Raspbian Jessie out now!

Big news for Raspberry Pi fans, Raspbian (the Pi’s version of Debian) has now been upgraded to Jessie.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspbian-jessie-is-here/

Hmmm… wonder if this will also apply to XOJO?

Sure it will. Makes things a little simpler for beginners.

The release notes are relatively brief:

  • Based on Debian Jessie
  • Upgraded applications - Epiphany browser, Scratch and Sonic Pi
  • Included applications - LibreOffice, Claws Mail, Greenfoot, BlueJ
  • Included utilities - Alacarte menu editor, Lxkeymap, scrot, tree, pip
  • New GUI-based Raspberry Pi Configuration application
  • GPIO control now possible without need for sudo
  • Web link to Magpi magazine included
  • New taskbar plugin to eject mounted USB drives
  • Default boot is now to GUI not desktop
  • Look and feel now based on GTK+3 default theme
  • Print screen key launches scrot to produce screenshot
  • Common keyboards autodetected by GUI and drivers loaded accordingly
  • Numerous small tweaks and bugfixes

Ordered a new 32GB SD card and copied the new NOOB package onto it, booted the Pi and had it install Raspbian Jessie. It’s working well so far. I have it driving my 27" display with no problems!

This is convenient!