UNRELEASED: * 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