The Raspberry Pi Foundation released an preliminary version of its Linux-based Pixel OS for Windows PCs and Mac PCs. The OS was originally designed to run on Raspberry Pi hobby boards. It comes with the Chromium web browser, a suite productivity and coding tools, as well as the OS. "We asked ourselves a simple question What is the reason we would want people to buy Raspberry Pi hardware to run Pixel? Eben Upton, the founder of the company of the company, wrote in a blog.
The OS is built on the top of Debian and can be used on most older machines provided you have at least 512MB of RAM. Upton stated that the OS is running on the venerable i386 architecture version. It should run on older machines, such as my ThinkPad X40 (above).
It's easy to test It's easy to test, but Upton suggests backing to your devices that might have valuable data. After downloading the image, you burn it to an DVD or USB stick, and then enable booting of those devices. It is usually done by tweaking the BIOS of your PC or by pressing the "C" key down when you boot up a Mac.
It will then launch the OS without the need to install anything. You can boot from a USB stick to get the option of running "with persistence." This means that any changes or changes to files will be saved for the next session. You can run the program without persistence or reset it. As stated, you have a complete set of applications and a browser, but unlike with the Pi version it doesn't include Minecraft or Wolfram Mathematica because of licensing issues.
There are a lot of light Linux distros that work with older computers (including Debian itself), or you could try Neverware which can turn your old laptop into an Chromebook. However, the Pi Foundation supplies a lot of useful Linux apps with Pixel, and strives to make it as simple to use as possible. By porting it to desktop computers, Upton also feels "we can better understand the areas where the operating system's weak points are and then work to address them [on the Pi."
It could be used to teach programming and other programs in schools where the Raspberry Pi is already well-established. Students could learn in school, and then use the persistent boot option to go back to home using the same setup.
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The Pixel OS is still in its experimental stage and does not run on all machines. On his own modern Mac, Upton said, "the machine fails to identify the image as bootable." They'll release more updates going forward and If you're interested in giving it a go, you can hit announce post to find it.
