Subj : Look it up, Bookworm - the Raspberry Pi 5 just got its first OS(e To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Sun Oct 15 2023 08:30:04 Look it up, Bookworm - the Raspberry Pi 5 just got its first OS(es) Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2023 07:14:27 +0000 Description: The first OS to support the Raspberry Pi 5 comes from - shock - the Raspberry Pi Foundation, but others are on the case. FULL STORY ====================================================================== A brand-new microcomputer from Hell needs a brand-new OS. Enter the Raspberry Pi Foundation with Bookworm, the latest (un)cool product label for the next version of the Raspberry Pi OS. While not surprising, or even exciting news, we still think this is a neat release. Its a port of the Linux distribution Debians latest release, and is thus named after the immortal star of the Toy Story franchise, rather than the world's greatest PopCap game. Teasing us all with that 'nothing and yet everything has changed' snake oil, the Raspberry Pi Foundation explained that the new OS features significant changes to its software architecture. All change Crucially, this means a move from the ancient X11 protocol to Wayland, promising increased performance for Pis 4 and 5 while the Foundation works to support Wayland on lower-power boards - presumably the Pi 3 at the very least. Our sister site Toms Hardware has more on the technical side of Waylands implications, as well as this genuine sentence: [...]we had early access to a beta of Bookworm and found it to be a great OS. There were some bugs, and we noted this in our review, but that is what happens with beta software. Well, we dont work in sales. Unless youd like a different mini PC altogether? Bookworm is a slur In practice, Wayland in Bookworm offers two useful plugins for the power user: a power plugin reporting under and over voltage readings, as well as a plugin reporting the load and temperature of the Pi 4 and 5s Videocore VII GPU. Some applications may be incompatible with Wayland, but the implementation of XWayland, an X11 display server, automatically passes graphical elements of X11 apps to Wayland, without the need for additional tinkering from developers. But wait, there's more Naturally, just as I log off to forget the barren hole that the Raspberry Pi microcomputer has left in my heart, our brothers in arms in the ecomm wars broke the news that Ubuntu now supports Raspberry Pi 5 (or will, when you can get your hands on one). This is good and expected: Ubuntu is probably the Linux distribution most people have heard of, and is something Id like to explore, perhaps, in a Raspberry Pi 5 review for TechRadar Pro - because Im currently not touching my current set-up with a barge pole. Ubuntu sounds just that bit more straightforward, with an App Center (think app store, yeah?) for searching for applications via the Canonical App Store (other implementations of this Ive seen use Flathub as a repository, which also works well). Ubuntu is just the second domino to fall. Toms Hardware predict that a range of Ubuntu respins, with world-music-infused-electronica-at-Glasto-93 sounding names like Kubuntu and Xubuntu, will surely follow. Breaking kayfabe It may surprise you that Im about zero to zero point one percent percent joking when I write stuff like Im going to throw this stupid machine in the ocean. There are cool things to appreciate about the Pi (other microcomputers are available). Some of these are even relevant to this article. Installing an operating system on it, for instance, cant really get easier, thanks to the Raspberry Pi Imager , a lightweight programme allowing for easy download and configuration of various Linux distributions, including the RPi OS Bookworm port, sorted by use-case. I like that about it, it engenders the reckless mess around with a new project feel that the Pi always gives off. More from TechRadar Pro Installing an OS on your Raspberry Pi is about to become a lot simpler Windows 11 on Raspberry Pi? Its possible thanks to Tiny11 Raspberry Pi Code Editor wants to help the next generation of programmers We've also featured the best Raspberry Pi distros as well as the best Linux distros ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/pro/look-it-up-bookworm-the-raspberry-pi-5-just-got- its-first-oses --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .