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Questions tagged [operating-systems]

An operating system is the software that manages the hardware and software resources of the Raspberry Pi and provides common services for the applications.

If asking a question about a specific operating system, such as Debian or Arch Linux, please tag appropriately.

Official Operating Systems

Below is a list of officially supported operating systems and a link to their download and torrent.

NOTE The default passwords for each of the official operating systems can be found tag wiki.

Unofficial Operating Systems

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How to set up swap space?

Raspberry Pi has only 256 MB of RAM, so I would like to use swap space (either on SD card or attached USB storage). How do I set it up?
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Definitive List Of Operating Systems

What is a definitive list of operating systems that work with the Raspberry Pi? I know of the distributions listed on their sites of course, but it could be beneficial to have a complete list of everything known to work (broken down by OS, and then…
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What should be done to secure Raspberry Pi?

Having tens of thousands of Raspberry Pi's connected to the internet is eventually going to capture the interest of some people who would like to do unsavory things to the little computers especially when many people are using their Pi to do network…
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Do I still need rpi-update if I am using the latest version of Raspbian?

I have a 512MB Pi. I am trying to make sure I am getting the most out of it. I just downloaded the latest version of Raspbian and installed it on the Pi. Do I also need rpi-update? Is rpi-update meant for upgrading from one version of Raspbian…
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How do I install an OS image onto an SD card?

I have just ordered my Raspberry Pi, and I want to prepare my SD card. How do I install an OS image onto an SD card?
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Is it possible to run real time software?

I know it runs Linux and there are real time patches available for Linux. Would those patches work? Has anybody tried another real-time-os on the Raspberry Pi? The idea is to use the board for regulation and control jobs that are time critical.
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Will Raspbian move to 64-bit?

In this page, the official RPi3 announcement states: You’ll need a recent NOOBS or Raspbian image from our downloads page. At launch, we are using the same 32-bit Raspbian userland that we use on other Raspberry Pi devices; over the next few months…
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Is there a Linux From Scratch (LFS) ARM equivalent

I'd like to demonstrate how it's possible to 'bootstrap' up from a near-bare installation of Linux to something useful and productive. The Tiny Core and LFS projects demonstrate this well. However they are specific images for x86 based systems Is…
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Can I install Android?

Is there an Android port for the Raspberry Pi, and if so, where can I find out more about it?
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How can I keep system time?

I know that Raspberry Pi does not come with a system clock to save money. How can I keep system time though?
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Is it possible to dual boot from the SD card?

Say I wished to have Debian Squeeze and Arch Linux ARM on my SD card. Would it be possible to dual boot from Grub?
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What is the simplest way to setup and run XBMC?

How can I get XBMC on my Raspberry Pi? I'm not particularly interested in running a specific operating system. My primary desire is to run XBMC on a Raspberry Pi. According to this official post, at least most of the work has been done by the XBMC…
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Are there any non-Linux operating systems available?

Some variation of Linux is the de facto standard for Raspberry Pi. However, smaller, lesser known operating systems do exist and some would seem appropriate for such a small device. Are there any other operating systems that are compatible with the…
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Using Raspberry Pi without a Linux OS?

I'm interested in using the Raspberry Pi as a pure embedded CPU unit, for the development of embedded applications. Since the Raspberry Pi has a powerful CPU with quite a bit of memory, it makes an excellent embedded board. Is it possible to use the…
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Can you run pfsense on a Raspberry Pi 3?

Is it possible to run pfsense on a Raspberry PI 3? They have an embedded version that runs Nano BSD.
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