Developers of the Raspberry Pi project distribution update , based on Debian 10 'Buster'. Two builds have been prepared for download — a lightweight one () for server systems and a full version (), shipped with the user environment (a fork of LXDE). About 35,000 packages are available for installation from .
In :
- In the file manager based on PCmanFM, a 'Places' section has been added to the top of the sidebar, providing quick access to mounted drives and frequently used file paths. A button has been added to the toolbar for creating a new directory. In the directory view mode, a subdirectory presence indicator has been implemented in the sidebar;
- A screen reader has been added to the list of recommended applications
Orca, adapted for managing the PIXEL desktop and GTK and Qt-based applications (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 fresh release of Chromium 80, where the issues are resolved)); - Visual programming learning environment has been updated to version 1.0.4, which adds the ability to load files from the command line, and the Sense HAT extension has added new 'display stage' and 'display sprite' blocks;
- The integrated development environment Thonny has been updated to version 3.2.6, which can be used to teach beginners how to write applications in Python. Thonny combines an easy-to-learn interface for beginners with advanced features for experienced programmers, such as step-by-step code execution and variable inspection. The new release has focused on improving debugging performance for projects;
- The list of recommended applications has been expanded to include the Code the Classics game set, written in Python;
- Features for configuring external audio devices have been moved from the standalone Audio Device Preferences application to the sound control panel applet;
- A separate section with display settings has been highlighted in the configurator, which now includes new items for managing screen shutdown and pixel duplication during scaling;
- The function of the Ctrl-Alt-Delete combination has been changed, which now opens the shutdown dialog instead of the task manager (to open the task manager, use Ctrl-Shift-Escape);
- The Mesa package has been updated to version 19.3.2 with support for OpenGL ES 3.1;
- Improved support for multi-monitor configurations;
- Optimizations based on NEON instructions have been enabled in OpenSSL.
Additionally, it can be noted the Pine64 project has introduced a competing board to the Raspberry Pi 4, the HardROCK64, which features a 6-core CPU (Rockchip RK3399 SoC with ARM Cortex A53 CPU and Mali T860 MP4 GPU, the same as in the Pinebook Pro and ROCKPro64).
The board is compatible with Linux images prepared for the ROCKPro64. The device comes with 802.11ac Wi-Fi support, Bluetooth 5, Gigabit Ethernet, microSD, 2xUSB 3.0, 2xUSB 2.0, GPIO, SPI flash, eMMC, CSI, DSI, and an IR receiver. The differences from the lie in the absence of USB-C and PCIe ports. The price of the board with 1 GB of RAM is $35, with 2 GB - $45, and with 4 GB - $55 (for comparison, the ROCKPro64 board with 2 GB of RAM is sold for $60). The HardROCK64 board is expected to be available around April.
Source: opennet.ru
