Rohith Madhavan has been working on bringing Ubuntu MATE to the Raspberry Pi 2. He’s created an image for it. Although it’s not perfect (sound doesn’t work, choppy video) this is great news as it opens up more possibilities for…
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Installing Snappy Ubuntu Core in Raspberry Pi 2
People were surprised when the Raspberry Pi 2 was launched that there was a new operating system on the block, in addition to the existing mainstream Raspbian offering. That new OS is Snappy Ubuntu Core. It is a (very) cut-down…
Minimal Raspbian distribution for Raspberry Pi updated for Pi 2
Minibian, which is a minimal Linux distribution for the Pi that fits on a 512MB SD card, has been updated for the Pi 2. This is the 4th release of the operating system and is sure to be a hit…
Get Ubuntu desktop on the Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi forums user wintrmute has created a downloadable SD card image of Ubuntu with the LXDE desktop pre-installed. It has been compiled for use on the ARMv7 Raspberry Pi 2 and you can find instructions on how to install it on…
More on the Raspberry Pi desktop update/upgrade
Simon Long is the user interface guru at the Raspberry Pi Foundation and is the one responsible for the desktop updates featured in the new Raspbian. He’s written about some of the process he went through to improve the desktop…
Seamless video looper for the Raspberry Pi
Do you have a need to show a looped video? Perhaps for a kiosk or foyer display? Well, RPiLooper might be the solution. It’s a pre-configured SD image that you add your video to. You can read more over on their…
Raspberry Pi operating system round-up
NetworkWorld has done a nice summary of 10 operating systems you can install on your Pi. Nothing particularly ground-breaking, but it’s been a while since I’ve seen a decent list like this. There are still some they’ve missed, but it’s…
Firefox OS for the Raspberry Pi gains momentum
Thanks to The Register for the meat of this one, and to Tim Richardson who spotted it! During a Mozilla Festival held over this last weekend, developers showed more of the Firefox OS port for the Pi. They also listed…
Firefox OS coming soon to the Raspberry Pi
A group of developers are currently working on porting Firefox OS to the Raspberry Pi as either downloadable software packages or a flashable image. You can already install a demo version of the OS to your Pi by following the…
PiTFT tutorials updated with new Raspbian
Adafruit has updated the tutorials for their small screen, the PiTFT with the latest version of Raspbian (9/9/2014). I believe this means the image is now compatible with the B+, but don’t quote me on that. It should contain the driver…