Debian Linux

The most popular operating system for the Pi is Linux. Several Linux distributions are available for the Pi, and we chose Debian. In May 2013 the Debian team froze the latest version, named wheezy, and because of the great efforts of the Raspbian team,[11] it became quickly available for the Pi. Raspbian supersedes Debian squeeze, which was the reference operating system for the Pi for a long time.

The Raspbian distribution has many advantages over all of its predecessors. It is much faster, it has more recent software, and it is more stable. Also, it’s the preferred solution of the Raspberry team, so this book’s focus is on Raspbian.

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