The official Ubuntu images use u-boot as the bootloader. The u-boot binary built for the Pi 2 does not work on the Pi 3 and this is why there are separate images for the Pi 2 and Pi 3. However, the ...

When working with Raspberry Pi, many hobbyists' and makers' go-to operating system for their board is the Raspberry Pi OS, and for good reason. It's easy to install and all but guaranteed to work on ...

It has been nearly two years since I tried Fedora, Manjaro and Ubuntu MATE on the Raspberry Pi 2 & 3, and there have been a lot of changes since then. Most for the better, such as the introduction of ...

Do you run Ubuntu on a Raspberry Pi? If you do, there is a major boot change coming in Ubuntu 25.10 you will want to be aware of — but don’t worry, it’s for the better. Canonical software engineer ...

Ubuntu 25.10 for the Raspberry Pi will ship with a minimal set of pre-installed software, a move that bring the Pi images in line with regular Intel/AMD desktop builds. The change reduces the amount ...

The Raspberry Pi has been with us for over eight years now, and during that time it has seen a myriad operating system ports. It seems that almost anything can be run on the little computer, but ...

Compiling onto a Raspberry Pi 3b was proving to be difficult with the lack of good instructions. Follow the Compiling StepMania directions until the actual compile ...

With the introduction of the Raspberry Pi 4 series, with more than 1GB of memory, it has become much more practical to install and run Linux distributions other than the standard Raspberry Pi OS ...

Last week we saw the announcement of the new Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, which is basically an improved quad-core version of the Pi Zero — more comparable in speed to the Pi 3B+, but in the smaller Zero ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. The Raspberry Pi 4 Model B has been released and is in the wild ...