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The Foundation provides Debian and Arch Linux ARM [[Linux distribution|distributions]] for download.<ref name="raspberrypi downloads">{{cite web | url=http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads | title=Raspberry Pi downloads}}</ref> Also planned are tools for supporting [[Python (programming language)|Python]] as the main programming language,<ref name="raspberrypi faq eben proglang">{{cite web | url=http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs#comment-132 | quote=Leads, a power supply or SD cards are not included but can be purchased at the same time from Farnell and RS. You will be able to buy preloaded SD cards too. ... We’ll be using Fedora as our recommended distribution. It’s straightforward to replace the root partition on the SD card with another ARM Linux distribution if you want to use something else. The OS is stored on the SD card. | title=FAQs | date=26 July 2011 | accessdate=12 December 2011 | author=Upton, Eben}}</ref><ref name="raspberrypi faq liz python">{{cite web | url=http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs#comment-1632 | title=FAQs | publisher=Raspberry Pi | date=29 August 2011 | accessdate=12 December 2011 | author=Upton, Liz}}</ref> with support for [[BBC BASIC]],<ref name="edge david braben">{{cite news | url= http://www.next-gen.biz/features/david-braben-interview | title=David Braben on Raspberry Pi | work= [[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] | date=25 November 2011 | accessdate=8 December 2011}}</ref> (via the [[RISC OS]] image or the "Brandy Basic" clone for Linux),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jaguar.orpheusweb.co.uk/branpage.html |title=Brandy Basic |publisher=Jaguar.orpheusweb.co.uk |date=26 July 2005 |accessdate=6 May 2012}}</ref> [[C (programming language)|C]],<ref name="raspberrypi faq eben proglang" /> and [[Perl]].<ref name="raspberrypi faq eben proglang" />
On 17 December 2012 the Raspberry Pi Foundation, in collaboration with IndieCity and Velocix, opened the "Pi Store", as a "one-stop shop for all your Raspberry Pi (software) needs". Using an application included in [[Raspbian]], users can browse through several categories and download what they want. Software can also be uploaded for moderation and release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/2768
== History ==
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=== Post-launch ===
On 16 April 2012 reports started to appear from the first buyers who had received their Raspberry Pi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/general-discussion/delivery |title=the first reports of forum members reporting they received their Raspberry Pi |publisher=Raspberrypi.org |date=16 April 2012 |accessdate=6 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/16/raspberry-pi-begins-shipping/ |title=engadget reports raspberry pi begins shipping (video) |publisher=Engadget.com |accessdate= 6 May 2012}}</ref> As of 22 May 2012 over 20,000 units have been shipped.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1298 |title=Add your Raspberry Pi to the Rastrack map |publisher= Raspberrypi.org |date=22 May 2012 |accessdate=14 June 2012}}</ref> On 16 July 2012 it was announced that 4000 units were being manufactured per day, allowing Raspberry Pis to be bought in bulk.<ref name=electronista>{{cite news|title=Raspberry Pi lifts sale restrictions, open to bulk buyers|url=http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/07/16/rs.farnell.manufacturing.4000.raspberry.pis.per.day/|accessdate=29 August 2012|newspaper=Electronista|publisher=
== Hardware ==
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# On the older beta model B boards, 128 MB was allocated by default to the GPU, leaving 128 MB for the CPU.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/oicyr/i_have_a_raspberry_pi_beta_board_ama/c3hj3n0 |title=I have a raspberry pi beta board ama |publisher=Reddit.com |date=15 January 2012 |accessdate=6 May 2012}}</ref> On the first 256 MB release model B (and Model A), three different splits were possible. The default split was 192 MB (CPU RAM), which should be sufficient for standalone 1080p video decoding, or for simple 3D, but probably not for both together. 224 MB was for Linux only, with just a 1080p [[framebuffer]], and was likely to fail for any video or 3D. 128 MB was for heavy 3D, possibly also with video decoding (e.g. XBMC).<ref>[http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/general-discussion/config-txt/page-3 Raspberry Pi boot configuration text file]</ref> Comparatively the Nokia 701 uses 128 MB for the Broadcom VideoCore IV.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/general-discussion/nokia-701-has-a-similar-broadcom-gpu |title=Nokia 701 has a similar Broadcom GPU |publisher=Raspberrypi.org |date=2012-02-02 |accessdate=2012-06-22}}</ref> For the new model B with 512MB RAM initially there were new standard memory split files released( arm256_start.elf, arm384_start.elf, arm496_start.elf) for 256MB, 384MB and 496MB CPU RAM (and 256MB, 128MB and 16MB video RAM). But a week or so later the RPF released a new version of start.elf that could read a new entry in config.txt (gpu_mem=xx) and could dynamically assign an amount of RAM (from 16 to 256MB in 8MB steps) to the GPU, so the older method of memory splits became obsolete, and a single start.elf worked the same for 256 and 512 MB Pis.<ref>[http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/2296 introducing new firmware for the 512MB Pi]</ref>
# Level 2 Cache is {{nowrap|128 kB}}, used primarily by the GPU, not the CPU.
# The [[ARM11]] is based on version 6 of the [[ARM architecture]] (ARMv6), which due to its age is no longer supported by several popular versions of Linux, including [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]] which dropped support for processors below ARMv7 in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/features/raspberry-pi-interview-eban-upton-reveals-all |title=Raspberry Pi review: Eben Upton reveals all |publisher=linuxuser.co.uk |author=Gareth Halfacree}}</ref>
# The Raspberry Pi (model B) also contains a 15-pin [[Mobile Industry Processor Interface|MIPI]] [[camera interface]] (CSI) connector, which at the moment is unsupported, but the foundation is planning to release a camera module for it, sometime in the near future.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/features-and-requests/camera-for-the-csi-2-port |title=camera for the CSI-2 port |publisher=Raspberrypi.org |date= |accessdate=2012-06-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://elinux.org/File:Raspi-Model-AB-Mono-2-699x1024.png |title=diagram of Raspberry Pi with CSI camera connector |publisher=Elinux.org |date=2012-03-02 |accessdate=2012-06-22}}</ref>
# Support for raw [[liquid crystal display|LCD]] panels is available in hardware through the available [[Display Serial Interface|DSI]] connector from the [[Mobile Industry Processor Interface]] (MIPI) Alliance.<ref name="DSI" /> Software support is being planned.
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## "Medium" 900 MHz ARM, 250 MHz core, 450 MHz SDRAM, 2 overvolt,
## "High"; 950 MHz ARM, 250 MHz core, 450 MHz SDRAM, 6 overvolt,
## "Turbo"; 1000 MHz ARM, 500 MHz core, 600 MHz SDRAM, 6 overvolt<ref name="Turbo mode"/><ref name="turbosgithub">{{cite web|url=https://github.com/asb/raspi-config/blob/master/raspi-config |title=asb/raspi-config on Github |publisher=asb
== Software ==
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== Reception and influence ==
Technology writer [[Glyn Moody]] described the project in May 2011 as a "potential {{nowrap|[[BBC Micro]] 2.0}}", not by replacing {{nowrap|[[PC compatible]]}} machines but by supplementing them.<ref name="computerworlduk as british">{{cite web | url=http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2011/05/as-british-as-raspberry-pi | title=As British as Raspberry Pi? | publisher=[[Computerworld]] | work=Computerworld UK Open Enterprise blog | date=9 May 2011 | accessdate=2 February 2012 | author=Moody Glyn | authorlink=Glyn Moody}}</ref> In March 2012 Stephen Pritchard echoed the "BBC Micro successor" sentiment in ''ITPRO''.<ref name="itpro bbc 2012">{{cite news | url=http://www.itpro.co.uk/639292/raspberry-pi-a-bbc-micro-for-todays-generation | title=Raspberry Pi: A BBC Micro for today's generation | work=
Harry Fairhead, however, suggests that more emphasis should be put on improving the educational software available on existing hardware, using tools such as [[Google App Inventor]] to return programming to schools, rather than adding new hardware choices.<ref name="Raspberry Pi or Programming">{{cite news | url=http://www.i-programmer.info/professional-programmer/i-programmer/3419-raspberry-pi-or-programming.html | title=Raspberry Pi or Programming – What shall we teach the children? | work=I Programmer | date=2 December 2011 | accessdate=7 February 2012 | author=Fairhead, Harry}}</ref> Simon Rockman, writing in a [[ZDNet]] blog, was of the opinion that teens will have "better things to do", despite what happened in the 1980s.<ref name="zdnet mid-life crisis">{{cite web | url=http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/fuss-free-phones-simon-rockman-10024919/is-raspberry-pi-a-mid-life-crisis-10025449/ | title=Is raspberry pi a mid-life crisis? | publisher=[[ZDNet]] | date=21 February 2012 | accessdate=24 February 2012 | author=Rockman, Simon | quote=Just because young teens led the way in computing in the 1980s doesn’t mean it should, will or can happen again. Those outside the tech age bubble have better things to do.}}</ref>
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