Raspberry Pi OS 2023-10-10 arrives based on Debian 12
The launch of the new version of the Linux distribution specially designed for use on Raspberry computers, Raspberry Pi OS 2023-10-10 (previously known as Raspbian).
In this new release that stands out from the system, great improvements have been implemented both internally, in tools, user interface, as well as support, in addition to the classic bug and security fixes.
Main novelties of Raspberry Pi OS 2023-10-10
In this new version that is presented of Raspberry Pi OS 2023-10-10 the basis of the system has been moved to Debian 12 » Bookworm», cwith which a large part of the features of this version of Debian are implemented (you can consult the details of the release of Debian 12 here).
Another change that stands out is that Now the top panel has been replaced by the new wf-panel-pi panel. The design of the new panel is stylized to match the old lxpanel panel, and all previously available gauge plugins have been adapted to the new environment.
Besides that, now by default Pipewire media server is enabled instead of the PulseAudio audio server. Since pipeWire offers an advanced security model that allows access control at the device and transmission level, and facilitates the routing of audio and video to and from isolated containers.
It is also noted that a option to raspi-config to use NetworkManager for network configuration instead of dhcpcd. Using NetworkManager, you can work in wireless access point mode, connect to hidden wireless networks, and work via VPN.
Raspberry Pi OS 2023-10-10 now offers specially optimized versions of the Firefox browser that support Widevine DRM, hardware h.264 video decoding, screen sharing on systems with Wayland, and access to connected cameras via the port. CSI.
Regarding support improvements, it is mentioned that for Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspberry Pi 5 boards, Desktop components moved from Openbox to Wayfire Composite Manager using the Wayland protocol. This resulted in improvements in the performance of the graphical environment, in addition to allowing animated effects when opening and closing windows, and to run applications that only support X11, an XWayland layer is provided.
For those who don't want to use Wayland, the raspi-config configurator has the ability to return an X server with the Openbox window manager. In the future, it is planned that the Wayland-based environment will be used by default for older Raspberry Pi board models.
On the other hand, and touching on the theme with Wayland, in this new version There are old features that are now incompatible with Wayland, The configuration OverScan, BlueJ IDE, Greenfoot IDE and the system tray are highlighted, it is also mentioned that SenseHAT Emulator, Magnifier are not compatible with Wayfire, as well as Sonic Pi (this one is not compatible with PipeWire). These functions have been removed from the recommended list and the complete list due to incompatibility issues.
Of the other changes that stand out:
- Wayvnc is used as a VNC server, which lags behind the previously used RealVNC in terms of support for VNC clients, but works well with the TigerVNC client.
- Optimizations have been made to improve performance on older boards.
- Added a new GPU panel plugin to display the GPU load graph.
- The power plugin is enabled by default to monitor power consumption issues such as low charging voltage or overcurrent on the USB port.
Finally, if you are interested in knowing more about it About this new system update, you can check the details in the original post, In the following link.
Download Raspberry Pi OS Raspberry Pi OS 2023-10-10
As in past versions, three sets are offered for download: a reduced one (450 MB) for server systems, with a basic desktop (1 GB) and complete with an additional set of applications (2,7 GB).
If you are not a user of the distribution and you want to use it on your device. You can get the system image, You only have to go to the official website of the project where you can download the image in its download section.
At the end of your download you can use Etcher to burn the image to a flash drive and thus boot your system from your SDCard. OR alternatively you can support yourself with the use of NOOBS or PINN.
On the other hand, if you already have the system installed and want to update and receive the news of this new release of the system, you just have to execute the update commands in your terminal.
What you are going to execute in terminal is the following:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
As for those who already have an existing image and want to update, they must execute an additional command if they want to have NetworkManager:
sudo apt install network-manager