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RPi Operating System (OS)

In my previous post, I talked about the hardware, the solid component of the RPi. In this post, I will talk about the soft component, the software which plays an important role. The software has the logic and utilizes the hardware to perform the required tasks and application. As you know already know, RPi is an open platform hardware, and this is very true for the software too. In other words, developers and learners can create and develop their own operating system from scratch, or they can use available flavors which are all open for learners to either customize or use-as-is!

1. Raspbian: which is the official supported OS and can be downloaded from RPi official website directly. Below video explains how to download it.

2. Ubuntu MATE: Martin Wimpress and Rohith Madhavan have made an Ubuntu MATE image for the Raspberry Pi 2 and Raspberry Pi 3 based on the regular Ubuntu OS. Here is a video on how to download it to RPi.

3. Windows 10 IOT CORE: Tech people say: Microsoft usually comes late to the party, but the only one who standstill the END! Microsoft joined RPi party, but we aren’t sure yet if they will stay until the end of the party! Below video will introduce you to Microsoft’s RPi OS.

References:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGd4fDuiIo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dytwxDFlyCQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQfJA24m7II




Comments

  1. Zhengqiao ChenNovember 8, 2017 at 6:50 PM

    Thanks for sharing these useful resource, but I'm little confused because it seems too hard for educators or learners to create and develop their own operating system, probably requires lots of professional technology skills. Hope you can post more about how to combine it into classroom settings. Nice to read your blog!

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    1. Abubakr AbdelrasoulNovember 8, 2017 at 8:16 PM

      Hi Zhengqiao
      Thanks for reading the post!
      Yes, its so difficult and time consuming to develop your own OS, even for experts, and almost impossible for others. Luckily, you can just download any ready OS, above are few examples, but the list is longer.
      For some specific advance applications, developers, not students, need to modify the OS rather than developing it from scratch.
      To sum-up, you can develop the OS from scratch, you can modify the available versions, or to use them immediately without any modifications.
      Above YouTube videos, describe how to download and use ready OS versions.
      thanks

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  2. HareenNovember 10, 2017 at 7:48 PM

    The operating system for Raspberry Pi, a series of small single-board computers, has a good name. I like that.

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