New distribution images for the Raspberry Pi operating system, Raspbian, are available. The latest version includes bug fixes, security updates, and new features.
Raspbian-only version.
NOOBS (Raspbian and More) version.
I have listed the patch notes below, and BOLDED the ones found of interest:
- In startup wizard, assign keyboard to a country as per Debian installer recommendations
- In startup wizard, add an option to use US keyboard in preference to country-specific option
- In startup wizard, show IP address on the 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 a dropdown list rather than free text
- In Scratch 2 SenseHAT plugin, swap x and y-axis values for the LED array
- Include the latest Adobe Flash player (31.0.0.108)
- Include latest RealVNC Server (6.3.1)
- Include libav-tools
- Include ssh-import-id
- Removed Mathematica (made the download image smaller and can be installed later if the user needs it)
- Merge in the 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
I installed the latest version of NOOBS today on my Raspberry Pi Zero WH with fantastic results. I will be installing everything on it like I have shown you in past videos and posts and expect one here very soon.