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Message started by Fernando on Dec 4^th, 2020, 3:43pm

Title: New Raspberry Pi OS Release and Updates/Upgrades
Post by Fernando on Dec 4^th, 2020, 3:43pm

12/2/2020 Release, Kernel v5.4:
Raspberry Pi website for links, though I will be putting my own links here on this post...
https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/operating-systems/

This "New Version" they claim it to be is more of an update of several system issues the R-Pi has have in the past. It includes a total rewrite of the Chromium Web Browser and eliminating of the ALSA Sound Libraries for the Pulse Audio Server Libraries. ALSA has been the standard for Linux on many systems since the 1990s but in systems like the R-Pi, there have been issues with it. One such issue is it only being able to play from one sound source at a time and not multiple sources at the same time. Another improvement is being able to connect to a printer and print from the Raspberry Pi using the CUPS system (Common UNIX Printer System). CUPS has been owned by Apple Inc and has been sharing it with the Linux community since the very beginning. Now that Apple it moving its Mac Systems to the ARM CPU Architecture, an improved version of CUPS is made for the ARM CPU and systems like the Raspberry Pi can benefit from it.

There are many other small fixes to the OS and supporting applications.

Currently these are the 32Bit versions of the OS and Applications, which would make it compatible to many of the R-Pis out there. The 64Bit versions will be released at a near future date when they are done. The 64Bit versions are for the R-Pi 3+ and the R-Pi 4 series which includes the R-Pi 400 computer and Compute Modules 3 and 4. The 32Bit versions can also run the R-Pi 3+ and R-Pi 4.

After you install the OS to your SD Card and have it running to the R-PI that you have, you need to update and upgrade it as well. You do this on the Terminal with the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade

sudo apt purge bluealsa
sudo apt install pulseaudio-module-bluetooth

(Now reboot.)
sudo shutdown -r now

According to their website:

Quote:

Some people have reported that some applications are ignoring the effect of the PulseAudio output switcher. This is probably caused by an old ALSA configuration file still being on the system. Once you have updated, execute the following in a terminal window, which should fix this:

rm ~/.asoundrc

(Download links to be added when I get them... currently having problems in downloading them.)

Raspberry Pi OS Lite (450MB):
Raspberry Pi OS w/GUI (1.25GB):
Raspberry Pi OS w/GUI and Applications Software (2.9GB):