Coming up in this episode
1. The History of ~~Raspbian~~ Raspberry Pi OS
2. What we've been doing with Pi's
3. And we run something over the break
Watch the video for this episode on Youtube (https://youtu.be/nLPuojqJbK4)
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0:00 Cold Open
1:36 SBC, One, Two, Three
17:24 Raspberry Pi History: The Early Days
19:55 2006 - 2012
22:22 2012 - 2014
26:26 2014 - 2017
33:28 2017 - 2020
37:05 2020 - 2023
43:12 Hot Pis and Hot Takes
1:07:41 Next Season: A Twofer
1:16:36 Stinger
Banter
ZimaBoard (https://www.zimaboard.com)
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NanoPi R2S (https://wiki.friendlyelec.com/wiki/index.php/NanoPi_R2S)
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Raspberry Pi OS the History
BBC Micro (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Micro)
ZX Spectrum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum)
The very first Raspberry Pi prototypes (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-2006-edition/)
Early alpha boards (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/the-alpha-boards-are-here/)
Paul Beech's logo (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/logo-competition-we-have-a-winner/)
Early hacking resulted in a functional Debian Squeeze installation (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/first-root-filesystem-available-for-download/)
The Raspberry Pi is official (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/the-raspberry-pi-launch/)
Arch Linux ARM supporting the Raspberry Pi is out in the wild (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/arch-linux-arm-available-for-download/)
Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-fedora-remix-our-recommended-distro-is-ready-for-download/)
The first Raspbian SD Image was made available for testing (http://www.zen103156.zen.co.uk/rpitime.pdf)
Raspberry Pi's began hitting doorsteps (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/deliveries-have-started/)
Quake III runs on Raspberry Pi (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/fancy-a-quake-iii-deathmatch/)
Debian Wheezy beta build hits the public net (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/debian-wheezy-public-beta/)
Raspbian was officially announced (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspbian-based-sd-card-image-released/)
Turbo Mode is added (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-turbo-mode-up-to-50-more-performance-for-free/)
The model B got upgraded (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/model-b-now-ships-with-512mb-of-ram/)
The Model A is finally available (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/model-a-now-for-sale-in-europe-buy-one-today/)
Minecraft: Pi Edition is released (https://web.archive.org/web/20130214025539/http://mojang.com/2013/02/minecraft-pi-edition-is-available-for-download/)
The cameras and updates in Raspbian are released (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/camera-board-available-for-sale/)
Wayland preview is announced (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/wayland-preview/)
NOOBS (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-noobs/)
Pi NoIR camera is now available (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/pi-noir-infrared-camera-now-available/)
No Foolin'. A website revamp (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/welcome-to-our-new-website/)
Raspberry Pi compute module is announced (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-compute-module-new-product/)
Compute module development kits were available (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/compute-module-development-kits-now-available/) in June.
Raspberry Pi B+ is launched (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-raspberry-pi-model-b-plus/)
Hardware Attached on Top (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-raspberry-pi-hats/)
Model A+ is announced (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-model-a-plus-on-sale/)
The Raspberry Pi 2 launched (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-2-on-sale/)
The Raspberry Pi becomes the best selling British computer (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/18/raspberry-pi-becomes-best-selling-british-computer)
Raspbian rebases on Jessie (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspbian-jessie-is-here/)
Raspberry Pi Zero lands (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-zero/)
Raspberry Pi 3 releases (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-3-on-sale/)
About 5% of website traffic was served up (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/serving-raspberry-pi-3-launch-raspberry-pi-3/) by a Pi 3 on launch day.
A camera connector for the Pi zero (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/zero-grows-camera-connector/)
Raspbian is now (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/docker-comes-to-raspberry-pi/) a fully supported platform for Docker!
SUSE released (https://www.suse.com/communities/blog/suse-linux-enterprise-server-raspberry-pi/) a 64-bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi.
PIXEL is now available (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/pixel-pc-mac/) for any machine that can run Debian Jessie!
Compute Module 3 is released (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/compute-module-3-launch/)
Pi Zero W is added to the lineup (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-zero-w-joins-family/)
Raspbian rebases on Stretch (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspbian-stretch/)
The release for PCs and Macs rebases too (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/stretch-pcs-macs-raspbian-update/)
The setup wizard runs automatically on first start. (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspbian-update-june-2018/)
Pi 3 Model A+ hits shelves (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/new-product-raspberry-pi-3-model-a/)
Raspberry Pi 4 goes on sale (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-4-on-sale-now-from-35/)
With the Pi 4 an overhauled OS gets shipped (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/buster-the-new-version-of-raspbian/)
Feb 2020 a new Raspbian release (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/a-new-raspbian-update/)
12.3 MP high quality camera hits the streets (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/new-product-raspberry-pi-high-quality-camera-on-sale-now-at-50/)
8GB version of the Raspberry Pi 4 is on sale (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/8gb-raspberry-pi-4-on-sale-now-at-75/)
Raspbian ==> Raspberry Pi OS (https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-os-no-longer-raspbian)
Compute Module 4 lands (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-compute-module-4/)
Raspberry Pi 400. A Pi 4 built into a keyboard (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-400-the-70-desktop-pc/)
Dec 2020 Raspberry Pi OS release (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/new-raspberry-pi-os-release-december-2020/)
Raspberry Pi Pico (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-silicon-pico-now-on-sale/)
Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W is now on sale (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/new-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-2/)
The November 2021 release (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-os-debian-bullseye/)
Raspberry Pi OS in 64-bit finally hits mirrors (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-os-64-bit/)
April 2021 release of RasPiOS (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-bullseye-update-april-2022/)
Raspberry Pi Pico W at 6 dollars debuts (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-pico-w-your-6-iot-platform/)
September 2022 update (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/the-latest-update-to-raspberry-pi-os/)
Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3 is released (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/new-autofocus-camera-modules/)
Raspberry Pi OS links
Main software web site (https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/)
The Forum (https://forums.raspberrypi.com)
Documentation (https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/)
Daily News (https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/)
Foundation (https://www.raspberrypi.org)
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