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Raspbian Changelog

What's new in Raspbian 2019-09-26

Sep 30, 2019
  • rpi-eeprom included
  • - This will automatically update the SPI EEPROM on the Raspberry Pi 4 to the latest stable version.
  • See https://rpf.io/eeprom for more information.
  • * New icon theme for file manager icons
  • * Appearance Settings - option for identical desktop on both monitors
  • * Appearance Settings - option to show different desktop icons on both monitors
  • * Taskbar automatically moved to monitor 0 if monitor 1 not found at boot
  • * Switching of audio output between two HDMI devices added to volume plugin
  • * Switching of audio input devices added to volume plugin
  • * .asoundrc (ALSA config file) now uses 'plug' values to support more devices
  • * Audio Settings tool modified to integrate more closely with volume plugin to reduce duplicated code
  • * Screen Configuration tool now shows separate menus for resolution and refresh rate
  • * Primary and active monitor settings removed from Screen Configuration tool
  • * Overscan support added for FKMS driver
  • * New keyboard shortcuts added - Ctrl-Alt-End brings up shutdown menu; Ctrl-Alt-M moves taskbar between monitors
  • * Latest changes to Bluez ALSA interface integrated to improve connection to Bluetooth audio devices
  • * Mousepad used as simple text editor instead of leafpad
  • * Version 3.2 of Thonny added
  • * Version 74 of Chromium added
  • * Version 3.0.8 of VLC added
  • * Version 32.0.0.255 of Flash player added
  • * Version 6.5.0 of RealVNC Server added
  • * Version 6.19.715 of RealVNC Viewer added (full image only)
  • * Version 12.0.1 of Mathematica added (full image only)
  • * Version 0.20.8 of NodeRED added (full image only)
  • * Version 3.1.0 of Sonic Pi added (full image only)
  • * Scratch 3 added (full image only)
  • * Bug fix - URL handling in Terminal
  • * Bug fix - octal values in SSIDs in network plugin
  • * Bug fix - remaining value in progress bar when transferring files
  • * Bug fix - integration of xarchiver tool with file manager
  • * Bug fix - start menu opening on incorrect monitor
  • * Bug fix - minimised applications wrongly displayed on taskbar on second monitor
  • * Bug fix - Bluetooth icon disappearing on x86 platforms when Bluetooth turned off
  • * Bug fix - Screen Configuration tool not shown on x86 platforms and settings not being saved
  • * Various translation updates
  • * Various minor bug fixes
  • * Epiphany/Web removed
  • * ntfs-3g included
  • * pciutils added
  • * Linux kernel 4.19.75

New in Raspbian 2019-07-10 (Jul 12, 2019)

  • Clearer options for switching of Pi 4 video output in Raspberry Pi Configuration
  • Option added to Appearance Settings to move taskbar to second monitor
  • Option added to Recommended Software to restrict package installs by architecture
  • New version of Adobe Flash player (32.0.0.223)
  • Selection of screen refresh rates added to Screen Configuration
  • Fix for missing text insertion cursor in LibreOffice on Pi 4
  • Fix for Wi-fi interruption when Wi-fi icon on taskbar is clicked
  • FIx for incorrect desktop background behind desktop login prompt
  • Fix for segmentation faults when launching obconf and lxapperarance
  • Fix for unclosed file pointer in Screen Configuration
  • Fix for Bluetooth plugin freeze when large numbers of devices detected
  • Fix for opening URLs not working in lxterminal
  • Fix for start menu opening on incorrect monitor when launched from keyboard
  • Fix for taskbar item not having [] removed when un-minimising on second monitor
  • Linux kernel 4.19.57

New in Raspbian 2019-06-20 (Jun 24, 2019)

  • Based on Debian Buster
  • Support for Raspberry Pi 4 hardware
  • FKMS OpenGL desktop graphics driver and xcompmgr compositing window manager used when running on Raspberry Pi 4
  • Screen Configuration application added for use with FKMS driver
  • Raspberry Pi 4 video output options added to Raspberry Pi Configuration
  • Uses new PiXflat UI theme for GTK and Openbox
  • CPU activity gauge plugin no longer shown on taskbar by default
  • CPU temperature gauge plugin added (not shown by default)
  • USB ejecter and Bluetooth taskbar icons hidden when not appropriate
  • Version 74.0.3729.157 of Chromium web browser included
  • Version 32.0.0.207 of Flash player included
  • IDLE Python IDE removed
  • Wolfram Mathematica removed temporarily due to incompatibility with Buster
  • Display of package sizes removed from Recommended Software
  • Appearance Settings modified to support independent settings for two monitors
  • Oracle Java 7 and 8 replaced with OpenJDK 11
  • Miscellaneous small bug fixes
  • On-board 5GHz WiFi blocked by rfkill by default
  • The block is removed when taking one of the following actions:
  • Selecting a locale in the first run wizard
  • Setting the WiFi country in the Raspberry Pi Configuration tool or the Network Settings applet
  • Setting the WiFi country in raspi-config
  • Providing a wpa_supplicant.conf file through the boot partition
  • Running 'rfkill unblock wifi'
  • Boot partition size set to 256M
  • Linux kernel 4.19.50

New in Raspbian 2019-04-08 (Apr 10, 2019)

  • Chromium browser updated to version 72
  • VLC media player updated to version 3.0.6
  • RealVNC Server updated to version 6.4.0
  • Flash player updated to version 32.0.0.156
  • Performance improvements to SDL library
  • Performance improvements to pixman library
  • Option to set display underscan added to startup wizard
  • Mounted external drives now displayed on desktop by default
  • Network plugin modified for improved compatibility with wpa_passphrase
  • SD Card Copier tweaks to reduce copy failures
  • Various minor bug fixes and appearance tweaks
  • Added ethtool
  • Added rng-tools
  • Add PINN restore support
  • Linux kernel 4.14.98

New in Raspbian 2018-11-13 (Nov 19, 2018)

  • Two versions of image created - "base" image has no optional software packages included; "full" image has all optional packages
  • Removed from "base" image - LibreOffice, Thonny, Scratch, Scratch 2, Sonic Pi, Minecraft, Python Games, SmartSim, SenseHAT Emulator
  • Added to "full" image - Mathematica, BlueJ, Greenfoot, Node-RED, Claws Mail, VNC Viewer
  • Python Games and SmartSim added to Recommended Software
  • VLC media player with VideoCore hardware acceleration included in image
  • Version 3.0.5 of Thonny included
  • Modifications to LXDE components to enable local configuration to override global configuration correctly
  • Modifications to Appearance Settings to support above configuration changes
  • Modifications to various initial config defaults and relevant package to support above configuration changes
  • Selecting default option in Appearance Settings now deletes relevant local configuration files
  • PiX theme modified so that all changes made in Appearance Settings are in override files rather than in theme files
  • Design of scrollbar buttons changed
  • Image Viewer moved into Graphics category on main menu
  • Recommended Software now installs LibreOffice language support files if needed, and suggests reboot if needed
  • Latest version of Pepper Flash plugin included
  • Chromium h264ify plugin permissions set correctly by default
  • Corrections to various MIME types so that files open in sensible default applications
  • Set default timezone to 'Europe/London'
  • Linux kernel 4.14.79

New in Raspbian 2018-10-09 (Oct 11, 2018)

  • In startup wizard, assign keyboard to country as per Debian installer recommendations
  • In startup wizard, add option to use US keyboard in preference to country-specific option
  • In startup wizard, show IP address on first page
  • In startup wizard, check for existing wifi network connection and show it if there is one
  • In startup wizard, install language support packages for LibreOffice and other applications
  • In startup wizard, improve operation with keyboard only and no mouse
  • Password change in Raspberry Pi Configuration and startup wizard now works properly if passwords contain shell characters
  • Battery indicator plugin modified to cope with Pi-top hardware monitor crashing
  • Networking plugin hides wifi password characters by default
  • In Scratch 2 GPIO plugin, set pin from dropdown list rather than free text
  • In Scratch 2 SenseHAT plugin, swap x and y axis values for LED array
  • Include latest Adobe Flash player (31.0.0.108)
  • Include latest RealVNC Server (6.3.1)
  • Include libav-tools
  • Include ssh-import-id
  • Removed Mathematica
  • Merge in latest third-party code for Bluetooth ALSA interface
  • Add ability to prevent software update changing configuration files, by creating ~/.config/.lock file
  • Various other small bug fixes, tweaks and changes to text
  • Make dhcpcd work with 3G devices
  • Add hw acceleration to ffmpeg
  • Improved WiFi-BT coexistence parameters
  • Run fake-hwclock before systemd-fsck-root
  • Raspberry Pi PoE HAT support
  • Linux kernel 4.14.71

New in Raspbian 2018-06-27 (Jun 29, 2018)

  • * New first-boot configuration wizard added
  • * Recommended Software installer added
  • * Bluej, Greenfoot, NodeRED, Claws Mail, VNC Viewer removed from image - can now be installed from Recommended Applications
  • * Qpdfview PDF viewer installed instead of Xpdf
  • * Version 65.0 of Chromium browser included, with latest Flash player
  • * Volume up / down keys now change by 5% increments and affect currently-selected output device rather than internal device only
  • * Network plugin now remembers previously-entered WiFi network passwords when prompting for reconnection
  • * Serial port and serial console can now be switched separately in Raspberry Pi Configuration
  • * Lxkeymap keyboard language setting application removed - replaced with dialog within Raspberry Pi Configuration
  • * Wifi country and keyboard language setting dialogs in Raspberry Pi Configuration now callable from other applications
  • * New version of Piboto font included to render with correct weight under some rogue applications
  • * Reconnection to Bluetooth audio devices on reboot improved
  • * Disable click-to-rename behaviour in file manager if single-click selection enabled
  • * Appearance Settings dialog makes config changes to some Qt files to match selected theme
  • * MIME file type associations improved
  • * Multiple desktop management options removed from mouse middle-click menu
  • * Menu shortcuts to Raspberry Pi website amended
  • * Python 2 IDLE menu link removed
  • * Sample Magpi PDF installed in /home/pi/MagPi
  • * Various minor tweaks, bug fixes and appearance changes
  • * Bluetooth updates
  • - Firmware with Bluetooth 4.2 features
  • - SCO profile suppot added via bthelper.service
  • * Linux kernel 4.14.50+

New in Raspbian 2018-04-18 (Apr 24, 2018)

  • Fixed race between wifi-country.service and raspberrypi-net-mods.service
  • Linux kernel 4.14.34+

New in Raspbian 2018-03-13 (Mar 14, 2018)

  • Raspberry Pi 3 B+ support
  • WiFi is disabled until wireless regulatory domain is set (Pi 3 B+ only)
  • The domain can be done through 'Raspberry Pi Configuration' (rc_gui), 'raspi-config' or by setting 'country=' to an appropriate ISO 3166 alpha2 country code in /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf.
  • Default wireless regulatory domain is now unset
  • Added support to desktop for different screen sizes and resolutions, including multiple preset options in Appearance Settings and pixel doubling option in Raspberry Pi Configuration
  • Version 2.1.16 of Thonny included
  • Version 29.0.0.113 of Adobe PepperFlash player included
  • Version 1.2.post1 of Pygame Zero included
  • Bluetooth plugin now supports connection to Bluetooth LE HID devices
  • Network plugin now indicates 5G-compatible APs
  • Latest changes to Bluez ALSA service merged - service now started on CLI boot as well as GUI boot
  • Latest changes to dhcpcd networking plugin merged
  • Improved support for running on pi-top devices
  • Small design changes to PiX theme and icons
  • Bug fix - hide spurious window resize handles
  • Bug fix - Scratch 2 remote GPIO state block now works correctly
  • Updated WiFi Firmware:
  • brcmfmac43455-sdio 7.45.154
  • brcmfmac43430-sdio 7.45.98.38
  • New packages:
  • policykit-1
  • obconf
  • python-buttonshim python3-buttonshim
  • python-unicornhathd python3-unicornhathd
  • python-pantilthat python3-pantilthat
  • Linux kernel 4.9.80+

New in Raspbian 2017-08-16 (Aug 17, 2017)

  • Based on Raspbian Stretch (Debian version 9)
  • Version 60 of Chromium browser included
  • Version 3.0.1 of Sonic Pi included
  • Version 6.1.1 of RealVNC included
  • Version 0.17.4 of NodeRED included
  • Bluetooth audio routed via ALSA rather than Pulseaudio
  • SenseHAT extension added to Scratch 2
  • Various desktop applications modified to prompt for sudo password if needed
  • lxinput control options for mouse speed simplified
  • lxpanel plugins moved into separate packages
  • Wireless firmware for Pi 3 and Pi 0W modified to address Broadpwn exploit
  • Latest kernel and firmware
  • Various small tweaks, bug fixes and theme modifications

New in Raspbian 2015-11-21 (Dec 3, 2015)

  • Raspberry Pi Zero support
  • Node-RED
  • New graphical package manager
  • GPIO Zero
  • Updated Scratch
  • Updated Epiphany
  • Updated Raspberry Pi Configuration application

New in Raspbian 2015-01-31 (Feb 2, 2015)

  • Updated for Raspbery Pi 2

New in Raspbian 2014-12-24 (Dec 26, 2014)

  • Fix regression with omission of python-pygame;
  • new firmware with various fixes and improvements;
  • new UI configuration for LXDE;
  • various package updates;
  • python3-pygame preinstalled;
  • 'nuscratch', scratch running on the Cog StackVM;
  • miscellaneous other changes.

New in Raspbian 2013-09-25 (Sep 28, 2013)

  • Sonic Pi is pre-installed so you can jump right in to learning to program while creating your own music.
  • Significant performance improvements to Scratch thanks to Tim Rowledge and Ben Avison.
  • A build of PyPy 2.1 is now included to allow you to try out this high performance Python JIT compiler. See here and here for some background on our work on PyPy.
  • Python libraries required for interfacing with Pi-Face are preinstalled. Once you enable the SPI kernel module in raspi-config you can leap right in.
  • The Oracle JDK is pre-installed