Raspberry Pi Project Developers distribution update , based on the Debian 10 "Buster" package base. Two assemblies have been prepared for download - an abbreviated one () for server systems and complete () supplied with the user environment (an offshoot of LXDE). To install from about 35 thousand packages are available.
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- The PCmanFM-based file manager has added a "Places" section to the top of the sidebar, providing quick access to mounted drives and frequently used file paths. A button for creating a new catalog has been added to the toolbar. In the directory browsing mode in the sidebar, the display of the indicator of the presence of subdirectories has been adjusted;
- Added screen reader to recommended apps list
Orca adapted to control the PIXEL desktop and applications based on GTK and Qt (with applications based on other toolkits such as Thonny, Sonic Pi and Scratch, as well as Chromium, the screen reader is not yet compatible (it is recommended to use Firefox or a recent release of Chromium 80, in which the problems are solved)); - Visual programming learning environment updated to version 1.0.4, which added the ability to load files from the command line, and added new blocks 'display stage' and 'display sprite' to the Sense HAT extension;
- Up to version 3.2.6, the Thonny integrated development environment has been updated, which can be used to teach beginners to write applications in the Python language. Thonny combines an easy-to-learn interface for beginners with advanced features for experienced programmers, such as code stepping and variable inspection, in one application. In the new release, work has been done to increase productivity when debugging projects;
- Added Code the Classics, a set of games written in Python, to the list of recommended applications;
- Functions for setting external sound devices, moved from a separate application Audio Device Preferences to the sound control panel applet;
- A separate section with display settings has been highlighted in the configurator, in which new items have appeared for controlling screen off and doubling pixels when scaling;
- The value of the Ctrl-Alt-Delete combination has been changed, which instead of calling the task manager now calls the shutdown dialog (to call the task manager, use Ctrl-Shift-Escape);
- Mesa package updated to version 19.3.2 with support for OpenGL ES 3.1;
- Improved support for multi-monitor configurations;
- NEON instruction-based optimizations are enabled in OpenSSL.
Additionally, it can be noted Raspberry Pi 64 rival HardROCK4 board, which is equipped with a 64-core CPU (Rockchip RK6 SoC with ARM Cortex A3399 CPU and Mali T53 MP860 GPU, the same as in Pinebook Pro and ROCKPro4).
The board is compatible with Linux images prepared for ROCKPro64. The device is equipped with support for 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5, Gigabit Ethernet, microSD, 2xUSB 3.0, 2xUSB 2.0, GPIO, SPI flash, eMMC, CSI, DSI and an IR receiver. Differences from the board come down to the lack of USB-C and PCIe ports. The cost of a board with 1 GB of RAM is $35, with 2 GB - $45, 4 GB - $55 (for comparison, the ROCKPro64 board with 2 GB of RAM is sold for $ 60). The HardROCK64 board will go on sale tentatively in April.
Source: opennet.ru