<ref>[http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/431 Bringing up a beta board] ''(Raspberry Pi Blog)''</ref>

During the first week of 2012, the first 10 boards were put up for auction on [[eBay]].<ref>[http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/482 We’re auctioning ten beta Raspberry Pi's; raspberrypi.org]</ref><ref name="theregister yours for just">{{cite news | url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/03/raspberry_pi_auction/ | title=That Brit-built £22 computer: Yours for just £1,900 or more | work=[[The Register]] | date=January 03, 2012 | accessdate=January 10, 2012 | author=Williams, Chris}}</ref> One was bought anonymously and donated to the museum at [[The Centre for Computing History]] in Suffolk, England.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/raspberry-pi-goes-into-production-53652 | title=Raspberry Pi Goes Into Production | work=TechWeekEurope UK | date=January 11, 2012 | accessdate=January 11, 2012 | author=Cheerin, Iris}}</ref>The ten boards (with a total retail price of £220) together raised over £16,000,<ref>[http://www.ebay.co.uk/csc/raspberry_pi/m.html?LH_Complete=1&_ipg=50&_since=15&_sop=13&_rdc=1 eBay list of items sold by Raspberry Pi ''(retrieved 13 January 2012)'']</ref> with the last to be auctioned, serial number #01, raising £3,500.<ref>[http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Raspberry-Pi-Model-B-beta-board-01-limited-series-10-/180786868894?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2a17bcb29e eBay item ''(retrieved 13 January 2012)'']</ref>