Might 3, and Raspberry Pi has launched the most recent replace for its long-running Raspberry Pi OS. Coming two months after the earlier launch, this time we see bug fixes, a brand new Linux kernel and updates to frequent software program.
Raspberry Pi OS Might 3 Launch Notes
- 64-bit Mathematica added to rp-prefapps
- Bug repair – occasional segfault in CPU temperature plugin
- Bug repair – X server crash when altering display screen orientation
- Bug repair – X server DPMS not working
- Mathematica up to date to 13.2.1
- Matlab up to date to 23.1.0
- Chromium up to date to 113.0.5672.59
- Raspberry Pi Imager up to date to 1.7.4
- RealVNC server up to date to 7.0.1.49073
- RealVNC viewer up to date to 7.0.1.48981
- Up to date VLC HW acceleration patch
- libcamera
- – Add generalised statistics dealing with.
- – Repair overflow that will trigger incorrect calculations within the AGC algorithm.
- – Enhance IMX296 sensor tuning.
- libcamera-apps
- – Enhance dealing with of audio resampling and encoding utilizing libav
- – Enhance efficiency of QT preview window rendering
- – Add assist for 16-bit Bayer within the DNG author
- – Repair for encoder lockup when framerate is about to 0
- – Improved thumbnail rendering
- picamera2
- – MJPEG server instance that makes use of the {hardware} MJPEG encoder.
- – Instance displaying preview from two cameras in a single Qt app.
- – H264 encoder accepts body time interval for SPS headers.
- – H264 encoder ought to promote appropriate profile/stage.
- – H264 encoder helps fixed high quality parameter.
- – Exif DateTime and DateTimeOriginal tags at the moment are added.
- – Varied bug fixes (test Picamera2 launch notes for extra particulars).
- Some translations added
- Raspberry Pi firmware 055e044d5359ded1aacc5a17a8e35365373d0b8b
- Linux kernel 6.1.21
The Might 3 replace is extra of a upkeep launch, with nothing main altering aside from an updates Linux kernel. Shifting from 5.15.84 to six.1.21, each of that are long-term upkeep kernels, usually used for bugfixes. Apart from that we see a handful of bugfixes and updates for functions. Software program libraries for Raspberry Pi digital camera {hardware} additionally sees an replace to additional refine the consumer expertise.
Different key app updates are for Chromium, the default internet browser, Mathematica, Matlab and RealVNC. VLC, the well-known video participant receives a {hardware} acceleration patch.
Behind the scenes, and the opposite key software program updates are for the Raspberry Pi digital camera ecosystem. Libcamera, a method to make use of cameras, together with the Raspberry Pi cameras through the terminal has quite a lot of updates for improved efficiency, overflow fixes and improved IMX296 sensor tuning. The IMX296 is the sensor used within the World Shutter Digital camera. The Pythonic means to work with the Raspberry Pi cameras is picamera2, and this additionally sees just a few updates and bugfixes to enhance H264 encoding and EXIF information tags.
Lastly we see just a few bugfixes for the OS itself, one for a segfault within the CPU temperature plugin and two for X server (display screen rotation and Show Energy Administration Signalling).
The up to date Raspberry Pi OS will work with all fashions of Raspberry Pi, from the unique 256MB Mannequin B in 2012, all the best way to the Raspberry Pi 4 Mannequin B. It may be put in utilizing Raspberry Pi Imager, or by instantly downloading the picture and utilizing a device akin to Etcher / Rufus to jot down the picture.