Wheezy, Jessie, Stretch? Huh? Pi OS’s form a complex landscape where many newcomers to this fantastic little computer may get lost, unable to see the wood for the trees. Relief has come. Released by Eltechs and freely downloadable (what did you think!), the Ultimate Guide to Raspbian and other Raspberry Pi Software is modestly presented as a “blog post”. It’s a true guide though and sure to contain information which will be interesting for both starters and seasoned Raspberry Pi (or other ARM and IoT) users, owners, developers, and even investors.

Raspbian is the main and basic software for RPi devices, officially supported by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. It is a full blown operating system based on Linux Debian and optimised for Raspberry Pi hardware and extensions. Rich in pre-installed pieces of software appropriate for most of ARM users and developers, Raspbian in its various guises like Wheezy, Jessie, Stretch, is the main and basic software,  ready-to-use and optimised to the needs of most developers and makers.