My first encounter with a lightweight, CLI-focused Raspberry Pi operating system was the official one. I installed the Raspberry Pi Lite 64-bit edition on my Pi Zero 2W and started building small self ...

There are a wide range of different Raspberry Pi OS packages available and choosing the correct one for your hardware, application or project is not always easy. Here we compliled a list of popular ...

DietPi is built differently from other command-line interface operating systems for the Raspberry Pi. I always keep an instance of DietPi on one of my SD cards because it makes it ridiculously easy to ...

The latest update to the Raspberry Pi OS brings a bunch of new desktop enhancements that improve text-based search, network management, and access to the Pi's camera system. Raspberry Pi OS also gains ...

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has made a 64-bit version of its operating system available. It won't run on all Raspberry Pi hardware but it should on some of the more modern hardware. The Raspberry Pi ...

The Raspberry Pi hardware has included a 64-bit processor since the Pi 3 launched in early 2016, but the Raspberry Pi OS (formerly known as Raspbian) has remained primarily 32-bit. The Raspberry Pi ...

The Raspberry Pi OS operating system is based on Debian. Now the single-board computer operating system is also switching to the Trixie standard. The developers point out that the changes are only ...

Pick the best Raspberry Pi desktop OS for 2026, including Pi 5 and Pi 4 support, plus a 170MB Diet Pi base install.