If you're wondering what comes pre-installed and where the operating system that comes with it comes from, you've come to the right place!

When will the "Bookworm" Revolution Pi Image be available?

In 2024 and we are already working on it.

We will provide information on this in the forum, newsletter, as well as in the relevant news channels.

The Checklist

An overview of the current gold standard, if you will, can be found in the following checklist:

The checklist is maintained by us at all times as updates arise, and thus acts as a guide for questions about compatibility and how to reset a Revolution Pi device back to factory settings.

The Images

As a basis, we use the images of the Raspberry Pi Foundation - so-called Raspberry Pi OS images.

These are extended by the necessary drivers and hardware dependent things that are necessary to be able to operate Revolution Pi devices. Furthermore, the Linux kernel is made real-time capable.

So Raspberry Pi OS images become Revolution Pi images.

These and more details can be found in the release notes of the respective images.

Open

Further Information

Our development is open source, so the code is in the GitHub repository, which you can find here:

Minimalistic

If you want to create your own minimal system, i.e. your own custom image, then you can follow the steps here:

Which image do I have on my system?

You can verify which image you installed by executing the following command:

Here we have a 64 bit Bullseye released at Apr 25, 2024.

Which kernel version do I have on my system?

You can view the kernel Version by executing the following command:

Here we have the kernel version 6.1.46-rt13-v8 compiled at Apr 22, 2024, 64 bit.