Pick the best Raspberry Pi desktop OS for 2026, including Pi 5 and Pi 4 support, plus a 170MB Diet Pi base install.

There are a wide range of different Raspberry Pi OS packages available and choosing the correct one for your hardware, application or project is not always easy. Here we compliled a list of popular ...

The Raspberry Pi OS has evolved considerably from being a Debian fork (Raspbian) into a mature operating system, just about staying ahead of competing distros. Unless you have a very specific purpose ...

You probably know the Raspberry Pi for its space-efficiency and (at times) affordability. To pull off a Pi project, though, sometimes you need to squeeze every bit of power out of it you can. That's ...

The Pi 400 isn’t a powerful desktop PC—but it is a desktop PC, for $100 or less. Late Friday afternoon, I got an exciting SMS notification—my review sample of the new Raspberry Pi 400 had arrived. I ...

Setting up a Raspberry Pi board has always required a second computer, which is used to flash your operating system of choice to an SD card so your Pi can boot. But ...

A Raspberry Pi can be many things, including a desktop computer. While you're probably not meant to purchase one with the intention of it replacing your main PC, that doesn't mean people don't try. A ...

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A new release of the Raspberry Pi OS arrived last week. As usual, the release announcement gives a general overview of the most important additions and improvements, and the release notes contain a ...

The Raspberry Pi dominated the maker scene for a decade. Supply chain problems then brought the high flying to an end. With the Raspberry Pi 5, the Raspberry Pi Foundation is now attempting to break ...

Aimed at making programming more accessible to everyone, Raspberry Pi is a series of affordable computers that consist of the bare essential components required to get projects up and running.

It’s rare to come across a bespoke gadget or a cleverly hacked device that doesn’t have a tiny Raspberry Pi inside it. It’s long been one of the easiest and cheapest ways to power a custom creation, ...