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Raspbian is a free operating system based on Debian optimized for the Raspberry Pi hardware. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities ... Hostedby: welcome:pleasesignin QuickLinks HomeFAQDonateImagesInstallerRepositoryMirrorsDocumentationForumsBugsIRCChangesFindHelp SearchSite WelcometoRaspbian RaspbianisafreeoperatingsystembasedonDebianoptimizedfortheRaspberryPihardware.AnoperatingsystemisthesetofbasicprogramsandutilitiesthatmakeyourRaspberryPirun.However,RaspbianprovidesmorethanapureOS:itcomeswithover35,000packages,pre-compiledsoftwarebundledinaniceformatforeasyinstallationonyourRaspberryPi.Theinitialbuildofover35,000Raspbianpackages,optimizedforbestperformanceontheRaspberryPi,wascompletedinJuneof2012.However,RaspbianisstillunderactivedevelopmentwithanemphasisonimprovingthestabilityandperformanceofasmanyDebianpackagesaspossible.Note:RaspbianisnotaffiliatedwiththeRaspberryPiFoundation.Raspbianwascreatedbyasmall,dedicatedteamofdevelopersthatarefansoftheRaspberryPihardware,theeducationalgoalsoftheRaspberryPiFoundationand,ofcourse,theDebianProject. About Download Community AboutGetInvolvedFAQDonateTeamBuilders ImagesInstallerRepositoryMirrorsDocumentation BlogForumsBugsIRCeLinux SupportRaspbian Raspbianisacommunityfundedandsupportedfreesoftwareeffort.AlthoughRaspbianisfreesoftware,thedevelopmentcostsassociatedwithitarenotfree.AsauserofRaspbian,youcansupportongoingdevelopmentofRaspbianbymakingadonationtoday. AddingContentToThisSite ThisWikiisacollaborativeeffortandeveryoneisencouragedtocontributeandshare.Unfortunately,WikisofthistypearealsoamagnetforspammersandeditingcontentisnotopentotheInternetatlarge.Ifyouwouldliketoeditcontentonthissite,pleaseemailplugwash(at)raspbian.orgwithyourrequest. MoinMoinPoweredPythonPoweredGPLlicensedRaspberryPiisatrademarkoftheRaspberryPiFoundationDebianisatrademarkoftheDebianProjectSSLcertificateprovidedbyMythicBeasts