2024-11-13: * labwc updated to version 0.7.4 * Some wayfire keybindings migrated to labwc * Code the Classics 2 added to Recommended Software * raspi-config - added some additional bootloader options * Bug fix - timing issue in network plugin sometimes causing menu to fail to appear * Bug fix - crash on repeated setting of mouse and keyboard values * Bug fix - allow setting of very slow mouse speed * Bug fix - some icons not displaying in main menu and taskbar launcher * Bug fix - right-click panel menus being displayed instead of left-click in some situations * Bug fix - allow non-wireless network menu items to be accessed when wifi country not set * Bug fix - file rename dialog shown in error on multiple double-clicks in file manager list view * Bug fix - greeter background graphic restored * Bump swap to 512MB by default * Set initramfs to update for the latest kernel * Removed default rc.local file that was used to print the IP address - This is now handled by /etc/issue.d/IP.issue instead * Removed ifupdown from default install as it is not used and slows down boot * rfkill and NetworkManager defaults to blocking all devices by default - On-board adapters devices are whitelisted - WLAN devices are unblocked after the regulatory domain is set * Chromium updated to 130.0.6723.116 * Firefox updated to 132.0 * Raspberry Pi firmware a2e586ba98ce68f7d11b1c717ad8329b95dcb3b6 * Linux kernel 6.6.51 - 5aeecea9f4a45248bcf564dec924965e066a7bfd 2024-10-22: * labwc compositor now used as the default on all models of Raspberry Pi * wf-panel-pi now loads plugins dynamically at runtime * New raindrop screen configuration tool to replace arandr * squeekboard on-screen keyboard installed; will automatically run on systems with touchscreens, and can be manually enabled in rc-gui for others * Improved support for touchscreens - long press for right-click, and double-tap for double-click * Update installer moved out of panel code into separate gui-updater package * Missing cursors added to icon theme * Wizard no longer auto-pairs Bluetooth HID devices by default - create the file "/boot/firmware/btautopair" to enable, or reboot wizard after first run * Modified handling of Pi 5 power button to reduce CPU load when in shutdown dialog * Raspberry Pi Connect now controlled by dedicated panel plugin instead of system tray icon and option in rc-gui * Screen sharing in Raspberry Pi Connect now available as soon as a running WayVNC server is detected * Safety info URL added to main menu * Chromium package renamed from chromium-browser to chromium * Various memory leaks in pcmanfm fixed * Bug fix - crash when running Appearance Settings on headless systems * Bug fix - crash when opening icon chooser in application properties dialog * Translations updated * Chromium updated to 130.0.6723.58 * Firefox updated to 131.0.3 * Raspberry Pi firmware a2e586ba98ce68f7d11b1c717ad8329b95dcb3b6 * Linux kernel 6.6.51 - 5aeecea9f4a45248bcf564dec924965e066a7bfd 2024-07-04: * pipanel - allow customisation of more than 2 desktops * pipanel - add customisation for labwc * gui-pkinst - add whitelist to restrict installation to specified packages only * pixflat-theme - add theme settings for labwc * pishutdown - revert to original use of pkill to close desktop * piclone - fix for potential buffer overflow vulnerability (that would never have actually happened…) * lp-connection-editor - fix dialog icons on taskbar * rp-prefapps - add Raspberry Pi Connect; remove SmartSim * piwiz - add page to enable / disable Raspberry Pi Connect * wf-panel-pi - constrain main menu to fit on small screens * wf-panel-pi - fix dialog icons on taskbar * wf-panel-pi - fix keyboard handling and icon highlighting for taskbar buttons * raspberrypi-ui-mods - add configuration for labwc * raspberrypi-ui-mods - add support for new touchscreens * raspberrypi-ui-mods - systemd-inhibit used to override hardware power key on Pi 5 * rc-gui - add configuration of alternate keyboard layout * rc-gui - add switching for Raspberry Pi Connect * arandr - add brightness control for DSI displays * arandr - more reliable method to detect virtual displays * raspi-config - add setting of keyboard options * raspi-config - add setting of PCIe speed * raspi-config - add switching for Raspberry Pi Connect * wayvnc - better handling for virtual displays * wayvnc - improved encryption support * GTK-3 - add keyboard shortcuts in combo boxes * pcmanfm - allow customisation of more than 2 desktops * pcmanfm - fix bug causing crash and inconsistent behaviour on certain drag and drop operations * raspberrypi-sys-mods - add udev rule to allow backlight change * raspberrypi-sys-mods - increase swapfile size * raspberrypi-sys-mods - remove symlinks from paths in initramfs scripts * wayfire - fix for crash when opening multiple Xwayland windows * wayfire - fix for touchscreen bug when touching areas without windows * labwc compositor installed as an alternative to wayfire; can be enabled in raspi-config * various small bug fixes and tweaks * Chromium updated to 125.0.6422.133 * Firefox updated to 126.0 * Raspberry Pi firmware 3590de0c181d433af368a95f15bc480bdaff8b47 * Linux kernel 6.6.31 - c1432b4bae5b6582f4d32ba381459f33c34d1424 2024-03-15: * Audio streams will now not be interrupted when other audio devices are connected or disconnected * Keyboard shortcut to install Orca no longer prompts for password, and will now wait for clock synchronisation rather than failing silently * Orca screen reader updated to version 45 with various additional small bug fixes * Obsolete fbturbo video driver removed * Bug fix - saved display resolution settings not reloading under X * Raspberry Pi firmware 6e0ae774407d68659b50cfbeb9f493ed16718866 * Linux kernel 6.6.20 - 6f16847710cc0502450788b9f12f0a14d3429668 2024-03-12: * Added setting of headless resolution to Screen Configuration * Removed setting of headless resolution for Wayland from Raspberry Pi Configuration * Improved handling of power button on Raspberry Pi 5 * Popover windows from taskbar replaced with conventional windows * Shutdown assistant now closes all user processes when logging out * Wayvnc updated to improve compatibility with various VNC clients * Wayvnc now controlled by systemd * Audio icon on taskbar hidden if no audio devices connected * Alternative mouse cursor shown during drag-and-drop operations * raspi-config now allows EEPROM to be upgraded * Speed improvement when opening bluetooth and network menus * Tweaks to display of some widgets under dark theme * Improved compatibility with alternative window managers * Bug fix - prevent multiple file manager confirm dialogs being overlaid * Bug fix - drag-and-drop in file manager causing incorrect files to move * Bug fix - memory leaks in volume and bluetooth menus * Bug fix - GPU load sometimes not correctly reported in plugin and task manager * Bug fix - crash when closing windows with non-GTK headerbars * Bug fix - spurious button hover highlights on touchscreens * Bug fix - windows on other monitors being hidden from taskbar * Bug fix - corrected power monitoring brownout detection * Bug fix - wayfire keyboard layout settings sometimes not loading * Removed fbturbo xorg video driver as it is no longer useful * Chromium updated to 122.0.6261.89 * Firefox updated to 123.0 * Raspberry Pi firmware 6e0ae774407d68659b50cfbeb9f493ed16718866 * Linux kernel 6.6.20 - 6f16847710cc0502450788b9f12f0a14d3429668 2023-12-11: * Fix Raspberry Pi Imager's WLAN configuration for lite images 2023-12-05: * Serial port switching in rc_gui and raspi-config modified to support Raspberry Pi 5 * Touch screens now identified with unique per-device strings to enable correct association with display devices * Compatibility with RP1 displays added * Theme files monitored by pixdecor plugin to load changes on the fly * Main menu shortcut to The Magpi website restored * GTK+2 theme harmonised with GTK+3 theme to enable more uniform theming of Qt applications * Battery monitor plugin enabled * Taskbar Preferences menu item added to panel right-click menu * Better reloading of on-the-fly theme changes * Various improvements to Wayfire rendering * Dark GTK theme added * Bug fix - suppressed warning notifications when removing USB devices without mounted filesystems * Bug fix - volume keyboard shortcuts locked up on some devices * Bug fix - correctly handling multiple USB audio devices with same name * Bug fix - some translations not loading in panel plugins * Bug fix - window titlebars disappearing when tiled * Bug fix - local installer service failing to install local deb files * Bug fix - wizard not correctly setting locale when explicit UTF-8 character set required * Bug fix - system updates could fail if an update required the removal of an installed package * Bug fix - prevent file manager windows opening larger than screen size * Bug fix - GPU plugin displaying load percentage as -1 * Bug fix - various window manager crashes associated with shadows on certain window types * Bug fix - allow VNC to be enabled if either RealVNC or WayVNC are installed * WayVNC - improved support for encrypted connections * Mathematica now works on Raspberry Pi 5 and 64-bit * Scratch 3 now works on Raspberry Pi 5 and 64-bit * Thonny updated to version 4.1.4 * Chromium updated to 119.0.6045.171 * Firefox updated to 119.0 * gpiod binary tools included in lite images * python3-venv included in lite images * Japanese translations updated * German translation added to Appearance Settings * Raspberry Pi firmware 12af703dd07d7721c1f2f58c6f71d9fe66270838 * Linux kernel 6.1.63 2023-10-10: * Based on Debian bookworm release * Support for Raspberry Pi 5 * Desktop now runs on the Wayfire Wayland compositing window manager on Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 platforms; on X11 using the openbox window manager on older platforms * lxpanel replaced with new wf-panel-pi application when running Wayland; existing lxpanel plugins migrated; gpu performance and power plugins added * pcmanfm modified to use Wayland backend when running on Wayland * PipeWire used instead of PulseAudio as audio control subsystem; various changes made to volume control plugin to support this * NetworkManager used instead of dhcpcd as networking interface; various changes made to networking plugin to support this * Firefox browser added as alternative to Chromium; selection of default browser added to Raspberry Pi Configuration tool * WayVNC VNC server used instead of RealVNC when running on Wayland * All customisation and configuration applications modified to customise Wayfire environment as appropriate * grim used as screenshot tool instead of scrot when running on Wayland * eom image viewer used instead of gpicview * evince document viewer used instead of qpdfview * Chromium web browser updated to version 116 * VLC media player updated to version 3.0.18 * Magnifier program not available when running Wayland; Wayfire includes screen zoom capabilities * CustomPC and Wireframe removed from Bookshelf * Numerous small changes and bug fixes * Switched from raspberrypi-kernel to Debian-based kernel packaging (linux-image-rpi-*) * Switched from raspberrypi-bootloader to Debian based firmware packaging (raspi-firmware) * /boot mount point moved to /boot/firmware 2023-05-03: * 64-bit Mathematica added to rp-prefapps * Bug fix - occasional segfault in CPU temperature plugin * Bug fix - X server crash when changing screen orientation * Bug fix - X server DPMS not working * Mathematica updated to 13.2.1 * Matlab updated to 23.1.0 * Chromium updated to 113.0.5672.59 * Raspberry Pi Imager updated to 1.7.4 * RealVNC server updated to 7.0.1.49073 * RealVNC viewer updated to 7.0.1.48981 * Updated VLC HW acceleration patch * libcamera - Add generalised statistics handling. - Fix overflow that would cause incorrect calculations in the AGC algorithm. - Improve IMX296 sensor tuning. * libcamera-apps - Improve handling of audio resampling and encoding using libav - Improve performance of QT preview window rendering - Add support for 16-bit Bayer in the DNG writer - Fix for encoder lockup when framerate is set to 0 - Improved thumbnail rendering * picamera2 - MJPEG server example that uses the hardware MJPEG encoder. - Example showing preview from two cameras in a single Qt app. - H264 encoder accepts frame time interval for SPS headers. - H264 encoder should advertise correct profile/level. - H264 encoder supports constant quality parameter. - Exif DateTime and DateTimeOriginal tags are now added. - Various bug fixes (check Picamera2 release notes for more details). * Some translations added * Raspberry Pi firmware 055e044d5359ded1aacc5a17a8e35365373d0b8b * Linux kernel 6.1.21 2023-02-21: * glamor now disabled on all platforms other than Raspberry Pi 4 with legacy video driver * msdri3 video driver support added * KiCad added to Recommended Software * Support for new touchscreen driver added to Screen Resolution tool; minor UI tweaks * GTK message dialogs shown with right-justified buttons * Bug fix - updater plugin now does not clear icon when an update has failed * Bug fix - keyboard highlight now shown on GTK switch control * Some Korean and Brazilian translations added * Fix rpi-imager hidden ssid configuration * Install kms++-utils * Raspberry Pi firmware 78852e166b4cf3ebb31d051e996d54792f0994b0 * Linux kernel 5.15.84 2022-09-22: * NodeRED removed from Recommended Software and full image - should only be installed via apt * Improved speed of startup of lxpanel network controller plugins * Improved detection of Bluetooth HID devices in first-boot wizard * Bug fix - splash screen version number and date incorrect * Bug fix - text entry in searchable main menu ignored while caps or num lock active * Bug fix - keyboard shortcuts to open Wi-fi and Bluetooth plugin menus not working in 64-bit builds * Bug fix - typo in Bluetooth device menu * Bug fix - crash when cycling windows in mutter * Bug fix - spurious text output in raspi-config network configuration selection * Bug fix - firstboot script skipped further steps if rootfs resize failed * Bug fix - firstboot script inadvertently wrote /test.log * Bug fix - typo in raspi-config resulted in empty file /2 being created * Raspberry Pi firmware 48cd70fe84432c5d050637b61e4b7b9c831c98bf * Linux kernel 5.15.61 2022-09-06: * lxpanel - new main menu plugin with text search * lxpanel - new separate audio input plugin with microphone volume and input select * lxpanel - keyboard shortcuts to open wifi and bluetooth plugins added * lxpanel - notifications now shown with short delay after startup and between each * rc_gui - only allows valid hostnames to be set * piwiz - no longer allows "root" as a user name * gtk3 - menus can now be resized after being drawn * raspi-config - option to switch between dhcpcd and Network Manager added * lxpanel - new network plugin compatible with Network Manager added * piwiz - compatibility with Network Manager added * Bug fix - 100% CPU usage in file manager when desktop item unmounted * Bug fix - window manager was preventing switching between international keyboard layouts * Bug fix - system tray redrawing made more robust * Bug fix - translations not being shown in various lxpanel plugins * Bug fix - updater plugin failing on x86 images * Bug fix - force power on for Bluetooth hardware when unblocked with rfkill * Bug fix - message boxes in rc_gui not centred correctly * Bug fix - switching sessions between Wayland and X11 made more robust * Bug fix - switching of ALSA devices in raspi-config made compatible with third-party devices * Install NetworkManager (disabled) * Install OpenJDK 17 rather than OpenJDK 11 on full images * Install picamera2 * Format the root partition with the metadata_csum option * Format the boot partition with 4 sectors per cluster for a slight performance boost * Remove 'flush' mount option from the boot partition * Raspberry Pi firmware 48cd70fe84432c5d050637b61e4b7b9c831c98bf * Linux kernel 5.15.61 2022-04-04: * Default "pi" user has been removed; the first-boot wizard enforces the creation of a new user account * rename-user script added to allow existing users to be renamed by temporarily rebooting to cut-down first-boot wizard * Overscan now managed by xrandr under KMS, can be set independently for both monitors, and takes effect on the fly rather than requiring reboot * GTK3 switch control now used in place of paired radio buttons throughout * piwiz - first-boot wizard now runs in a separate session as a different user with different graphics * piwiz - first-boot wizard now has automatic pairing for discoverable Bluetooth mice and keyboards * lxinput - keyboard delay and repeat settings now persist across reboots under mutter * raspi-config / rc_gui - removed pixel doubling option when KMS driver in use * raspi-config - removed composition manager option when legacy driver in use * arandr - restored support for interlaced displays * mutter - implemented more intuitive window and application cycling behaviour * pi-greeter - rebuilt for GTK3 * Bug fix - graphical corruption in system tray icons * Bug fix - desktop items vanishing when dragged * Bug fix - terminal windows not focussed correctly when launched * Bug fix - crash after multiple update checks in updater plugin * Bug fix - Raspberry Pi keyboard auto-detect by wizard was broken in previous release * Bug fix - spurious "connected" dialog box shown when reconnecting to Bluetooth LE devices on boot * Support for experimental Wayland backend added - can be enabled as an advanced option in raspi-config * Various small bug fixes and graphical tweaks * Chromium upgraded to version 98.0.4758.106 * FFmpeg HW acceleration improved * OpenJDK 17 now defaults to 'client' JVM for ARMv6 compatibility * Raspberry Pi firmware 69277bc713133a54a1d20554d79544da1ae2b6ca * Linux kernel 5.15.30 2022-01-28: * Policykit CVE-2021-4034 fix * rc_gui - add combo box to allow resolution to be set for VNC connections * rc_gui - camera interface switch removed * lxpanel - remove appearance settings from preferences dialog; instead add menu option to open general Appearance Settings application * lxpanel - add ellipses to menu items which open dialogs * lxinput - read current mouse acceleration directly from xinput * lxinput - use device IDs rather than names to cope with devices changing when powered-down * lxinput - remove redundant changes to openbox config file * plymouth - set KillMode to mixed to suppress warning message * raspi-config - add option to switch composite video * raspi-config - add option to switch to legacy camera mode * raspi-config - add option to set resolution for headless connections * raspberrypi-ui-mods - disable mutter when VNC server is running and fall back to openbox * pipanel - add command-line option to open on arbitrary tab * lxplug-network - suppress ’scan received’ logging message * raspberrypi-ui-mods - set hover colour for taskbar items based on taskbar colour, not system highlight colour * Legacy camera applications and libraries reinstalled (32-bit only) * Bug fix - lxinput - lxsession config file not being written on first attempt * Bug fix - lxinput - set timer for file write to prevent slider slowing down * Bug fix - lxinput - write values to gsettings as well as xinput and xsettings to take effect within mutter * Bug fix - lxinput - fix failure to parse and write non-English numeric formats * Bug fix - arandr - various fixes to parsing of non-standard EDID blocks to enable model and serial to be correctly extracted * Bug fix - arandr - refresh rate calculated to 3 decimal places for monitors which require it * Bug fix - arandr - enable setting of left and right orientation * Bug fix - arandr - add compatibility with new touchscreen driver * Bug fix - arandr - apply settings correctly to DSI and composite displays * Bug fix - lxplug-magnifier - fix crash when opening preferences without required magnifier package installed * Bug fix - piwiz - launch screen reader install prompt as a new process to prevent audio lockups crashing wizard * Bug fix - lxpanel - not loading some plugins (cpufreq, minimise all windows) due to icon loading code not compatible with GTK+3 * Bug fix - gtk+3 - disabled new GDK touch events to enable double-clicks to be detected on touchscreen * Bug fix - xrdp - included backports from bookworm version of xrdp and xorgxrdp to restore window frames with mutter over xrdp connections * Update various translations * udisks2 added to lite image * mkvtoolnix added to lite image * 7z and zip support added to lite image * gnome-keyring added to desktop images * Raspberry Pi firmware c6d56567ff6ef17fd85159770f22abcf2c5953ed * Linux kernel 5.10.92 2021-10-30: * Based on Debian version 11 (bullseye) * Desktop components (lxpanel and all plugins, libfm, pcmanfm) now built against GTK+3 * Applications (piwiz, pipanel, rc_gui, lxinput) now built against GTK+3 * PiXflat GTK+3 theme updated with numerous changes to support the above * GTK+3 : toolbar icon size setting added * GTK+3 : ability to request client-side decoration on windows added * GTK+3 : setting for indent for frame labels in custom style added * mutter window manager used instead of openbox on devices with 2GB or more of RAM * mutter : title bar icon behaviour and appearance modified to match openbox * mutter : additional keyboard shortcuts added * mutter : various performance enhancements * mutter compatibility added to screen magnifier * Numerous changes to Appearance Settings application to support GTK+3 and mutter * Updater plugin added to lxpanel to detect and install software updates * File manager view options simplified to either list or icons, with separate menu option for thumbnails * New file manager toolbar icons * KMS used as default display driver * Modifications to HDMI audio output selection to support the above * xcompmgr enabled when openbox is running under KMS * New default camera subsystem based on libcamera * New camera demo applications (libcamera-still and libcamera-vid) have replaced raspistill and raspivid * Legacy camera subsystem removed from 64-bit RPi OS (still available on 32-bit) * Chromium upgraded to version 92.0.4515.98 * VLC media player upgraded to version 3.0.16 * Spurious drive removal warning after use of SD card copier removed * Bookshelf application now includes Custom PC magazine * Various translation updates - Italian, Korean, Polish, German, Armenian * Startup wizard now installs Japanese fonts if needed * Progress and information dialog boxes for lxpanel plugins now common to lxpanel, rather than in individual plugins * Icon handling code for lxpanel plugins now common to lxpanel * Package with 4K version of Raspberry Pi wallpaper added to Recommended Software * Python Games and Minecraft removed from Recommended Software - neither is compatible with bullseye * Bluetooth pairing and connection dialogs updated for compatibility with more devices * Bluetooth devices always disconnected before removal to speed up removal process * Bluetooth pairing dialog now only shows devices which offer services which are usable by Pi * Separate Bluetooth unpair dialog removed - unpair now an option for each individual device * Bug fix - mutter : header bar colours not updating when theme is changed * Bug fix - GTK+3 : tooltips being displayed incorrectly at bottom of screen * Bug fix - lxpanel : crash when using keyboard shortcut to enable magnifier when magnifier not installed * Bug fix - lxpanel : lockup in Bluetooth plugin when connecting to certain devices * Bug fix - lxpanel : discoverable mode icon could get out of sync with underlying Bluetooth system state * Bug fix - piwiz : missing cities in timezone list * Bug fix - piwiz : country-specific language packages not being installed * Bug fix - bookshelf : now waits for longer between packets before timing out * Bug fix - accented characters now displayed correctly in localisation dialogs * Raspberry Pi firmware e2bab29767e51c683a312df20014e3277275b8a6 * Linux kernel 5.10.63 2021-05-07: * Chromium upgraded to version 88.0.4324.187 * NuScratch upgraded to version 20210507 * Node-RED upgraded to version 1.3.4 * pigpio upgraded to version 1.79 * Thonny upgraded to version 3.3.6 * Icelandic and Italian translations updated for several packages * piclone: Remove hiding of application in other desktops * agnostics: Remove hiding of app in other desktops * rp-bookshelf: - Remove hiding of app in other desktops - GTK+3 version * lxplug-bluetooth: - Fix some memory leaks - Add authorisation dialog required by some BT-LE pairings * alsa-utils: Add custom init files for bcm2835 on Raspberry Pi to set volume correctly * rp-prefapps: Remove hiding of app in other desktops * OpenSSH and OpenSSL speed improvements * Install gpiozero in lite images * Raspberry Pi firmware 518ee7c871aaa9aaa88116953d57e73787ee6e43 * Linux kernel 5.10.17 2021-03-04: * Thonny upgraded to version 3.3.5 * SD Card Copier made compatible with NVMe devices; now built against GTK+3 toolkit * Composite video options removed from Raspberry Pi 4 in Raspberry Pi Configuration * Boot order options in raspi-config adjusted for more flexibility * Recommended Software now built against GTK+3 toolkit * Fix for crash in volume plugin when using keyboard could push value out of range * Fix for focus changing between windows in file manager when using keyboard to navigate directory view * Fix for Raspberry Pi 400 keyboard country not being read correctly in startup wizard * Armenian and Japanese translations added to several packages * Automatically load aes-neon-bs on ARM64 to speed up OpenSSL * Raspberry Pi firmware fcf8d2f7639ad8d0330db9c8db9b71bd33eaaa28 * Linux kernel 5.10.17 2021-01-11: * Chromium version 86.0.4240.197 included * Screen reader support enabled in Chromium * Adobe have end-of-lifed Flash Player, so it has been removed * Scratch 2 required Flash, so it has been removed * Added Epson printer drivers * Added timeout to hide messages from USB device monitor after 5 seconds * Bug fix - PulseAudio output was in mono * Bug fix - brief audio interruptions at start of playback in VLC * Bug fix - old ALSA output settings being used instead of PulseAudio settings by some applications * Bug fix - crash in PulseAudio volume controller when used on multichannel devices * Bug fix - battery monitor failing to load on x86 platforms * Bug fix - setting of password in startup wizard failed if language was changed * Bug fix - Chromium video playback lockup on small number of devices * Bug fix - Chromium Google Maps 3D view artefacts * Slovak, Italian and Norwegian translations updated * Added Epson printer drivers * Raspberry Pi firmware 70f1581eec2c036b7e9309f1af41c651fb125447 * Linux kernel 5.4.83 2020-12-02: * PulseAudio now included and running by default * Bluealsa Bluetooth interface removed - Bluetooth audio is now handled by PulseAudio * LXPanel volume control plugin replaced with PulseAudio version * Version 84.0.4147.105 of Chromium web browser included * Version 3.3.0 of Thonny included * Version 32.0.0.453 of Flash player included - note that this will be the final release of Flash, as it is end-of-lifed at the end of 2020 * CUPS printer system included, along with system-config-printer CUPS GUI and HP printer drivers * raspi-config menu structure rearranged to match Raspberry Pi Configuration tabs * Control for GPIO-connected fans added to raspi-config and Raspberry Pi Configuration * Control for power / activity LED on Pi 400 and Pi Zero added to raspi-config and Raspberry Pi Configuration * Improved screen reader voice prompts in several applications * Added ctrl-alt-space shortcut to install Orca screen reader at any point * Low voltage warnings added to battery monitor plugin * Magnifier plugin zoom can now be changed with scroll wheel when pointer is over icon * Change to notification popups - now will only close when clicked on directly, not by clicking anywhere * Bookshelf now made compatible with translated versions of books and magazines, and will offer translated versions where available, based on system language setting * Bug fix - crash in CPU temperature plugin when throttling detection fails * Bug fix - if Orca is running, shutdown commands and shutdown dialog will force kill it to prevent it locking up the reboot or shutdown process * Various additional language translations added * Various minor bug fixes and UI tweaks * Raspberry Pi firmware b324aea801f669b6ab18441f970e74a5a7346684 * Linux kernel 5.4.79 2020-08-20: * raspi-config - added selection of boot device order * raspi-config - added selection of boot EEPROM version * SD Card Copier - copy is now immediately aborted if drives are connected or disconnected while copying * Version 32.0.0.414 of Flash player included * User feedback survey removed from first run of Chromium * Recommended Software - now allows multiple install and reinstall operations without having to close between each one * Bug fix - misleading file browser from panel menu icon selection dialog - icons must now be in icon theme rather than arbitrary files * Bug fix - items in main menu not being translated * Bug fix - raspi-config not detecting audio devices in non-English locales * Bug fix - Bookshelf claiming no disk space in non-English locales * Bug fix - failed installation of both 32 and 64 bit versions of packages by Recommended Software on 64-bit images * Italian translations added (thanks to Emanuele Goldoni and the Italian translation team) * Raspberry Pi firmware ef72c17bcaaeb89093d87bcf71f3228e1b5e1fff * Linux kernel 5.4.51 2020-05-27: * Added Bookshelf application * Added Raspberry Pi Diagnostics application * Added magnifier plugin to taskbar - needs magnifier application installed from Recommended Software to enable * Added Magnifier application to Recommended Software * Added marketing questionnaire as initial Chromium tab * Version 0.25 of Scratch 2 included - uses external application to access IMU on SenseHAT * Version 1.0.5 of Scratch 3 included - uses external application to access IMU on SenseHAT * Version 32.0.0.371 of Flash player included * Version 1.0.6 of Node-RED included * Version 6.7.1 of VNC Server included * Version 6.20.113 of VNC Client included * Internal audio outputs enabled as separate ALSA devices * MagPi preinstall removed and replaced with Beginner’s Guide * MagPi weblink removed from main menu * Chromium made default application for PDF files * Common icon loading code for lxpanel plugins used * Italian translations added * Initial move of mouse pointer to menu button disabled * Padding at left of menu button removed * Focus behaviour changed so that focus moves to desktop if no windows are opened - improves reliability of Orca screen reader * Bug fix - focus bug in volume plugin * Bug fix - keyboard repeat interval bug in Mouse & Keyboard Settings * Bug fix - battery detection bug in battery plugin * Bug fix - spurious active areas on taskbar when plugins are hidden * Bug fix - occasional crash in file manager on file selection * Disk ID is now regenerated on first boot * Updated udev rules - Remove unused argon rule - Add vcsm-cma to video group - Add pwm to gpio group * i2cprobe: More flexible I2C/SPI alias mapping * Raspberry Pi firmware 21e1fe3477ffb708a5736ed61a924fd650031136 * Linux kernel 4.19.118 2020-02-13: * Raspberry Pi Configuration - screen blanking setting disabled if Xscreensaver is installed * Bug fix - switch to turn off VNC server in Raspberry Pi Configuration has no effect * Bug fix - fix %20 characters in file names * Linux kernel 4.19.97 * Raspberry Pi firmware 9a34efbf2fc6a27231607ce91a7cb6bf3bdbc0c5 - gencmd: Fix measure_clock name for CLOCK_OUTPUT_108 - mmal isp: Remote alignment requirements for RGB24 formats - Add missing flags for VC_IMAGE_PROP_YUVUV_4K_CHROMA_ALIGN - platform: Compromise on gpu overclock settings 2020-02-05: * Version 3.2.6 of Thonny included - significant improvements in speed, particularly when debugging * Version 1.0.4 of Scratch 3 included - adds new "display stage" and "display sprite" blocks to SenseHAT extension, and loading of files from command line * Version 32.0.0.314 of Flash player included * Version 1.0.3 of NodeRED included * Version 6.6.0 of RealVNC Server and version 6.19.923 of RealVNC Viewer included - adds support for audio * Version 78.0.3904.108 of Chromium included * Mesa updated to 19.3.2 for OpenGL ES 3.1 conformance * Pixel doubling option added in Raspberry Pi Configuration on platforms using FKMS display driver * Orca screen reader added to Recommended Software * Code The Classics Python games added to Recommended Software * File manager - new "places" pane added at top of sidebar to show mounted drives in simplified view; "new folder" icon added to taskbar; expanders in directory browser now correctly show state of subfolders * Multiple monitor support improved - alignment of icons on second desktop corrected, Appearance Settings opens on correct tab when launched from context menu * Raspberry Pi Touchscreen correctly aligned with display * System clock synchronised before installing new packages in startup wizard and Recommended Software * Mixer dialogs added to taskbar volume plugin; separate Audio Preferences application removed * Raspberry Pi Configuration - separate tab added for display options; screen blanking control added * Volume taskbar plugin and raspi-config modified to support separate ALSA devices for internal audio outputs (analogue and HDMI 1 and 2) * Robustness improvements in volume, ejecter and battery taskbar plugins * Movement of mouse pointer to menu button on startup now controlled by point_at_menu parameter in Global section of lxpanel configuration file * Ctrl-Alt-Del and Ctrl-Alt-End shortcuts added to open shutdown options box * Ctrl-Shift-Esc shortcut added to open task manager * Enabled NEON routines in OpenSSL * Linux kernel 4.19.97 * Raspberry Pi firmware 149cd7f0487e08e148efe604f8d4d359541cecf4 2019-09-26: * rpi-eeprom included - This will automatically update the SPI EEPROM on the Raspberry Pi 4 to the latest stable version. See https://rpf.io/eeprom for more information. * New icon theme for file manager icons * Appearance Settings - option for identical desktop on both monitors * Appearance Settings - option to show different desktop icons on both monitors * Taskbar automatically moved to monitor 0 if monitor 1 not found at boot * Switching of audio output between two HDMI devices added to volume plugin * Switching of audio input devices added to volume plugin * .asoundrc (ALSA config file) now uses 'plug' values to support more devices * Audio Settings tool modified to integrate more closely with volume plugin to reduce duplicated code * Screen Configuration tool now shows separate menus for resolution and refresh rate * Primary and active monitor settings removed from Screen Configuration tool * Overscan support added for FKMS driver * New keyboard shortcuts added - Ctrl-Alt-End brings up shutdown menu; Ctrl-Alt-M moves taskbar between monitors * Latest changes to Bluez ALSA interface integrated to improve connection to Bluetooth audio devices * Mousepad used as simple text editor instead of leafpad * Version 3.2 of Thonny added * Version 74 of Chromium added * Version 3.0.8 of VLC added * Version 32.0.0.255 of Flash player added * Version 6.5.0 of RealVNC Server added * Version 6.19.715 of RealVNC Viewer added (full image only) * Version 12.0.1 of Mathematica added (full image only) * Version 0.20.8 of NodeRED added (full image only) * Version 3.1.0 of Sonic Pi added (full image only) * Scratch 3 added (full image only) * Bug fix - URL handling in Terminal * Bug fix - octal values in SSIDs in network plugin * Bug fix - remaining value in progress bar when transferring files * Bug fix - integration of xarchiver tool with file manager * Bug fix - start menu opening on incorrect monitor * Bug fix - minimised applications wrongly displayed on taskbar on second monitor * Bug fix - Bluetooth icon disappearing on x86 platforms when Bluetooth turned off * Bug fix - Screen Configuration tool not shown on x86 platforms and settings not being saved * Various translation updates * Various minor bug fixes * Epiphany/Web removed * ntfs-3g included * pciutils added * Linux kernel 4.19.75 * Raspberry Pi firmware 01508e81ec1e918448227ca864616d56c430b46d 2019-07-10: * Clearer options for switching of Pi 4 video output in Raspberry Pi Configuration * Option added to Appearance Settings to move taskbar to second monitor * Option added to Recommended Software to restrict package installs by architecture * New version of Adobe Flash player (32.0.0.223) * Selection of screen refresh rates added to Screen Configuration * Fix for missing text insertion cursor in LibreOffice on Pi 4 * Fix for Wi-fi interruption when Wi-fi icon on taskbar is clicked * FIx for incorrect desktop background behind desktop login prompt * Fix for segmentation faults when launching obconf and lxapperarance * Fix for unclosed file pointer in Screen Configuration * Fix for Bluetooth plugin freeze when large numbers of devices detected * Fix for opening URLs not working in lxterminal * Fix for start menu opening on incorrect monitor when launched from keyboard * Fix for taskbar item not having [] removed when un-minimising on second monitor * Fix for Chromium video playback and WebGL performance on Pi 4 * Remove 4kp60 option from Raspberry Pi Configuration * Rename hdmi_enable_4k to hdmi_enable_4kp60 in /boot/config.txt and raspi-config * Linux kernel 4.19.57 * Raspberry Pi firmware 356f5c2880a3c7e8774025aa6fc934a617553e7b 2019-06-20: * Based on Debian Buster * Support for Raspberry Pi 4 hardware * FKMS OpenGL desktop graphics driver and xcompmgr compositing window manager used when running on Raspberry Pi 4 * Screen Configuration application added for use with FKMS driver * Raspberry Pi 4 video output options added to Raspberry Pi Configuration * Uses new PiXflat UI theme for GTK and Openbox * CPU activity gauge plugin no longer shown on taskbar by default * CPU temperature gauge plugin added (not shown by default) * USB ejecter and Bluetooth taskbar icons hidden when not appropriate * Version 74.0.3729.157 of Chromium web browser included * Version 32.0.0.207 of Flash player included * IDLE Python IDE removed * Wolfram Mathematica removed temporarily due to incompatibility with Buster * Display of package sizes removed from Recommended Software * Appearance Settings modified to support independent settings for two monitors * Oracle Java 7 and 8 replaced with OpenJDK 11 * Miscellaneous small bug fixes * On-board 5GHz WiFi blocked by rfkill by default The block is removed when taking one of the following actions: - Selecting a locale in the first run wizard - Setting the WiFi country in the Raspberry Pi Configuration tool or the Network Settings applet - Setting the WiFi country in raspi-config - Providing a wpa_supplicant.conf file through the boot partition - Running 'rfkill unblock wifi' * Boot partition size set to 256M * Linux kernel 4.19.50 * Raspberry Pi firmware 88ca9081f5e51cdedd16d5dbc85ed12a25123201 2019-04-08: * Chromium browser updated to version 72 * VLC media player updated to version 3.0.6 * RealVNC Server updated to version 6.4.0 * Flash player updated to version 32.0.0.156 * Performance improvements to SDL library * Performance improvements to pixman library * Option to set display underscan added to startup wizard * Mounted external drives now displayed on desktop by default * Network plugin modified for improved compatibility with wpa_passphrase * SD Card Copier tweaks to reduce copy failures * Various minor bug fixes and appearance tweaks * Added ethtool * Added rng-tools * Add PINN restore support * Linux kernel 4.14.98 * Raspberry Pi firmware f8939644f7bd3065068787f1f92b3f3c79cf3de9 2018-11-13: * Two versions of image created - "base" image has no optional software packages included; "full" image has all optional packages - Removed from "base" image - LibreOffice, Thonny, Scratch, Scratch 2, Sonic Pi, Minecraft, Python Games, SmartSim, SenseHAT Emulator - Added to "full" image - Mathematica, BlueJ, Greenfoot, Node-RED, Claws Mail, VNC Viewer * Python Games and SmartSim added to Recommended Software * VLC media player with VideoCore hardware acceleration included in image * Version 3.0.5 of Thonny included * Modifications to LXDE components to enable local configuration to override global configuration correctly * Modifications to Appearance Settings to support above configuration changes * Modifications to various initial config defaults and relevant package to support above configuration changes * Selecting default option in Appearance Settings now deletes relevant local configuration files * PiX theme modified so that all changes made in Appearance Settings are in override files rather than in theme files * Design of scrollbar buttons changed * Image Viewer moved into Graphics category on main menu * Recommended Software now installs LibreOffice language support files if needed, and suggests reboot if needed * Latest version of Pepper Flash plugin included * Chromium h264ify plugin permissions set correctly by default * Corrections to various MIME types so that files open in sensible default applications * Set default timezone to 'Europe/London' * Linux kernel 4.14.79 * Raspberry Pi firmware 12e0bf86e08d6067372bc0a45d7e8a10d3113210 2018-10-09: * Raspberry Pi 3A+ support * In startup wizard, assign keyboard to country as per Debian installer recommendations * In startup wizard, add option to use US keyboard in preference to country-specific option * In startup wizard, show IP address on first page * In startup wizard, check for existing wifi network connection and show it if there is one * In startup wizard, install language support packages for LibreOffice and other applications * In startup wizard, improve operation with keyboard only and no mouse * Password change in Raspberry Pi Configuration and startup wizard now works properly if passwords contain shell characters * Battery indicator plugin modified to cope with Pi-top hardware monitor crashing * Networking plugin hides wifi password characters by default * In Scratch 2 GPIO plugin, set pin from dropdown list rather than free text * In Scratch 2 SenseHAT plugin, swap x and y axis values for LED array * Include latest Adobe Flash player (31.0.0.108) * Include latest RealVNC Server (6.3.1) * Include libav-tools * Include ssh-import-id * Removed Mathematica * Merge in latest third-party code for Bluetooth ALSA interface * Add ability to prevent software update changing configuration files, by creating ~/.config/.lock file * Various other small bug fixes, tweaks and changes to text * Make dhcpcd work with 3G devices * Add hw acceleration to ffmpeg * Improved WiFi-BT coexistence parameters * Run fake-hwclock before systemd-fsck-root * Raspberry Pi PoE HAT support * Linux kernel 4.14.71 * Raspberry Pi firmware 5b49caa17e91d0e64024380119ad739bb201c674 2018-06-27: * New first-boot configuration wizard added * Recommended Software installer added * Bluej, Greenfoot, NodeRED, Claws Mail, VNC Viewer removed from image - can now be installed from Recommended Applications * Qpdfview PDF viewer installed instead of Xpdf * Version 65.0 of Chromium browser included, with latest Flash player * Volume up / down keys now change by 5% increments and affect currently-selected output device rather than internal device only * Network plugin now remembers previously-entered WiFi network passwords when prompting for reconnection * Serial port and serial console can now be switched separately in Raspberry Pi Configuration * Lxkeymap keyboard language setting application removed - replaced with dialog within Raspberry Pi Configuration * Wifi country and keyboard language setting dialogs in Raspberry Pi Configuration now callable from other applications * New version of Piboto font included to render with correct weight under some rogue applications * Reconnection to Bluetooth audio devices on reboot improved * Disable click-to-rename behaviour in file manager if single-click selection enabled * Appearance Settings dialog makes config changes to some Qt files to match selected theme * MIME file type associations improved * Multiple desktop management options removed from mouse middle-click menu * Menu shortcuts to Raspberry Pi website amended * Python 2 IDLE menu link removed * Sample Magpi PDF installed in /home/pi/MagPi * Various minor tweaks, bug fixes and appearance changes * Bluetooth updates - Firmware with Bluetooth 4.2 features - SCO profile suppot added via bthelper.service * Linux kernel 4.14.50+ * Raspberry Pi firmware 748fb17992426bb29d99224b93cb962fefbdc833 2018-04-18: * Fixed race between wifi-country.service and raspberrypi-net-mods.service * Linux kernel 4.14.34+ * Raspberry Pi firmware 5db8e4e1c63178e200d6fbea23ed4a9bf4656658 2018-03-13: * Raspberry Pi 3 B+ support * WiFi is disabled until wireless regulatory domain is set (Pi 3 B+ only) - The domain can be done through 'Raspberry Pi Configuration' (rc_gui), 'raspi-config' or by setting 'country=' to an appropriate ISO 3166 alpha2 country code in /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf. * Default wireless regulatory domain is now unset * Added support to desktop for different screen sizes and resolutions, including multiple preset options in Appearance Settings and pixel doubling option in Raspberry Pi Configuration * Version 2.1.16 of Thonny included * Version 29.0.0.113 of Adobe PepperFlash player included * Version 1.2.post1 of Pygame Zero included * Bluetooth plugin now supports connection to Bluetooth LE HID devices * Network plugin now indicates 5G-compatible APs * Latest changes to Bluez ALSA service merged - service now started on CLI boot as well as GUI boot * Latest changes to dhcpcd networking plugin merged * Improved support for running on pi-top devices * Small design changes to PiX theme and icons * Bug fix - hide spurious window resize handles * Bug fix - Scratch 2 remote GPIO state block now works correctly * Updated WiFi Firmware - brcmfmac43455-sdio 7.45.154 - brcmfmac43430-sdio 7.45.98.38 * New packages: - policykit-1 - obconf - python-buttonshim python3-buttonshim - python-unicornhathd python3-unicornhathd - python-pantilthat python3-pantilthat * Linux kernel 4.9.80+ * Raspberry Pi firmware 3347884c7df574bbabeff6dca63caf686e629699 2017-11-29: * Added battery monitor plugin for taskbar - works on x86 images or first-generation Pi-Top * Added cutdown mode to PCManFM file manager to reduce complexity * Added ability to rename files in PCManFM by clicking name when selected * Bug fix in Bluetooth ALSA module to reduce truncation of audio at end of playback * Various small tweaks, bug fixes and theme modifications * New kernel and firmware 2017-09-07: * Disable predictable network interface names for Ethernet devices * Bug fix for keyboard settings dialog in Raspberry Pi Configuration * Bug fix for crash on some videos and animations in Chromium * Bug fix for taskbar crash when running RealVNC server * Bug fix for reloading projects with extensions in Scratch 2 * Bug fix for MAC address problem in Bluetooth * Simple mode and new icons in Thonny * New Japanese translations in Raspberry Pi Configuration * Install fonts-droid-fallback for international fonts 2017-08-16: * Based on Raspbian Stretch (Debian version 9) * Version 60 of Chromium browser included * Version 3.0.1 of Sonic Pi included * Version 6.1.1 of RealVNC included * Version 0.17.4 of NodeRED included * Bluetooth audio routed via ALSA rather than Pulseaudio * SenseHAT extension added to Scratch 2 * Various desktop applications modified to prompt for sudo password if needed * lxinput control options for mouse speed simplified * lxpanel plugins moved into separate packages * Wireless firmware for Pi 3 and Pi 0W modified to address Broadpwn exploit * Latest kernel and firmware * Various small tweaks, bug fixes and theme modifications 2017-07-05: * New kernel and firmware * Filesystem created without the metadata_csum feature 2017-06-21: * Scratch 2 application included * Thonny Python IDE included * New icons with thinner outlines * Volume control more linear in behaviour * Updated Flash player * Updated RealVNC server and viewer * Various tweaks and bugfixes * New kernel and firmware 2017-04-10: * Wolfram Mathematica updated to version 11.0.1 * Adobe Flash Player updated to version 25.0.0.127 * Use PARTUUID to support USB boot 2017-03-02: * Updated kernel and firmware (final Pi Zero W support) * Wolfram Mathematica updated to version 11 * NOOBS installs now checks for presence of 'ssh' file on the NOOBS partition. 2017-02-16: * Chromium browser updated to version 56 * Adobe Flash Player updated to version 24.0.0.221 * RealVNC Server and Viewer updated to version 6.0.2 (RealVNC Connect) * Sonic Pi updated to version 2.11 * Node-RED updated to version 0.15.3 * Scratch updated to version 120117 * Detection of SSH enabled with default password moved into PAM * Updated desktop GL driver to support use of fake KMS option * Raspberry Pi Configuration and raspi-config allow setting of fixed HDMI resolution * raspi-config allows enabling of serial hardware independent of serial terminal * Updates to kernel and firmware * Various minor bug fixes and usability and appearance tweaks 2017-01-11: * Re-release of the 2016-11-25 image with a FAT32-formatted boot partition 2016-11-25: * SSH disabled by default; can be enabled by creating a file with name "ssh" in boot partition * Prompt for password change at boot when SSH enabled with default password unchanged * Adobe Flash Player included * Updates to hardware video acceleration in Chromium browser * Greeter now uses background image from last set in Appearance Settings rather than pi user * Updated version of Scratch * Rastrack option removed from raspi-config and Raspberry Pi Configuration * Ability to disable graphical boot splash screen added to raspi-config and Raspberry Pi Configuration * Appearance Settings dialog made tabbed to work better on small screens * Raspberry Pi Configuration now requires current password to change password * Various small bug fixes * Updated firmware and kernel 2016-09-23: * New PIXEL desktop environment - new icon set, window design, desktop images, splash screen and greeter * Chromium web browser included * Infinality font rendering patches included * RealVNC server and viewer included * SenseHAT emulator included * Rfkill entries added to Wifi and Bluetooth panel plugins * Updates to various standard applications, including Scratch and NodeRED * Various bug fixes, tweaks and translation updates * Updated firmware and kernel (https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/commit/ad8608c08b122b2c228dba0ff5070d6e9519faf5) 2016-05-27: * Fixed crash of lxpanel when D-bus not accessible * Fixed permissions for D-bus Bluetooth access * Removed sudo from shutdown options * Appearance of tooltips updated in theme * Fixed ejecter plugin grabbing focus * raspi-config command line and GUI apps tidied; unnecessary reboots removed * More error detection in piclone; copying of volume names and IDs added * Updated translation files 2016-05-10: * New version of Scratch, which no longer requires sudo * New version of BlueJ * New version of NodeRED * New version of pypy * pigpio included * geany editor included * SD Card Copier added (can be used to duplicate or back up the Pi) * Bluetooth plugin added to taskbar * Volume control on taskbar now compatible with Bluetooth devices * New shutdown helper application * Mouse double-click speed setting added to mouse and keyboard preference application * Option to enable / disable 1-wire interface and remote access to pigpio added to Raspberry Pi config application * File system automatically expanded on first boot * Empty Wastebasket option added to right-click menu * Ctrl-Alt-T can be used to open a terminal window * Various small bug fixes and appearance tweaks * Updated firmware and kernel (https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/commit/cc6d7bf8b4c03a2a660ff9fdf4083fc165620866) 2016-03-18: * updated firmware and kernel (https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/commit/951799bbcd795ddf27769d14acf4813fdcbe53dc) * use serial0 in cmdline.txt * wpa_supplicant.conf country default to GB (allows use of channels 12 and 13) 2016-02-26: * Support added for Pi 3, including Wifi and Bluetooth * Option to set wifi country code added to raspi-config 2016-02-09: * dtb that uses mmc sdcard driver (fixes problems experienced with certain SD cards) 2016-02-03: * new version of Sonic Pi (2.9) * new version of Scratch (15/1/16) * new version of Node-Red (2.5) * new version of Wolfram (10.3) * optional experimental GL desktop driver (can be enabled using advanced options in command-line raspi-config) * new version of Java (1.8.0_65) * new version of WiringPi * raspi-gpio included * ping no longer requires sudo (except NOOBS installs) * support for more USB audio devices in lxpanel * bug fix for creation of new menus in Alacarte * various changes to raspi-config and GUI to tidy up board support and fix bugs, and updated translations * small tweaks to theme to support GL driver 2015-11-21: * Included IBM Node-RED IoT application * Included graphical package manager * Included accelerated pixman library * Updated Epiphany browser to improve video compatibility * Updated Scratch with performance improvements and bug fixes * Updated Raspberry Pi configuration to allow boot to pause while network is established * Various minor bug fixes 2015-09-25: * Based on Debian Jessie * Upgraded applications - Epiphany browser, Scratch and Sonic Pi * Included applications - LibreOffice, Claws Mail, Greenfoot, BlueJ * Included utilities - Alacarte menu editor, Lxkeymap, scrot, tree, pip * New GUI-based Raspberry Pi Configuration application * GPIO control now possible without need for sudo * Web link to Magpi magazine included * New taskbar plugin to eject mounted USB drives * Default boot is now to GUI not desktop * Look and feel now based on GTK+3 default theme * Print screen key launches scrot to produce screenshot * Common keyboards autodetected by GUI and drivers loaded accordingly * Numerous small tweaks and bugfixes 2015-05-05: * Updated UI changes * Updated firmware * Install raspberrypi-net-mods * Install avahi-daemon * Add user pi to new i2c and spi groups * Modified udev rules for i2c and spi devices 2015-02-16: * Newer firmware with various fixes * New Sonic Pi release * Pi2 compatible RPi.GPIO * Updated Wolfram Mathematica 2015-01-31: * Support for Pi2 * Newer firmware * New Sonic Pi release * Updated Scratch * New Wolfram Mathematica release * Updated Epiphany 2014-12-24: * Fix regression with omission of python-pygame 2014-12-22: * New firmware with variosu fixes and improvements * New UI configuration for lxde * Various package updates * python3-pygame preinstalled * 'nuscratch', scratch running on the Cog StackVM * Misc other changes 2014-09-09: * New firmware with various fixes and improvements * Minecraft Pi pre-installed * Sonic Pi upgraded to 2.0 * Include Epiphany browser work from Collabora * Switch to Java 8 from Java 7 * Updated Mathematica * Misc minor configuration changes 2014-06-20: * New firmware with various fixes, and kernel bugfix 2014-06-02: * Many, many firmware updates with major USB improvements * pyserial installed by default * picamera installed by default 2014-01-07: * Firmware updated * Some space saved on the root filesystem 2013-12-20: * Firmware updated, includes V4L2 fixes * Update omxplayer 2013-12-18: * Firmware updated and now using kernel 3.10. Many, many improvements * fbturbo XOrg driver is now included and enabled by default. Thanks to ssvb https://github.com/ssvb/xf86-video-fbturbo * Update Scratch image with further bug fixes * Include Wolfram Mathematica * Update to PyPy 2.2 * Update omxplayer * Include v4l-utils for use with experimental V4L2 Raspberry Pi camera driver * Update squeak-vm to fix issues with loading JPEGs 2013-09-25: * Update Scratch image for further performance improvements * Include Oracle JDK * At least a 4GiB SD card is now required (see above) * Include PyPy 2.1 * Include base piface packages * Update raspi-config to include bugfix for inheriting language settings from NOOBS 2013-09-10: * Updated to current top of tree firmware * Update squeak-vm, including fastblit optimised for the Raspbery Pi * Include Sonic Pi and a fixed jackd2 package * Support boot to Scratch * Inherit keyboard and language settings from NOOBS