Raspberry Pi OS: Difference between revisions

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| supported platforms = [[ARM architecture|ARM]]

| kernel type = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]]

| userland = [[Xfce]], [[LXDE]], PIXEL<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/introducing-pixel/|title=Introducing PIXEL|website=Raspberry Pi|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-10-05}}</ref>

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| license = [[Debian Free Software Guidelines|DFSG]]

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| website = [https://www.raspbianraspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/ Raspbian]

| support status = Supported

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'''Raspbian''' is a [[Debian]]-based [[Operating system|computer operating system]] for [[Raspberry Pi]]. It is now officially provided by the [[Raspberry Pi Foundation]], as the primary operating system for the family of Raspberry PI [[single-board computers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/|title=Download Raspbian for Raspberry Pi|website=Raspberry Pi|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-06-05}}</ref> Raspbian was created by Mike Thompson and Peter Green as an independent project.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianAbout|title=RaspbianAbout - Raspbian|website=www.raspbian.org|access-date=2016-06-05}}</ref> The initial build was completed in June 2012.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.raspbian.org/|title=FrontPage - Raspbian|website=www.raspbian.org|access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref> The operating system is still under active development. Raspbian is highly optimized for the Raspberry Pi line's low-performance [[ARM architecture|ARM]] CPUs.

Raspbian uses PIXEL, '''P'''i '''I'''mproved '''X'''windows '''E'''nvironment, '''L'''ightweight as its main desktop environment. It is composed of a modified [[LXDE]] desktop environment and the [[Openbox]] stacking window manager with a new theme and few majorother changes. The distribution is shipped with a free copy of computer algebra program [[Wolfram Mathematica|Mathematica]].{{Fact|date=December 2016}}<ref>Mathematica and the Wolfram Language are included in this release under license and with permission of Wolfram Research, Inc. and may be used for non-commercial purposes only.<br />

[https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/ raspberrypi.org Download Raspbian for Raspberry Pi]</ref>

== References ==