7 operating systems that you can run on the Raspberry Pi
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Who can argue with the price of a computer at $ 40? Especially if it is also an excellent base for projects in the field of electronics . I do not see competitors. But in itself, iron is only one side of the coin: an operating system is also needed. Below, I’ll tell you about 7 different operating systems that you can install on Raspberry Pi right now. A small note: not all operating systems presented are useful .
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Three official Linux distributions are available for your every taste: Pidora (based on Fedora); Archlinux (installation of this distribution is almost "manually"); and Raspbian (based on Debian).
Raspbian is recommended for all those who are just starting to get acquainted with the Raspberry Pi. If you want to try other operating systems, there is the NOOBS tool from the creators of Raspberry Pi, which allows you to choose, for installation, during the download, the distribution of interest (including distributions, which will be discussed below).
OpenElec is a truncated and optimized operating system designed specifically for launching the XBox Media Center. Unlike Raspbmc, OpenElec does not contain anything other than the necessary minimum to perform its basic functions. Therefore, it is rather difficult, for example, to install other packages and, as a result, a set of various add-ons is very poor. But all this is done to achieve high performance.
At the moment, the capabilities of this distribution were enough for me to create a media center in the living room, which completely replaced the Windows 8 PC.
Given the ease of replacing SD cards, the Raspberry Pi can be used for a variety of purposes, including enjoying XBMC work by installing OpenElec. Download a gothic image that includes a great set of plugins for streaming, such as IceFilms , and the ability to watch popular shows (thanks to preloaded metadata). You can also speed up the system by starting it from a USB drive after the initial boot from SD.
You can familiarize yourself with the necessary hardware for creating your own Raspberry Pi Media Center in this guide .
RetroPie is a versatile emulator that allows you to play on various consoles, although the games from Playstation do not work very well (a bit cheeky by the Raspberry Pi, isn't it?). This operating system is based on Raspbian, but there is a separate compiled image of RetroPie that can be downloaded.
Christian has written a complete guide to installing and launching RetroPie , so follow there to go to the paradise of game consoles.
You are waiting for a great graphic user interface with 1080p resolution in retro style, specially assembled for ARM, by the team that originally created this processor. It may seem interesting that in the early 90s, in British schools, RISC OS was commonplace. Here is a great introductory guide to RISC OS for Raspberry Pi and a list of recommended software for this operating system.
On this page you can find full installation instructions and download an image for an SD card or use the NOOBS tool mentioned above, which includes the ability to install RISC OS.
Initially, some basic set of applications will be available, but for a small fee you can upgrade to the full set of office programs.
Here you are waited a little not by what was seen in the new phone design, but by the combination of Firefox and PTXdist-built Linux. This operating system has enough problems, and a lot of things need to be worked and improved . In fact, there is no support for input devices, i.e. This distribution is only suitable for the information terminal. If you still dare to try it, here you can find the finished image.
Plan 9 is an open source UNIX-like operating system from Bell Labs that has a very simple user interface and supports UTF-8 encoded file names (I know, this is cool). It was developed by the same people who created UNIX, so it must be good. Download the image for the SD card here and do not forget about the guide for beginners .
Why might Plan 9 be needed? Sorry, but I have no clue.
Broadcom was working on the official build of Android 4.0 with support for video acceleration, but the development of this project seems to have stopped, because already a year there is no news .
However, you can download the Android 2.3 build , which, although a release, is too slow to be useful.
Wearable computers are now the latest fashion and the first thing I will do when the apocalypse arrives is to create a full-featured Pipboy. For example, such as that of this ingenious cosplay .
Okay, this is not exactly an operating system, just a little bit of python code so that Raspberry Pi is like Pipboy. Looks really awesome.
Did I miss anything? What is your favorite operating system for the Raspberry Pi? Tell us about it in the comments, and while I'm playing retro games on various consoles and get pleasure from it. If you want to squeeze out some more juice from the Raspberry Pi, you can always overclock it .
Who can argue with the price of a computer at $ 40? Especially if it is also an excellent base for projects in the field of electronics . I do not see competitors. But in itself, iron is only one side of the coin: an operating system is also needed. Below, I’ll tell you about 7 different operating systems that you can install on Raspberry Pi right now. A small note: not all operating systems presented are useful .
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Linux
Three official Linux distributions are available for your every taste: Pidora (based on Fedora); Archlinux (installation of this distribution is almost "manually"); and Raspbian (based on Debian).
Raspbian is recommended for all those who are just starting to get acquainted with the Raspberry Pi. If you want to try other operating systems, there is the NOOBS tool from the creators of Raspberry Pi, which allows you to choose, for installation, during the download, the distribution of interest (including distributions, which will be discussed below).
OpenElec & XBMC
OpenElec is a truncated and optimized operating system designed specifically for launching the XBox Media Center. Unlike Raspbmc, OpenElec does not contain anything other than the necessary minimum to perform its basic functions. Therefore, it is rather difficult, for example, to install other packages and, as a result, a set of various add-ons is very poor. But all this is done to achieve high performance.
At the moment, the capabilities of this distribution were enough for me to create a media center in the living room, which completely replaced the Windows 8 PC.
Given the ease of replacing SD cards, the Raspberry Pi can be used for a variety of purposes, including enjoying XBMC work by installing OpenElec. Download a gothic image that includes a great set of plugins for streaming, such as IceFilms , and the ability to watch popular shows (thanks to preloaded metadata). You can also speed up the system by starting it from a USB drive after the initial boot from SD.
You can familiarize yourself with the necessary hardware for creating your own Raspberry Pi Media Center in this guide .
RetroPie
RetroPie is a versatile emulator that allows you to play on various consoles, although the games from Playstation do not work very well (a bit cheeky by the Raspberry Pi, isn't it?). This operating system is based on Raspbian, but there is a separate compiled image of RetroPie that can be downloaded.
Christian has written a complete guide to installing and launching RetroPie , so follow there to go to the paradise of game consoles.
RISC OS
You are waiting for a great graphic user interface with 1080p resolution in retro style, specially assembled for ARM, by the team that originally created this processor. It may seem interesting that in the early 90s, in British schools, RISC OS was commonplace. Here is a great introductory guide to RISC OS for Raspberry Pi and a list of recommended software for this operating system.
On this page you can find full installation instructions and download an image for an SD card or use the NOOBS tool mentioned above, which includes the ability to install RISC OS.
Initially, some basic set of applications will be available, but for a small fee you can upgrade to the full set of office programs.
Firefox os
Here you are waited a little not by what was seen in the new phone design, but by the combination of Firefox and PTXdist-built Linux. This operating system has enough problems, and a lot of things need to be worked and improved . In fact, there is no support for input devices, i.e. This distribution is only suitable for the information terminal. If you still dare to try it, here you can find the finished image.
Plan 9
Plan 9 is an open source UNIX-like operating system from Bell Labs that has a very simple user interface and supports UTF-8 encoded file names (I know, this is cool). It was developed by the same people who created UNIX, so it must be good. Download the image for the SD card here and do not forget about the guide for beginners .
Why might Plan 9 be needed? Sorry, but I have no clue.
Android
Broadcom was working on the official build of Android 4.0 with support for video acceleration, but the development of this project seems to have stopped, because already a year there is no news .
However, you can download the Android 2.3 build , which, although a release, is too slow to be useful.
Bonus: Pipboy
Wearable computers are now the latest fashion and the first thing I will do when the apocalypse arrives is to create a full-featured Pipboy. For example, such as that of this ingenious cosplay .
Okay, this is not exactly an operating system, just a little bit of python code so that Raspberry Pi is like Pipboy. Looks really awesome.
Did I miss anything? What is your favorite operating system for the Raspberry Pi? Tell us about it in the comments, and while I'm playing retro games on various consoles and get pleasure from it. If you want to squeeze out some more juice from the Raspberry Pi, you can always overclock it .
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/184304/
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